Starter quiz

  • What is a quote?
    • exact words or a statement taken from a source  ✓
    • a summary of what someone said
    • an important question
  • True or False? Direct speech always comes before the reporting clause.
    • True
    • False ✓
  • Order the following to show the correct order for speech first format.
    • 1
      ⇔
      open inverted commas
    • 2
      ⇔
      speech
    • 3
      ⇔
      comma, exclamation mark or question mark
    • 4
      ⇔
      close inverted commas
    • 5
      ⇔
      reporting clause and full stop
  • Order the following to show the correct order for speech second format.
    • 1
      ⇔
      reporting clause and comma
    • 2
      ⇔
      open inverted commas
    • 3
      ⇔
      speech
    • 4
      ⇔
      full stop, exclamation mark or question mark
    • 5
      ⇔
      close inverted commas
  • Select appropriate synonyms for 'said' that could be used in the reporting clause of direct speech in a journalistic report.
    • stated  ✓
    • recalled  ✓
    • explained  ✓
    • rambled
    • chitchatted
  • What kind of word can we include in the reporting clause to describe how the witness spoke or felt?
    • an adjective
    • a verb
    • an adverb  ✓
    • a noun
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