GCSE English

Conversations

Written conversations can be made more interesting by using alternative words to said. In the previous example, Arthur and Ford were shouting at each other (over background noise):

"He said something about a King," shouted Arthur in return ...

There are, of course, many alternatives:

"I'm taking up swimming," announces Arnaud.
"Where's my bed gone?" enquired Jim.
"Can I have a coffee and mince pie, please?" asks Harmsy.

Try to use different verbs with speech: it makes what you write more interesting! Furthermore, speech can be broken up mid-sentence, before being continued:

"There's this road in Scotland," explained Andy, "the fastest ever built!"


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