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Question
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
The candidates ______answer five out of ten questions.
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Solution
The candidates should answer five out of ten questions.
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2. To report a declaration, we use the reporting verb __________.
3. The adverb of place here changes to ___________.
4. When the verb in direct speech is in the present tense, the verb in reported speech is in the ______________ tense (as in Sentence Set 3).
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6. When the sentence in direct speech contains a word denoting respect, we add the adverb _______________in the reporting clause (as in Sentence Set 1).
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_________________?
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They ______ football players.
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