Question

Language point: Punctuation in
dialogues
3 Study the sentences from the text.
Then rewrite sentences 1-6 including
commas, question marks, full stops and
speech marks.
'Who broke the statue, lads?' he asked.
I'm not sure what happened, he said.
The ball hit the statue,' I said,
1 I'm going home now I said
2 Why did you say that my friend asked
3 I didn't see what happened I told him
4 Are you feeling guilty she asked
5 Who found it the police officer asked
6 You weren't breaking the law he told us

Answer 1

1. "I'm going home now," I said.

2. "Why did you say that?" my friend asked.

3. "I didn't see what happened," I told him.

4. "Are you feeling guilty?" she asked.

5. "Who found it?" the police officer asked.

6. You weren't breaking the law," he told us.