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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8b - Grammar for the textbook Spark 4 - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

Rewrite the sentences in direct speech.

  1. David said that he was going to make a TV commercial.
  2. They said that they wanted to buy Jack a birthday present.
  3. Jane said that she absolutely loved that perfume.
  4. She said that she didn't like that shop very much.
  5. Paula told us that she would buy us lunch the next day.
  6. Brian said to Mary that he had to get some money from the bank.
  7. The sales assistant said that he had removed the tag.
  8. He said that he had gone to that shopping mall once.

Answer

  1. "I am going to make a TV commercial," said David.
  2. "We want to buy Jack a birthday present," they said.
  3. "I absolutely love this perfume," said Jane.
  4. "I don't like this shop very much," she said.
  5. "I will buy you lunch tomorrow," Paula told us.
  6. "I have to get some money from the bank," Brian said to Mary.
  7. "I have removed the tag," said the sales assistant.
  8. "I have gone to this shopping mall once," he said.