Answer — Exercise 1
5c - Grammar in use·On Screen B1+ - Student's Book
Question
- Read the table and answer the questions.
- Read the joke and find examples of reported speech. Write what the salesman said in direct speech.
Answer
- 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.
- 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.