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The key answer of exercise 2

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

Question

Change from direct speech to reported speech.

  1. "I'll let you have this antique vase for €200," the salesman said to Jenny.
  2. "You still owe me the money I lent you two weeks ago, George," she said.
  3. "I've opened a savings account," Helen said.
  4. "We'll do our shopping online," James and Lilly said to us.
  5. "I don't understand why celebrities get paid so much to advertise products," Lucy said to Nick.
  6. "I'm saving money to buy a laptop," Sarah said to Joe.
  7. "Paul was trying to call you all day yesterday," Emma told Andrew.
  8. "She hasn't called us since she left last Monday," Mark said.

Answer

  1. The salesman told Jenny he would let her have that antique vase for €200.
  2. She told George he still owed her the money she had lent him two weeks ago.
  3. Helen said she had opened a savings account.
  4. James and Lilly told us they would do their shopping online.
  5. Lucy told Nick she didn't understand why celebs get paid so much to advertise products.
  6. Sarah told Joe she was saving money to buy a laptop.
  7. Emma told Andrew that Paul had been trying to call him all day the day before.
  8. Mark told me she hadn't called them since she had left last Monday.