Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.5 - Lookback for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Add vowels to complete the summarising verbs.
  2. Summarise the sentences using reported speech and an appropriate verb.

Answer

a)

  1. acknowledge
  2. allege
  3. call for
  4. echo
  5. illustrate
  6. maintain
  7. plead
  8. relate
  9. reprimand
  10. repudiate
  11. voice
  12. vow

b)

  1. She / he echoed her / his opponent (in saying that education is key).
  2. She / he maintained her / his position is unchanged.
  3. She / he vowed never to betray the public's trust. OR She / he vowed that she / he would never betray the public's trust.
  4. She / he pleaded for / called for the public to remain calm pending an investigation.
  5. She / he reprimanded the opposition for their use of immoral tactics.