Question

Select the sentence with correct punctuation marks.
oh dear did I really hurt you
a- Oh! dear, did I really hurt you.
b- Oh dear! Did I really hurt you?
c- Oh dear did I really hurt you!
d- Oh, dear! did I really hurt you!

Answer 1

Hint: Punctuation marks are added in a sentence to create spacing and regular signs. They help in making our writing neater and more informative.

Complete answer:
 As given in the hint, punctuation marks indicate the beginning and end of a sentence.
Let us look at the use of different punctuation marks-
1) The comma (,)- Commas are used to split or separate words in a sentence. Example- Can you give me a pencil, an eraser, and a pen?
2) The full stop (.)- Full stops are used to indicate the concluding point of a sentence. Example- They were going home.
3) Capitalization- It is important to write the first letter of a sentence in capital letters. Example- The dog entered the house.
4) Quotation marks (“)- We use inverted commas to quote the speech or wordings of a person. For example- Mom said, ‘I can bake a cake.”
5) Exclamation marks (!)- We use exclamation marks to indicate feelings or emotions. For example- Hurrah! We won the match.
In the given question- We can conclude that X exclaimed ‘Oh dear! Did I really hurt you?’ Here, we have used an exclamation mark to indicate emotions and a question mark to indicate a question.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
Option a- ‘Oh! dear, did I really hurt you.’ It is an incorrect option because the sentence lacks a question mark.
Option b- ‘Oh dear! Did I really hurt you?’ It is the correct option because we can see the use of all the appropriate punctuation marks.
Option c- ‘Oh dear did I really hurt you!’ It is an incorrect option because the sentence lacks a question mark.
Option d- ‘Oh, dear! did I really hurt you!’ It is an incorrect option because we cannot use an exclamation mark to indicate a question. The correct answer is Option ‘b’.

Note:
Keep in mind, the first letter of proper nouns is always written in capital letters. Also, the first letter of a common noun can be written in capital letters, if it is the first word of a sentence.