Question

“What shall I do?” he cried out.
Choose the option that best corrects the underlined words.
a)“What shall I do” he cried out.
b)“What shall I do? he cried out.”
c)What shall I do? he cried out.
d)No change

Answer 1

Hint: The above-given statement is in Direct speech. A direct speech is used to narrate or repeat the actual words of a speaker in quotation marks.

Complete step-by-step answer:

 As given in the hint, we know that the above-given statement is in direct reporting speech. Quotation marks are used to indicate the beginning and end of a quote. They are also used to represent the original wordings or the language that has come from somebody else.
Now, let’s look at the given options:
a)“What shall I do” he cried out. - The given interrogative direct speech lacks a question mark. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
b)“What shall I do? he cried out.”- We cannot enclose the entire sentence in quotation marks. We only use quotation marks to indicate the beginning and end of a quote. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
c)What shall I do? he cried out. - The sentence lacks quotation marks. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
d)No change- The given statement is appropriate. Hence, it is the correct option.
The correct answer is Option ‘d’.

Note: It is important to place question marks within the quotation marks in interrogative direct sentences.