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The key answer of exercise Grammar

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10 - Language focus 1 for the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

When we report what someone said, various changes are made. Answer the questions below, referring to sentences a-e in exercise 3.

Answer

  1. The verb forms move one tense into the past.
  2. Because it is a generalisation and is still true / relevant now.
  3. whether; how; whose
  4. In reported questions, the word order is the same as in statements.
  5. They often change and are sometimes omitted altogether.
  6. Interjections are omitted.
  7. You add more reporting verbs, such as added and replied.
  8. You expand it into a complete sentence.