The key answer of exercise 8
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8.1 - A better future for the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book with authors JJ Wilson with Antonia Clare from Pearson Education
Question
Work in pairs. Report the dialogues using verbs from the boxes. Leave the main (non-reporting) verbs in the same tenses if possible. In one sentence, change a positive adjective to a negative one.
Answer
- Sarah warned that if they/we don't start recycling, the consequences will be serious for the planet.
- David suggested that they should start (OR suggested starting) a recycling group in the community.
- Sarah remembered that there's one already.
- Mike confessed that there had been one. He started it, but then it became really hard work, so they stopped.
- David assumed that no one drives if they can walk these days.
- Mike responded by saying that he drives everywhere.
- Sarah implied that this is bad for the environment.
- Mike threatened to kick them out of his flat if they didn't shut up about the environment.