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Question 86

When the delivery arrived, Malik ___ the loading bay had changed.

  1. said the courier that the loading bay had changed
  2. told the courier that the loading bay had changedCorrect answer
  3. told that the loading bay had changed before the delivery arrived
  4. told to the courier that the loading bay had changed without warning

Explanation

Told the courier that the loading bay had changed correctly places the recipient directly after told. Said the courier is wrong because say cannot take a personal object directly, while told to the courier wrongly inserts the preposition used with say.

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