"Lesson Four: The punctuation of speech and speech marks.","","Look at this sentence: It gives us the exact words that someone said.","      'Don't cross now,' said the policeman.","Who is the speaker?"
"'Don't cross now,' said the policeman.","","   Type out the actual words that he said.","",""
"His actual words were 'Don't cross now'. ","But we could have told what he said in a different way.","        The policeman told him NOT TO CROSS NOW.","","Are the words in capitals his actual words?    Yes/No ?"
"When we give the ACTUAL WORDS SPOKEN we call these words a","QUOTATION. ","            THE JUDGE SAID, 'LET THE PRISONER GO.'","","Are the judges words here a quotation?      (yes/no?)"
"The teacher said that we would have to do more practice on the ","computers.","","Are the teacher's words here a QUOTATION?    ","                                          YES/NO ?"
"When the actual words of a speaker are given, we must put quotation","marks, sometimes called INVERTED COMMAS or SPEECH MARKS before and","after the actual words spoken.","    For example, 'Come and help me,' said mother.","The speech marks come before and after the actual words spoken."
"  A. Uncle John said that he had slept badly.","  B. Uncle John said, 'I slept badly.'","","Which of the above gives the actual words spoken, A or B?",""
"It is important that you use a COMMA to divide the quotation from","the other part of the sentence:","","        The teacher said, 'Stop work now.'","The dividing comma comes after the word _____.?"
"'Stop work now' said the teacher.","","There should be a dividing comma after the word _____?","",""
"Notice exactly where the full stop comes in this sentence.","","      The doctor said, 'Take these pills.'","","The full stop comes BEFORE/AFTER the last speech mark?"
"In which of these sentences is the full stop in the right place, ","           A or B?","A. The women said, 'The traffic is very dangerous'.","B. The women said, 'The traffic is very dangerous.'","            Which?"
"Notice exactly where the comma comes in this sentence:","","       'The traffic is dangerous,' said the women.","","The comma comes BEFORE/AFTER the last speech mark?"
"Notice exactly where the full stop comes here:","","        'The traffic is dangerous,' said the women.","","The full stop comes after the word _______?"
"'I have lost my coat,' said Jane.","Turn this sentence round to make:","        Jane said I have lost my coat","(Type out this sentence with all the correct punctuation in the","right place. Use the ' [single quote] key for speech marks."
"In a sentence like this, the comma always comes BEFORE the last","speech marks:","        'These are the books I want,' said Darren.","","The comma comes immediately after the word ______?"
"In a sentence like this one, the FULL STOP always comes BEFORE","the last speech marks.",""," The gardener said, 'We want rain.'"," The full stop comes after the word ______?"
"Punctuate this sentence correctly:","","         Fares please said the conductor","",""
"The first word of a quotation always needs a CAPITAL LETTER.","","     Mother said, 'Dinner will be ready in a minute.'","The first word of this quotation is the word _____?",""
"The capital of the first word of a quotation is needed because the","quotation is someone's SENTENCE. ","            Monica shouted, 'Pass the ball.'","","The first word of Monica's sentence is ______?"
"Which of these sentences is correct, A or B ?","","A.  The Vicar said, 'Come to church on Sunday.'","B.  The Vicar said, 'come to church on Sunday.'","                  A or B ?"
"Deborah said, 'wait for me after school.'","","Type out this sentence carefully correcting any mistakes as you do so.","",""
"Mary replied, 'Don't be long then.'","Mary replied, 'don't be long then.'","","Which sentence is right, the FIRST or the SECOND one ?",""
"'No letters for you today', said the postman.","","This sentence is wrong because the ______ should come before the","speech marks.. What word should be in the space?",""
"Even if someone only speaks one word, you still need speech marks.","","Where do the speech marks go here?","             No said the teacher.","(Type out the sentence.)"
"Put in the speech marks in the following sentence. (Type out the","whole sentence.)","    Ellen said, I do try. Nobody can say I don't. I do my very best.","Even when I'm ill, I work.",""
"Sometimes a quotation can be split into two parts which makes using","speech marks a little more difficult.","      'Where are you going?' asked John. 'Are you going to town?'","","   John is asking two questions, each separated by quotes."
"    I'm going to town said John and then I'm going home.","","How many pairs of speech marks does the sentence above need?","             (1, 2 , 3 ?)",""
"'I'm going to town,' said John, 'and then I'm going home.'","","Notice that the 'and' after the second speech mark is NOT a capital.","That is because it is NOT a new sentence , but a continuation of","John's first sentence. The comma comes _____the word 'and'?"
"Punctuate this sentence by typing it out.","","Certainly not exclaimed her mother.","",""
"If you got that one wrong, you must remember to use EXCLAMATION","MARKS and QUESTION MARKS. Like the commas in speech, they always come","BEFORE  the last speech mark.","     'Wow! That was fantastic!' shouted the football fan.","Type out the following : Where are you going asked Stephanie."
"That is the end of the lesson on speech marks. To continue with the","practice session just press ENTER.","        Pressing F10 at any time will quit the program.","        Pressing F9 at any time will take you to the Main Menu.",""
