A.-Report the following using a different reporting verb for each sentence.

advise – reply – admit – deny – insist – urge – complain – announce - accuse – suggest
– explain – confess

1) ‘I’m not a punk – never have been and never will be.’
Polly…
2) ‘Don’t mention this matter to anyone, Frank. It’s extremely delicate!’
The secretary…
3) ‘Prime Minister, may I put it to you that your polices have failed! Why doesn’t
the Government admit it has made mistakes?’
The leader of the opposition…
4) ‘Well, if pressed, I would probably have to say that I am not in favour of the
new anti-terrorist measures.’
The Ambassador…
5) ‘I’ve never, well, er…, really given marriage any serious thought.’
Sally…
6) ‘That’s it! I’m sorry but I’ve had enough. I just can’t take any more.’
The secretary…
7) ‘If I were you, I’d take the lift,’ said the porter to the hotel guest,’
The porter…

B.-Add the following adverbs to the above reported sentences.

grudgingly – furiously – patiently – generously – eagerly – angrily – reluctantly –

emotionally – tactfully – aggressively – politely – hesitantly

C.-Report the following sentences without using tell or say and use one of the verbs
from the list below:
beg / complain / conclude / declare / reply / insist / assure / convince / remind / admit /
announce / explain / promise / advise / warn / deny / reply
Don’t use a nominal clause if possible. Don’t repeat the reporting verbs.

1) ‘I’ll never let you down!’ he said.

2) ‘I’ve got a new boyfriend!’ she told her friends.
3) ‘I’m very sorry Mrs. Smith, it was I who broke the Ming Vase,’ he said.
4) ‘You never buy me flowers any more!’ she said.
5) ‘He must have gone home,’ we said.
6) ‘It’s your Mother’s birthday this Saturday,’ he said to Mary.
7) ‘The battle is over and we have won!’ he told the General.
8) ‘Please, forgive me! I can’t imagine how I could have forgotten your birthday.
I’ll never do it again.’
9) ‘You look tired. Why don’t you take a few days off? It’ll do you good.’
10) ‘You must come and visit us soon, I won’t take no for an answer!’
11) ‘Promise me you won’t tell anyone what I’ve just told you? It’ll be our little
secret, won’t it?’
12) ‘You shouldn’t go climbing in this weather. It’s too dangerous!’
13) ‘I tell you it wasn’t me! I was at home reading a book when it happened!’
D.-Rewrite the following sentences using impersonal passive voice. Use both
forms in all possible sentences.

1) There are rumours that explorers have found old pieces of metal in the hole.
2) Reputedly, the company is holding a top-level meeting about these matters next
week.
3) People said the company’s European division was having a good year.
4) Teachers have believed the head teacher should resign.
5) Historians believed that pirates buried the treasure centuries ago.