REPORTING VERBS

1. ‘You have stolen my money,’ he said.

ACCUSED
2. ‘I’m sorry I’ve hurt your feelings, ‘ he said.
APOLOGISED
3. ‘I have a headache. It’s your fault,’ Sheila said to her husband.
BLAMED
4. ‘I have a collection of sports cars,’ Eric said.
BOASTED
5. ‘Tidy it up and go to sleep,’ dad told us.
ORDERED
6. ‘Come to our party on Friday night,’ they said.
INVITED
7. ‘I’m innocent,’ she said.
CLAIMED
8. ‘I let you down,’ Mike told me.
ADMITTED
9. ‘Don’t touch anything,’ he told us.
WARNED
10. ‘The meeting starts in half an hour,’ the secretary told us.
INFORMED
11. ‘You should watch this musical,’ Elena told us.
RECOMMENDED
12. ‘I won’t talk to her, ‘ Edward said.
REFUSED
13. ‘Hurry up, ‘ they told us.
URGED
14. ‘Let’s meet at the main square, ‘ he said.
SUGGESTED
15. ‘I’ll sue you,’ he told me.
THREATENED
16. ‘Don’t leave your suitcase unattended, ‘ she said.
REMINDED
17. ‘I can order whatever you want,’ dad said.
AGREED
18. ‘We must go to the mountains for the weekend,’ Lily said.
INSISTED
19. ‘You had better start going to the gym,’ my doctor said.
ADVISED
20. ‘I can give you a lift,’ the man told me.
OFFERED