Question

Place inverted commas wherever needed.

1. My shoes are missing said my brother.
2. Who could have taken them? asked my mother.
3. Where did you keep them? I asked my brother.
4. I kept them near my cupboard, he replied.
5. My sister came and said, Come quickly. Look! Something is hanging from Spice's mouth.
6. It's a bit of a shoelace, I said.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1. "My shoes are missing" said my brother.

2. "Who could have taken them?" asked my mother.

3. "Where did you keep them?" I asked my brother.

4. "I kept them near my cupboard", he replied.

5. My sister came and said, "Come quickly. Look! Something is hanging from Spice's mouth".

6. "It's a bit of a shoelace", I said.

Answer 2

Required Answers :

• My shoes are missing said my brother.

Ans)) “My shoes are missing”, said my brother.

• Who could have taken them? asked my mother.

Ans)) “Who could have taken them?”,asked my mother.

• Where did you keep them? I asked my brother.

Ans)) “Where did you keep them?”,I asked my brother.

• I kept them near my cupboard, he replied.

Ans)) “I kept them near my cupboard”,he replied.

• My sister came and said, Come quickly. Look! Something is hanging from Spice's mouth.

Ans)) My sister came and said,“Come quickly. Look! Something is hanging from Spice's mouth.”

• It's a bit of a shoelace, I said.

Ans)) “It's a bit of a shoelace,”I said.

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Quotation marks, also known as quotes, quote marks, speech marks, inverted commas, or talking marks,are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to set off direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase. The pair consists of an opening quotation mark and a closing quotation mark, which may or may not be the same character. Inverted commas are mainly used in direct speech.

Examples : I said,“I am going.”