Which sentence needs quotation marks added to be correct?

A. What are you talkin about, Marcus? Asked Shelby

B. Melinda asked me this morning if I had ever been to Europe.

C. The book said to add the tomato sauce just before serving.

D. When mrs. Connors told us to be careful, I should have listened.

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Alec Herrera

14 June, 14:52

Which sentence needs quotation marks added to be correct?

A. What are you talkin about, Marcus? Asked Shelby

B. Melinda asked me this morning if I had ever been to Europe.

C. The book said to add the tomato sauce just before serving.

D. When mrs. Connors told us to be careful, I should have listened.

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Dominique Fischer · Answer 1

A. What are you talking about, Marcus? Asked Shelby.

Explanation:

The correct way of writing the above sentence will be

"What are you talking about, Marcus?" asked Shelby.

As the sentence is based on a conversation, inverted commas should be used to open the sentence as well as close it. The rest of the options are indirect speeches while the first option is a direct speech. Thus, the punctuation.

Which sentence needs quotation marks added to be correct?A. What are you talkin about, Marcus? Asked ShelbyB. Melinda asked me this morning if I had ever been to Europe.C. The book said to add the tomato sauce just before serving.D. When mrs. Connors told us to be careful, I should have listened.