Answer — Exercise 2
5.5 - Grammar·Focus 4 (2nd edition) - Student's Book
Câu hỏi
Look at the six reporting verbs in blue in Exercise 1. Five can be replaced with said and one with told. Which one and why?
Câu trả lời
- Claimed, explained, suggested, insisted, added can be replaced with said because they don’t take an object.
- Assured can be replaced with told because it takes an object.