Reporting Verbs
TASK Complete the sentences in indirect speech, using these reporting verbs: admit, advise x2 , beg, complain, congratulate, deny, hope, insistx 2, invite, object, order, promise x2, refuse, remind x2, suggest x2 , refuse, threaten x2, warn x2.
Example: “I'm sorry I forgot to buy some stamps.”
He apologised for forgetting to buy some stamps.
1. “Yes, it was me who took your pen.”
He (1)________________________________ my pen.
2. “Well done. You've passed the exam.”
He (2)________________________________ me (3)________________________________ the exam.
3. “Finish the exercise right now!”
He (4)________________________________ me (5)________________________________ the exercise.
4. “I'll send you the photos.”
He (6)________________________________ me the photos.
5. “I think you should pay them a visit.”
He (7)________________________________ me (8)________________________________ them a visit.
6. “Don't forget to give your mother a ring.”
He (9)________________________________ me (10)________________________________ my mother a ring.
7. “Don't bother! I'll take them to school.”
He (11)________________________________ them to school.
8. “Do I really have to do the composition again?”
He objected to doing the composition again.
9. “I'll call the police if you don't leave immediately.”
He (12)________________________________ the police if I didn't leave immediately.
10. “Why don't we go on a picnic?”
He (13)________________________________ on a picnic.
11. “Children! You mustn't touch that wire. It's live.”
He (14)________________________________ the wire because it was live.
12. “Why do I have to do the cleaning? It's not fair!”
He (15)________________________________ to do the cleaning.
13. "I didn't do it," she said.
She (16)________________________________ it.
14. "Have lunch with me," she said.
She (17)________________________________ lunch with her.
15"Why don't you buy one?" said Tom.
Tom (18)________________________________ I buy one.
16. "I promise I'll take you to Prague," said Mary.
Mary (19)________________________________ me to Prague.
17. "I hope Andy will phone tonight," said Clare.
Clare hoped Andy (20)________________________________ that night.
18. "Please, please don't tell anyone!" he said.
He (21)________________________________ me not to tell anyone.
19. "I won't do it," he said.
He (22)________________________________ it.
20. "You should have lessons," she said.
She (23)________________________________ me (24)________________________________ lessons.
21. "We really must go with you," they said.
They (25)________________________________ with me.
22. "Don't forget to phone Granny," said Mum.
Mum (26)________________________________ me (27)________________________________ Granny.
23. "If you wear my T-shirt again, I'll pinch you very hard," said Maggy.
Maggie (28)________________________________ me very hard if I (29)________________________________ her T-shirt
again.
24. "Don't fly kites near electric overhead cables," said my father.
My father (30)________________________________ me (31)________________________________ kites near electric overhead cables.
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