The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10 - Language focus 2 for the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education
Question
Read quotes 1-10 below, which were reported by the media. Who said each one: a film star, the manager of a sports team, or a politician?
Choose the best verb to report each quote. Then report the main message of each quote.
Answer
a)
Film star: 3, 5, 6, 9
Manager of a sports team: 1, 7, 10
Politician: 2, 4, 8
b)
He / She suggested they wrote something positive about his / her team.
He / She accused the minister of having lied in the past and having carried on lying.
He / She recommended going to see his / her new film.
He / She apologised for making mistakes but said he / she still expected voters' support.
He / She confessed to hitting the photographer at the Oscar ceremony, while acknowledging the photographer was only doing his job.
He / She blamed the director for the poor quality of the film.
He / She denied having any intention of leaving the club.
He / She offered to look into the problem.
He / She warned them he / she would sue them if they wrote a negative review.