Reporting verbs
Now fill the following table paying attention to the structure following the reporting verbs:
1- ‘Would you like to come to lunch?’ Anne said.
2- ‘Would you like me to meet her at the airport?’ he said.
3- ‘Don’t drive too fast. This road is dangerous’ she said to him.
4- ‘You killed him, didn’t you?’ he said
5- ‘Yes, I stole the money’ he said.
6- ‘I’m sorry I lost my temper’ said Tom.
7- ‘You’d better go to the doctor’ said John.
8- ‘You should eat less sweets’ Mary said to me.
9- ‘People should do more exercise’ Mary said.
10- ‘It was a difficult exam’ said Rob.
11- ‘Please, don’t argue. I’m going to pay’ said John.
12- ‘Yes, I’ll write every week’ she said.
13- ‘I know a good restaurant. Why don’t we go there?’ he said
14- ‘You see, she didn’t use to go to school when she was young’
15- ‘Alright, yes, I was wrong and you were right’ he said.
16- ‘I won’t lend you more money’ she said
17- ‘Sue, don’t forget our meeting tomorrow’ he said
18- ‘Don’t give Nathan any chocolate’ he said
19- ‘You were sleeping during my lecture yesterday’ he said
20- ‘I don’t take drugs’ she said
21- ‘All right, I’ll come’
a. Mary recommended doing more exercise.
b. Mary recommended me to eat less sweets.
c. He offered to meet her at the airport.
d. She promised to write every week. / She promised me that she would write every week.
e. The doctor ordered Nathan’s parents not to give him any chocolate
f. He said he knew a good restaurant and then he suggested going there
g. He insisted on paying.
h. She reminded Sue not to forget their meeting the next day.
i. Anne invited me to come to lunch (Ann invited me to lunch).
j. She warned him not to drive too fast. / she warned him that he shouldn’t drive too fast.
k. The teacher complained that I had been sleeping during his lecture the day before.
l. He explained that she didn’t use to go to school when she was young.
m. Rob admitted that it had been a difficult exam.
n. He accused me of killing him.
o. He admitted stealing the money.
p. Tom apologised for losing his temper
q. He advised me to go to the doctor. / He advised me that I should go to a doctor
s. He agreed that he was wrong and I was right.
t. She refused to lend me more money.
u. She agreed to come
v. She denied taking drugs / he denied that he took drugs
 Reporting verbs
Now fill the following table paying attention to the structure following the reporting verbs:
Say

Verb + that - sentence Verb + infinitive

Tell
Ask
Tell

Verb + object + infinitive

Verb + object +that - sentence

Verb + gerund

Verb + object + gerund