Question

Put punctuation marks and capital letters wherever necessary.
What are time tables the elf shrieked?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The given sentence should be written correctly as shown below:

"What are time tables?", the elf shrieked.

or

The elf shrieked, "What are time tables?"

Explanation:

The given sentence was a direct speech requiring to be written in quotation marks. Since it was a question, a sign of interrogation needed to be put at the end before closing the quotation marks.

Answer 2

Correct sentence:

"What are time tables?," the Elf shrieked.

Explanation:

• Punctuation is a usage of space, sign and topographical devices which is used to understand a sentence while reading it.
• The sentence with the double quotes indicates the speech of the speaker.
• The question mark defines that the speech is a question.
• The comma after the speech is used to leave some gap to differentiate the speech and speaker.
• The word "Elf" is the name of a supernatural being, thus, the initial letter is in capital.