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The key answer of exercise 3

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

Question

Rewrite the sentences in direct speech.

  1. The salesman said he would let me have the guitar for £150.
  2. Johnny said that he was going to buy a new car.
  3. She said that she couldn't stand that jingle.
  4. Mel said that he had just opened his bank account.
  5. He said that he didn't want to have a credit card.
  6. My mum told me she would give me some money later.
  7. She said that she had already overspent that month.
  8. Harold said that TV commercials annoy him.

Answer

  1. "I will let you have the guitar for £150," said the salesman.
  2. "I am going to buy a new car," John said.
  3. "I can't stand this jingle," she said.
  4. "I have just opened my bank account," Mel said.
  5. "I don't want to have a credit card," he said.
  6. "I will give you some money later," mum told me.
  7. "I have already overspent this month," she said.
  8. "TV commercials annoy me," said Harold.

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