Question

Last Saturday, Maya and her brother helped clean their grandmother’s attic. Inside a dusty box, they found an old diary. Maya opened it carefully, and she read the first page aloud. “The best memories” whispered their grandmother, “are written down so they won’t be forgotten.”

Which sentence from the passage needs a comma to correctly punctuate an adjectival phrase?



(1 point)
Responses

Last Saturday, Maya and her brother helped clean their grandmother’s attic.
Last Saturday, Maya and her brother helped clean their grandmother’s attic.

Inside a dusty box, they found an old diary.
Inside a dusty box, they found an old diary.

Maya opened it carefully, and she read the first page aloud.
Maya opened it carefully, and she read the first page aloud.

The best memories whispered their grandmother are written down so they won’t be forgotten.

The best memories whispered their grandmother are written down so they won’t be forgotten.

Answer 1

The last sentence. It should be punctuated with commas as:
"The best memories," whispered their grandmother, "are written down so they won’t be forgotten."