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Keep speech and reporting separate - Paper 1

Read the information, then answer the questions. An adult may read the instructions aloud. Show your working where asked.

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Speaker: Jay. Reporting verb: said. Exact spoken words: The bag is here. Write the reporting clause first, then the spoken words in double inverted commas. The reporting clause is not itself speech. Keep a question mark or exclamation mark belonging to the speech inside its marks.

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