- RITA: We're hungry. Are you hungry too? Let's eat.
- JOHN E KENNEDY: Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do
for your country. - THE FOX: I'm going to eat you.*
THE RABBIT: YOU have to catch me fist!
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EXERCISE 24. Quoted speech. (Chart 14-8)
Directions: Practice punctuating quoted speech. Notice that a new paragraph signals a
. change in speakers.
GI"' , Both of your parents are deaf, aren't they I asked Roberto.
.11,, Yes, they are he replied
I'm looking for someone who knows sign language I said. Do
.I i I you know sign language I asked.
.I, ' ,, He said of course I do. I've been using sign language with
my parents since I was a baby. It's a beautiful and expressive
language. I often prefer it to spoken language.
A deaf student is going to visit our class next Monday.
Could you interpret for her I asked.
I'd be delighted to he answered. I'm looking forward to
i '- meeting her. Can you tell me why she is coming?
She's interested in seeing what we do in our English classes
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'In fables, animals are frequently given the ability to speak.
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