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lnrerted Commas
Time to get cracking on some inverted commas (speech marks).
1. Tickthe sentence
whichis correct.
"Stepawayfromthe cabbage!"
he shouted.
"Stepawayfrom-IheCabbage"!
he shouted.
"Stepawayfromthecabbage!
he shouted."
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2. Tickwhichsentences
haveinverted
commasin the correctplace.
Fixthe sentences
whicharewrongby addinginverted
commas.
"There's
a. "Lookout!"sheshouted,
a giantmole!"
b. "You'llcallme?"Mumasked.Afterfiveo'clock?
c. "l hopethatgoblinknowstheway,shesighed.
"l'lltakeScampfora walklater."
d. Sallygrumbled,
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3. Thisparagraph
is missing
someinverted
commas.Fixtheparagraph
by putting
inverted
commasin the correctboxes.
Jeannewas disappointed
with her performance
today.L__J
Sheexplained,
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ljust don'tthink I was ableto shootas well as I expected,"
before
I aaoing,
I t'tthaveto tryl-l rraro"r.
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4. Readthesepairsof sentences.Circlethesentences
thatcontaindirectspeech.
"Don'tleaveme at home!"
I toldherriotto leaveme at home.
" l w o n ' st u l k ,s" h eg r u m b l e d .
Shegrumbled
thatshewouldn't
sulk.
Shesaidthetrollwas notinvited.
"Thetroilis notinvited."
shesaid.