LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

15.1 Direct speechWrite:15.1 СStudy:Add single quotation marks and other punctuation marks to these examples.1 Where do you come from John asked 9 What's the time Andrew asked2 It's here Bill said 10 Bill said I'm hungry3 I've got a good idea Mark said 11 What is it Jill asked4 Is it something she asked that 12 You are stupid sometimes she saidwe all ought to know13 Where is he Tom asked5 As I was leaving he explained I heard 14 What a surprise she exclaimedsomeone shout15 Is there anyone in she inquired6 Don't shout at me he cried 16 Which way did they go he asked7 John said We're late 17 Tom said She's ill8 We're late John said 18 She's ill Tom said'Quote within a quote' [> LEG I5.3ns.3,5]1 If we are quoting someone else's words inside a quotation, we use a second set of quotationmarks. If we have used single quotation marks on the 'outside', we use double ones on the'inside' and vice-versa. The inside quotation has its own punctuation, distinct from the rest ofthe sentence:Ann said, 'Justas I was leaving, a voice shouted, "Stop!".''What do you mean, "Are you all right?"?' Ann asked.2 We can also use a second set of quotation marks when we mention the title of e.g. a bookor a film: 'How long did it take you to read "War and Peace"?' I asked.3 We don't normally use quotation marks with verbs like think and wonder.So that was their little game, he thought. Why hasn't she written, he wondered.Write:Add correct punctuation marks to these examples of direct speech.1 As I was leaving, he explained someone shouted Fire2 Please don't keep asking me What's the time Jim said crossly3 Have you read Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf my teacher asked4 What do you mean Have you lost your way the stranger asked me5 Where are they now he wondered15.1D ContextWrite:In printed dialogue, each new speech begins on a new line in a new paragraph.Punctuate the following.INSPECTOR WILEY INVESTIGATES1It's all lies Boyle cried2You think so Inspector Wiley asked mildly3Think so? I know it Boyle answered sharply4And no doubt the inspector continued you can prove it.Where were you on Saturday night, the night of the robbery5I was at the Roxy with my girlfriend Boyle replied. Wesaw Gone with the Wind. The film lasted four hours6But, cried the inspector the Roxy was closed all lastweekendThe Roxy was closed ...215