Question

the tutor _ her students to take notes
1.said
2.talk
3.tell
4.told

Answer 1

The tutor told her students to take notes.

• In English linguistics, we can determine what the possible answer will be by looking at the sentence structure.
• We usually use 'said' for direct speech and the sentence structure illustrates that the sentence is in indirect speech.
• As the question is in indirect speech, hence past form 'told' will be the correct option to fill in the blank.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

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