Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

A.

There were only three questions left when the teacher said "Okay, pencils down."

B.

There were only three questions left when the teacher said, "Okay, pencils down."

C.

There were only three questions left when the teacher said "Okay pencils down".

D.

There were only three questions left when the teacher said, "Okay pencils down".

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Debree

21 November, 15:16

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

A.

There were only three questions left when the teacher said "Okay, pencils down."

B.

There were only three questions left when the teacher said, "Okay, pencils down."

C.

There were only three questions left when the teacher said "Okay pencils down".

D.

There were only three questions left when the teacher said, "Okay pencils down".

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Karissa Huff · Answer 1

B is the correct one

Explanation:

There is a comma before said, used opening quotation marks, capitalized okay following with a comma, and has a period then end quotation marks.