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title: Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 35 «Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers» of the English course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers

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The 15 questions of lesson 35 «Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 87 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/t1/) — Your mate goes "speech marks are for when people shout, innit." What is the truth? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/t2/) — ★★★ How many new lines are needed in a conversation where Sam speaks, then Mia, then Sam, then Sam again with no one in between? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/t3/) — In a comic, a speech bubble says "Run!" What would the same line look like in a story? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/t4/) — Nan from Cardiff, laughing: "Come here for a cwtch, you daft thing." ("Cwtch" is a cuddle in Wales.) Written as speech, where do the marks go? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/t5/) — What would happen if every line of a long conversation was in one paragraph? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/t6/) — A Gen Z cousin writes: "I'm dead," she laughed. ("I'm dead" means that's so funny.) Is the punctuation right? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/t7/) — ★★★ Which sentence is split speech with correct punctuation? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/t8/) — Dad, grumpy, says: Turn that racket down now (he is shouting). Which is best? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/t9/) — Tom from Texas: "Y'all fixin' to eat?" ("Fixin' to" means about to.) In a story, what goes at the end of his words? — wrong ✗
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/t10/) — ★★★ "Mia said that she would come." Which is the direct speech version? — right ✓
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/t11/) — A UK book uses 'single marks' all through; then on page 40 it uses "double". What is the problem? — right ✓
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/e1/) — Identify the correctly punctuated instance of direct speech. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises indirect speech? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/e3/) — It is given that a conversation involves two speakers alternating. State the convention in respect of layout. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/e4/) — Select the response consistent with established convention concerning punctuation at the end of spoken words. — wrong ✗ · exam

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