UNIT 8, 8E Word Skills, Verb patterns: reporting verbs, page 91
Exercise 2
‘Theif’; The note was written by a bike thief, who felt guilty after the owner left him a note begging him to return it.
Exercise 3
1 promise
2 beg
3 persuade
4 admit
5 apologise
6 accuse
7 thank
Exercise 4
1 encouraged
2 suggested
3 refused
4 warned
5 insisted on
Exercise 5
2 John’s mother begged him not to lose his phone again.
3 Mrs Brown accused her neighbours of stealing her plants.
4 Grace apologised for not being better at cooking.
5 Harry suggested not spending so much money on snacks.
6 Anna’s parents encouraged her to take up a hobby.
7 The tour guide warned the tourists that swimming in the river was dangerous.
8 Ella insisted on paying for her own ticket.
UNIT 8, 8F Reading, A novel idea, page 92-93
Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
1 C
2 G
3 A
4 E
5 H
6 D
Exercise 4
1 T
2 F
3 T
4 T
5 T
6 F
Exercise 5
1 a teenager who contracted AIDS.
2 over a six-month period in spare moments, often while commuting on the train.
3 Takatsu read an English translation of Rin’s story and was impressed by it. He then wrote the first English language cell phone novel.
4 He likes its simple and emotional language.
Exercise 6
1 e
2 g
3 a
4 b
5 c
6 d
7 i
8 k
9 f
10 h
11 j