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Reporting verbs are used for problem-solution essays

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Reporting Verbs

Reporting verbs are used for problem-solution essays

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one english com Solutions for Enalish Texching Reporting Verbs (Worksheet 1) Match the reporting verbs below with their definitions a) aremark that calls attention to something or someone admit b) state firmly advise c) announce publicly or officially announce d) make (someone) agree, understand, or realise the truth of assure something, claim e) impart knowledge of some fact or event to someone ‘complain 8) give advice confirm g) Tefuse to give up or change your mind convince h) define and make understandable declare i) give or restore confidence explain i) make a proposal, declare a plan for something inform k) strengthen or make more firm insist 1) _an assertion that something is true or factual, mention m) declare to be true persuade n) express discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness Teassure ©) inform with certainty and confidence suggest p) cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action Read the following examples (1 ~ 12) and write in the most suitable verb from above. You % (© Vieky Cig and Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005 ee See Dowaleade fom the lessonshare in war.onestopsngish.cam oe ‘may have to change the form of the verb. “Stop worrying so much,” he her. “Everything will be ok.” A: Why are you home so late? B: My boss that I stay until I'd finished the report she needs for tomorrow. A: Well, you can’t ‘You knew that you would have to work hard if you took this job. The American and British governments, a lot of people that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction (nuclear bombs) so they invaded the country. They were wrong, The student __ her teacher that she would be late the next day. He called his wife to tell her that he had been involved in a car accident, __her that he wasn’t badly hurt. She her students to stop messing around and wasting time as they only had a few more months to improve their English (!) oor one english

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