The Rules of Speech Marks
1. Always use speechamrks to show when someone is talking
2. Always start a new line when someone new is talking
3. Always punctuate your speech
4. Always start the line with a capital letter
1. Always use speechamrks to show when someone is talking
2. Always start a new line when someone new is talking
3. Always punctuate your speech
4. Always start the line with a capital letter
Can you add the correct punctuation to the text below?
What’s that gasped Raj What asked Sara following his pointing finger I can’t see anything Her eyes were not yet used to the darkness. That Look There’s something moving by the greenhouse hissed Raj Something glided silently past the panes of glass which shone in the moonlight. Yes! I can see it now whispered Sara. Is it a fox Raj whispered no I don’t think so It’s too tall it’s more like a small person, perhaps a child. Raj looked towards the greenhouse. Oh he breathed There it is again Did you see it Sara? Sara could not believe her eyes I saw it and I could see through it she said. Raj nodded his head A ghost they both whispered.”
The two different types of speechmarks
Direct:
Saying exactly what someone has said is called direct speech (sometimes called quotedspeech)
What a person says appears within speech marks ("...") and should be word for word
"Quick! Run!" shouted Rosie to the girls as she was running along street.
Indirect:
Sometimes called reported speech, doesn't use speech marks to enclose what the person said.
It doesn't have to be word for word (paraphrase). We give the same meaning of what someone says without repeating the exact words.
Certain changes may be necessary.
Rosie shouted to the girls that they needed to run quickly.
Saying exactly what someone has said is called direct speech (sometimes called quotedspeech)
What a person says appears within speech marks ("...") and should be word for word
"Quick! Run!" shouted Rosie to the girls as she was running along street.
Indirect:
Sometimes called reported speech, doesn't use speech marks to enclose what the person said.
It doesn't have to be word for word (paraphrase). We give the same meaning of what someone says without repeating the exact words.
Certain changes may be necessary.
Rosie shouted to the girls that they needed to run quickly.