alleryChoose the correctly punctuated sentence.
AThe teacher asked, 'Have you finished your homework'?
BThe teacher asked 'Have you finished your homework?'
CThe teacher asked, 'Have you finished your homework?'
DThe teacher asked 'Have you finished your homework.'
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The teacher asked, 'Have you finished your homework?'
Direct speech is set off by a comma after the reporting verb, opened with a quotation mark, ends with the question mark INSIDE the closing quote when the quotation is itself a question.
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