SUMMARY OF UNIT 10

DIRECT STATEMENT OR QUESTION SENTENCE WITH AN INCLUDED STATEMENT OR QUESTION EXPLANATION

She loves kids. She is patient. Is the baby sick? What does the baby need? What should I do with a crying baby? Where can I find a babysitter?

I want to make the world a better place. Have you always loved music?

Do your kids watch Sesame Street?

I will teach my son to drive. I know that she loves kids. I’m sure that she is patient. I don’t know if the baby is sick. I’m not sure what the baby needs. I don’t know what to do with a crying baby. Can you tell me where to find a babysitter? Alma said, “I want to make the world a better place.” “Have you always loved music?” asked the reporter. She asked me if my kids watched Sesame Street. She said that she would teach her son to drive.

Trust yourself. Don’t give the baby candy. He told us to trust ourselves. He told me not to give the baby candy. A noun clause is used as an included statement.

A noun clause is used as an included question. An infinitive can replace should or can.

An exact quote is used to report what someone has said or asked.

A noun clause is used in reported speech after verbs such as said, asked, knew, etc.

An infinitive is used to report an imperative.

PUNCTUATION WITH NOUN CLAUSES

I know where he lives.

Do you know where he lives? He said, “I like you.”

“I like you,” he said.

He asked, “What do you want?”

“What do you want?” he asked. Period at the end. No comma before the noun clause.

Question mark at the end. No comma before the noun clause. Comma after said. Quotation marks around the quote. Period before the final quotation mark. Quotation marks around the quote. Comma before the final quotation mark. Period at end. Comma after asked. Quotation marks around the quote. Question mark before the final quotation mark. Quotation marks around the quote. Question mark before the end of quote. Period at the end.