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Answer — Exercise 2

7.2 - The camera never lies·Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

Question

  1. Check what you know. Which sentences below report a) a statement, b) a request or c) a question?
  2. For the sentences in Exercise 2A, write the exact words each person said.
  3. Work in pairs and complete the rules.

Answer

a)

  1. 2, 3
  2. 4
  3. 1

b)

  1. 'Have you ever earned money for your hoax work?'
  2. 'I saw it with my own eyes a number of years ago.'
  3. 'I often work with the police.'
  4. 'Could you look at it?'

c)

  • Rule 1 → past
  • Rule 2 → sentence 3; still true
  • Rule 3 → an affirmative statement
  • Rule 4 → infinitive with to 
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