The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.5 - Grammar for the textbook Focus 4 - Student's Book with authors Kay Sue, Jones Vaughan, Brayshaw Daniel and Beata Trapnell from Pearson Education
Question
Translate the verbs in blue in Exercise 1. Which five can be replaced with said? Which one can be replaced with told?
Answer
Can be replaced with said: claimed, explained, suggested, insisted, added
Can be replaced with told: assured (because it takes an object)