Taking an example using "said" and "says"

[kadioguy]

[From 3:10 to 3:45]

Now I set you a little task just before this lesson.

I said, “Can you fill in the gap with one of these discourse markers?”

So, person (a) says, “The live lesson is on grammar today.”
person (b) says, “Hmm, it’s about speaking skills.”

So, a lot of you said “Anyway”, a lot of you said “Mind you”, and a lot of you said “Actually”.

Any more comments? Anybody else wants to have a go at giving me the answer?
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What does she mean by using “said” and “says”?

I assume that she is setting a scenario where she just asked the question and some people just answered, so "I said ..." and "a lot of you said ...", and that in the question there are two people talking, so "person (a) says ..." and "person (b) says ...".

Does it make sense?

 

[Tarheel]

Well, "have a go" is quite British.

I wish she would stop saying "Actually".

She switches from " said" to "says" when I probably would not, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

 

[kadioguy]

I think that my assumption may be reasonable. Do you agree?

[Edit: Changed "might sound" to "may be".]

 

[Tarheel]

That's reasonable.