Use Paired Spanish Punctuation

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• The supplied phrase is “Cómo te llamas”. The aim is to ask someone’s name. Which complete written form matches that aim? Candidate answers: (A) Cómo te llamas! (B) Cómo te llamas? (C) ¡Cómo te llamas! (D) ¿Cómo te llamas?
• The supplied phrase is “Dónde está la sala”. The aim is to ask a location. Which complete written form matches that aim? Candidate answers: (A) Dónde está la sala! (B) Dónde está la sala? (C) ¡Dónde está la sala! (D) ¿Dónde está la sala?

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Written Spanish gives useful clues to sounds and word boundaries. These text tasks introduce a few spelling and stress patterns; they do not evaluate anyone’s accent or listening ability. Written Spanish places an opening question or exclamation mark at the beginning of the relevant span and the matching closing mark at its end. Direct question words retain their written accents.

Identify whether the supplied communicative aim is a question or an exclamation. Enclose the entire supplied phrase in the matching pair. Keep the words and accents already provided; do not translate or rewrite the meaning.

A closing mark by itself omits required Spanish opening punctuation. Questions and exclamations may begin inside a longer sentence, but these short tasks contain one complete span. Formal writing follows the paired-mark convention.

1. Copy the supplied example and underline its speaker, noun, time cue or evidence words.
2. Apply the shown language rule; keep any required ending, accent or paired punctuation.
3. Solve the changed independent check, then explain why one offered alternative fails.
4. Complete all three new practice cases and use the model to correct the precise word or meaning.

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The supplied phrase is “Por qué estudias”. The aim is to ask a reason. Which complete written form matches that aim? Candidate answers: (A) Por qué estudias! (B) Por qué estudias? (C) ¡Por qué estudias! (D) ¿Por qué estudias? Expected result: ¿Por qué estudias? The stated aim is ask a reason. Therefore choose question marks at both ends: ¿Por qué estudias? Preserve the supplied spelling and accents; a lone closing mark is incomplete.

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