Question

Punctuate the following using capital letters also wherever necessary :
he said will you help me or shall i ask someone else

Hint:

When punctuating direct speech, remember the sequence: Comma, Opening Quotation Mark, Capital Letter, Sentence Content, End Punctuation (like ?, !, .), Closing Quotation Mark.

Answer 1

Step 1: Understanding the Question:
The task is to add the necessary punctuation marks and capital letters to the given sentence to make it grammatically correct. The sentence contains direct speech.
Step 2: Key Concepts for Punctuation:

The first letter of a sentence must be capitalized.

The pronoun 'I' is always capitalized.

A comma (,) is used to separate the reporting clause from the reported speech.

The reported speech (the exact words spoken) is enclosed in quotation marks ("...").

The first word of the reported speech starts with a capital letter.

A question mark (?) is used at the end of an interrogative sentence.


Step 3: Applying the Rules:
Let's apply the rules to "he said will you help me or shall i ask someone else":

Capitalize the first word 'he' to 'He'.

Place a comma after the reporting verb 'said'.

Add opening quotation marks before 'will'.

Capitalize 'will' to 'Will' as it starts the direct speech.

Capitalize the pronoun 'i' to 'I'.

The reported speech is a question, so add a question mark (?) at the end, before the closing quotation marks.

Add closing quotation marks after the question mark.

The corrected sentence is: He said, "Will you help me, or shall I ask someone else?"