B. Took around half an hour to complete.
The complete predicate includes the verb and the rest of the sentence.
Answer:
C.
Explanation:
All the others are negative.
A suggests losing sleep.
B suggests a problem when you're away.
C tells you a benefit of walking a dog.
D tells you it's expensive.
Only C tells you a good thing about having a pet.
Answer: Reporting statements is relatively easy. The most common verb used to report statements is tell.
As a general rule, the changes in the tense of the reported speech depend upon the tense of the reporting verb in the direct speech. Thus when the reporting verb is in the past tense, the tense of the reported verb also changes to past tense.
Example
He said, ‘I want to go.’
He said that he wanted to go.
Explanation:
The clairvoyant principal always seemed to know when trouble was afoot.
