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Choose the sentence with correctly used punctuation.

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UPTET 2026 Paper 2 Social Studies Question Paper (3-Jul-2026) (Shift 1)
The correct answer is

Riya said, "I will submit the assignment tomorrow."

When introducing a direct quotation after a reporting verb like "said," a comma is required before the opening quotation mark, and the quoted words must be enclosed in quotation marks.

The sentence "Riya said, 'I will submit the assignment tomorrow.'" correctly places a comma after "said" and encloses the direct speech within quotation marks.

The other options either use a semicolon instead of a comma, omit the quotation marks, or omit the comma altogether.

Therefore, the correctly punctuated sentence is "Riya said, 'I will submit the assignment tomorrow.'"

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