Question

10. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? “I have soccer practice first.” Evan thought, “then my violin lesson.” “I have soccer practice first,” Evan thought “then my violin lesson.” “I have soccer practice first,” Evan thought, “then my violin lesson.” “I have soccer practice first,” Evan thought. “then my violin lesson.”

Answer 1

“I have soccer practice first,” Evan thought, “then my violin lesson.”

Hope this helps:)The commas have to be there no matter what!!!

Answer 2

“I have soccer practice first,” Evan thought, “then my violin lesson.”

If the direct speech is placed at the beginning of the sentence, you have to put a comma before the final quotation mark. You don’t have to use a full stop here in this place. Example: “I have soccer practice first,”

Besides, you have to use a comma after the reporting clause. Example: Evan thought,

The terminal full stop (.) is used before the closing speech mark. Example: “then my violin lesson.”

It is important to state that quotation starts with a capital letter, except when it is interrupted by a reporting clause; in this case the first letter of the continuation (or second quotation) is not capitalised: “I have soccer practice first,” Evan thought, “then my violin lesson.”