Lesson 3 of 4 ยท Grade 5 English
Direct speech
12 min
Direct speech shows the exact words someone said. We put the spoken words inside quotation marks (" ").
Rules
- Open and close the quotation marks around the spoken words.
- Start the spoken words with a capital letter.
- Put a comma, full stop, question mark or exclamation mark inside the closing quotation mark.
- Use a comma to separate the speaker from the words spoken.
Examples
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