1. Now do you believe me croaked the bird. Now do you believe me croaked the bird. “Now do you believe me?” croaked the bird.

2. If only I knew some magic words he sighed I could make these buckets fly on their own. If only I knew some magic words he sighed I could make these buckets fly on their own. “If only I knew some magic words,” he sighed, “I could make these buckets fly on their own.”

3. If you knew any magic words at all grumbled the raven crossly you could get us both out of here. If you knew any magic words at all grumbled the raven crossly you could get us both out of here. “If you knew any magic words at all,” grumbled the raven crossly, “you could get us both out of here.”

4. What words could we use instead of said? said

5. sighed croaked grumble d shouted whispered asked replied demanded laughed gasped screamed yelled cried