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The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5c - Grammar in use for the textbook On Screen B1+ - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

  1. Read the table and answer the questions.
  2. Read the joke and find examples of reported speech. Write what the salesman said in direct speech.

Answer

  1. 1) We introduce reported statements with the verbs 'say' or 'tell'.; 2) The tenses according to the table (e.g. present simple to past simple, present continuous to past continuous etc).; 3) Pronouns and possessive adjectives change according to the meaning.; 4) We use quotation marks in direct speech.; 5) We use 'said' somebody (to somebody else) to introduce direct speech. We use 'said' (that) or 'told' somebody to introduce reported speech.
  2. Reported speech: You said that my new car had a two-year guarantee. You also told me that you would replace anything that broke.; Direct speech: "Your new car has a two-year guarantee. We will replace anything that breaks," said the salesman.

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