Which sentence is punctuated correctly? A.
There were only three questions left when the teacher said "Okay, pencils down."
B.
There were only three questions left when the teacher said, "Okay, pencils down."
C.
There were only three questions left when the teacher said "Okay pencils down".
D.
There were only three questions left when the teacher said, "Okay pencils down".

B is the correct one

Explanation:

There is a comma before said, used opening quotation marks, capitalized okay following with a comma, and has a period then end quotation marks.

B.

There were only three questions left when the teacher said, "Okay, pencils down."

Explanation:

The correct answer should have quotation marks around what the teacher said. To introduce the quote, a comma should be before the opening quotation mark. A comma also belongs after the introductory word inside of the quote ("Okay"). A period that ends the sentence should always go inside of the quotation marks.

anyone who was dealing with communism in soviet union in his time had an ideal picture of equality, freedom, the struggle of the working class for a better future, the success of the aristocracy's overthrow and the emancipation of subjugation.   however, anyone who would go to soviet union to see the functioning of the communist system, would be convinced that it was about sad people, about everyday bad life, about the brutal attitude of communist leaders, about ill obsession to completely exterminate every thought on aristocracy. thus, orwell wanted to show all the absurdity, the brutality of the system, the unbearable rule of suspicious morality, the ignorant people who try to play professionally.

the answers are: b. and e.

dependent clause!

example: "before the food gets cold"