Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

A He asked "where are you going"?

B He asked, "Where are you going?"

C He asked "where are you going?"

D He asked, "Where are you going"?

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

A comma follows the dialogue tag, the quote begins with a capital letter, and the question mark goes inside the quotation marks.

💡 Why is B) the correct answer?

The correct answer to the question "Which sentence is punctuated correctly?" is Option B: He asked, "Where are you going?".

The other options — A) He asked "where are you going"?, C) He asked "where are you going?", D) He asked, "Where are you going"? — are incorrect for this ACT Exam Prep question. As explained above: A comma follows the dialogue tag, the quote begins with a capital letter, and the question mark goes inside the quotation marks.

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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

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