Speechmarks

Task One

‘Said’ is a common word used to show people are speaking in stories. Think of 6 different, more interesting words and type them here.

1.”says”          2.”yelled”

3.”mimicked” 4.”asked”

5.”whispered” 6.”shouted”

Task Two

Choose 3 of the words you have written for task one and put them into sentences with speech in them to show me you can use them in context.

“hey john” yelle santana

“hey ramen” whispered john

“can i have a dollar please” asked rob

Task Three

Put the speech marks in the correct places.

1. “Stand there!” shouted Mr Cockcroft.

2. Phil cried , “watch out for that door!”

3. “Please don’t hurt me”, begged the little man.

4. The crowd chanted “United! United!”

5. “Run! The house is on fire!” screamed Creole.

6. Tim asked , “what’s the date please?”

7. “Is it nearly dinner?” asked Anna. I’m “starving”.

8. “You’re early”, “said” the waiter. “Your table isn’t quite ready”.

9. “I can’t play out tonight”, explained Rachel. “I’ve got too much homework to do”.

10. “It’s no use crying”, snapped Tony. “You’ll only make me angrier”.