Reporting Verbs

Put the following sentences in the correct column of the table

They accused me of lying

My parents warned me (that) this would happen
We agreed (that) we would meet again
The police told the man to put the gun down
The young man refused to give me his address
The minister has apologized for making the remarks
He denied making any threatening phonecalls

Verb + (that) Verb + + (that) verb + ing verb + preposition Verb + + verb + infinitive Verb + +
+ ing proposition + ing infinitive

Warned denied apologised accused refused told

agreed

Add these reporting verbs to the table:

explain, insist, recommend (X 2), say, suggest (X2), assure, persuade, insist on, object to, agree, decide, demand, offer, promise, threaten,
complain, tell, admit, blame, suspect,