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antoniya [11.8K]
3 years ago
15

Add the missing speech marks to this text.

English
2 answers:
m_a_m_a [10]3 years ago
7 0
<span>There was a booming knock at the door and a louds hout.
"Open up!"
From inside came ther attleofalock,and then the door opened barely half an inch. A woman,dishevelled and clearly shaken,peered through hesitantly.
"Can I help you?"
Detective Stirland loomed large before her.He flipped open his ID badge.
"Where’s Joe,Mandy?"
"What’s this about?" she stammered.
Stirland applied his weight to the door and the woman stepped backwards as it swung open.
"I’ll ask the questions.We know he’s here."
Her eyes flitted from his face to the lounge door and back.
"Joe!"
She folded her arms defiantly,reluctantly.
"Joe, you’d better come out.The police are here."</span>
rosijanka [135]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

  1. "Open up!"
  2. " Can I help you?"
  3. "Where's Joe , Mandy?"
  4. "What's this about?"
  5. "I ' ll ask the questions. We know he 's here."
  6. "Joe!"
  7. "Joe, you'd better come out. The police are here."

Explanation:

  1. Quotation marks - inverted commas- are used to indicate that someone is shouting.
  2. The inverted commas show the woman's actual words; a question in this case.
  3. The voice of a detective  is showed through the inverted commas.
  4. The woman's actual question needs inverted commas.
  5. This is how the actual words of the inspector are marked.
  6. The woman is calling Joe: her voice is marked by the inverted commas.
  7. The woman is talking to Joe and this is showed through the inverted commas.

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