Introductory verb

Direct speech

Reported speech

Agree + to -inf

Yes, Ill come with you.

Demand

Tell me everything.

Offer

Would you like me to

carry it?
Ill study more.

He agreed to come with

me.
He demanded to be told
everything.
He offered to carry it.

Promise
Refuse
Threaten

No, I wont come with

you.
Behave yourself or Ill
punish you.

Claim

I heard her say that.

Advise + sb + to
-inf
Allow

You should take a coat.

Ask

Please, put it away.

Beg
Command

Please, please help me.

Fire!

Encourage

Go ahead, phone her.

Forbid

You mustnt eat sweets.

Instruct

Insert your card and wait

for the instructions to
appear.
Would you like to come
my house?
Sit down immediately.

Invite sb
Order
Permit
Remind
Urge
Warn
Want
Accuse sb of + -ing
form
Apologise for

Admit (to)

You can use my phone.

You may speak now.

Dont forget to pay the
bills.
Finish your work.
Dont touch that
switch.
Id like you to study
harder.
You broke the vase!
Im sorry I upset you.

Yes, lied to her.

He promised to study
more.
He refused to come with
me.
He threatened to punish
me if I didnt behave
myself.
He claimed to have heard
her say that.
He advised me to take a
coat.
He allowed me to use his
phone.
He asked me to put it
away.
He begged me to help him.
He commanded to the
soldiers to fire.
He encouraged me to
phone her.
He forbade me to eat
sweets
He instructed me to insert
my card and wait for the
instructions to appear.
He invited me to go to his
house.
He ordered me to sit down
immediately.
He permitted me to speak.
He reminded me to pay the
bills.
He urged me to finish my
work.
He warned not to touch
that switch.
He wanted me to study
harder.
He accused me of breaking
the vase.
He apologised for
upsetting/ having upset
me.
He admitted (to) lying/
having lied to her.

Boast about

I am better than you.

Complain to sb
about
Deny

You never tidy up.

Suggest

No, I didnt steal the

car.
You must wear warm
clothes.
Lets go to the theatre.

Agree + that
-clause
Boast

Yes, that is a beautiful

hat.
Im a brilliant dentist.

Claim

I know the answer.

Complain

You never listen to me.

Deny

Ive never spoken to

her.
Its wonderful!

Insist on

Exclaim
Explain
Inform sb
Promise
Suggest
Explain to sb + how

Its an easy recipe to

follow.
You will be called for an
interview.
I wont lie to you again.
You ought to take the
other road.
This how you make it.

He boasted about being

better than me.
He complained to me
about my never tidying up.
He denied stealing/ having
stolen the car.
He insisted on me/ my
wearing warm clothes.
He suggested going to the
theatre.
He agreed that it was a
beautiful hat.
He boasted that he was a
brilliant dentist.
He claimed that he knew
the answer.
He complained that I never
listened to him.
He denied that he had ever
spoken to her.
He exclaimed that it was
wonderful.
He explained that it was an
easy recipe to follow.
He informed that I would
be called for an interview.
He promised that he
wouldnt lie to me again.
He suggested that I take
the other road.
He explained to me how to
make it.