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PLEASE replace the infamously boring "said" with a better verb.
Correct the punctuation errors.
Anything Goes! Create dialogue with the following words included.
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"Try something new for once!" yelled his mom. 

His mom suggested to him to try something new.
100

"John was not very friendly to my family."

Ashely said, "John was not very friendly to my family."

100

John said, "Please, please, please help me with my Geometry test."

John pleaded with his friend, "Please, please, please help me with my Geometry test." 

100

John said "please take the trash out for me."

John said, "Please take the trash out for me."

100
yelled

John yelled at her to stop driving so fast. 

200

She said, "I'll pick you up from school tomorrow."

She told her sister she would pick her up from school tomorrow. 

200

"Who is knocking at the door?"

"Who is knocking at the door?" yelled my dad.

200

"I did it; I stole the money." his girlfriend said. 

"I did it; I stole the money." his girlfriend blurted out.

200

Smells Like Teen Spirit was a popular song by nirvana in the  nineties. 

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was a popular song by Nirvana in the nineties. 

200

inquired

"Who is that boy with you in those 30 pictures you posted on Instagram?" Judy inquired. 

300

“John thinks that this brother Jeff will be a great dad,” said Andrew.

Andrew told me that John believes Jeff will be a great dad. 

300

She yelled at him because he broker her necklace. 

"Why did you break my necklace?" Stacey inquired.

300

I said a lot of things that were rude last night because I was tired. 

I griped about a lot of things last night because I was tired. 

300

take it Easy, Hotel california and Desperado are three songs The Eagles wrote that became famous. 

"Take It Easy," "Hotel California" and "Desperado" are three songs The Eagles wrote that became famous.

300

announced

"Today I will give everyone 100s for working hard," Mrs. Scarpinato announced to her class.

400

"Who are you working for?" asked Maria. "I may submit my application there as well." 

Maria asked John who he worked for because she was thinking about also applying there. 

400

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. - Nelson Mandela

One of my favorite quotes from Nelson Mandela is "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

400
By throwing his hands up in the air and rolling his eyes, John said how frustrated he was.

By throwing his hands up in the air and rolling his eyes, John expressed how frustrated he was.

400

"Let's talk about the saying "love is blind,"" Kara said.  

"Let's talk about the saying 'love is blind,'" Kara said. 

400

shared with her team

Maria shared with her team that she would buy them lunch today. 

500

"UNT won the NIT final championship game last night!" exclaimed my mom, who graduated from the college. 

My mom yelled excitedly at me last night to let me know UNT won the NIT final championship game. She was happy because she graduated from UNT.

500

If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. -Eleanor Roosevelt

"If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor," is a quote by Eleanor Roosevelt that completely changed my attitude about life's challenges. 

500

"No, the poster on the wall was wrong," John said to the crowd, "It should read 'Come to our booth' not 'Come to our shop.'"

"No, the poster on the wall was wrong," John articulated to the crowd, "It should read 'Come to our booth' not 'Come to our shop.'"

500

"Don't forget the most important Eagle songs:  "Lyin' Eyes," "Take it to the Limit" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling,"" reminded Juan.

"Don't forget the most important Eagle songs:  'Lyin' Eyes,' 'Take it to the Limit' and 'Peaceful Easy Feeling,'" reminded Juan.

500

uttered under her breath

Maria uttered under her breath, "Please don't make me eat that."