Question

punctuate the following sentence what is a Zebra asked the teacher

Answer 1

"What is a Zebra ?", asked the teacher.

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Answer 2

The answer will be: “what is a Zebra?” asked the teacher. There are two parts in the sentence.

The direct speech part has been kept in quotation and the indirect part of the sentence is kept out of the quote.

The end of the sentence is denoted by the period. There is a question in the indirect part, hence note of interrogation has been added at the end of the question.