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Reported Speech 4 (Reporting Verbs)

This document provides examples of reporting verbs and how to report speech using those verbs. It gives sample conversations and how they could be reported using various verbs like accept, accuse, advise, agree, answer, apologize, ask, beg, complain, deny, explain, insist, invite, offer, persuade, promise, recommend, refuse, remind, say, suggest, tell, thank, and warn.

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Reported Speech 4 (Reporting Verbs)

This document provides examples of reporting verbs and how to report speech using those verbs. It gives sample conversations and how they could be reported using various verbs like accept, accuse, advise, agree, answer, apologize, ask, beg, complain, deny, explain, insist, invite, offer, persuade, promise, recommend, refuse, remind, say, suggest, tell, thank, and warn.

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Reported Speech: reporting verbs file

Accept
Dan: Would you like to come to my party on Saturday?
Liz:- I’d love to!
Liz accepted to go to Dan’s party on Saturday./Liz accepted Dan’s invitation.

Accuse
Lily: You lied to me!
Lily accused me of lying.

Advise
Paul: If I were you, I’d talk to her.
Paul advised me to talk to her./Paul advised (me) that I should talk to her.
Kristin: You shouldn’t go swimming directly after eating so much.
Kristin advised me against going swimming directly after eating.

Agree
Helen: Let’s go to the movies!
Rose: Yes, that’s a good idea.
Rose agreed to go to the movies.
Tim: I think we should celebrate the good news at a restaurant.
David: I think so too.
David agreed with Tim./David and Tim agreed on/about celebrating the good news at a
restaurant./David agreed that they should celebrate the good news at a restaurant.

Answer
Will: Which cities have you visited in Europe?
Lynn: I’ve been to Rome, Venice, Barcelona, Madrid, London and Paris.
Lynn answered that she had been to Rome, Venice, Barcelona, Madrid, London and Paris.

Apologise
Carol: Sorry I’m late.
Carol apologised for being late.

Ask
Mary: Could you please come a minute?
Mary asked me to go a minute.
Chris: Have you ever been to Colombia?
Chris asked me if I had ever been to Colombia.
Ann:- Where are you going?
Ann asked me where I was going.

Beg
Martin: Oh, please lend me your car, dad!
Martin begged his dad to lend him his car.
Complain
Mr. Brown: The service in this restaurant is terrible!
Mr. Brown complained (to the manager) about the terrible service in that restaurant./Mr. Brown
complained that the service in that restaurant was terrible.

Deny
Mrs. Phelps: The company has not acted irresponsibly in this matter.
Mrs. Phelps denied that the company had acted irresponsibly in that matter.
Johnny: It wasn’t me who broke the vase!
Johnny denied breaking the vase.

Explain
Dr. Anderson: Let me tell you about the risks of this operation…
Dr. Anderson explained the risks of the operation (to me).
Juliet: My full name is Juliet Avery, not Almery.
Juliet explained that her full name was Juliet Avery, not Almery.

Insist
Ross: Don’t you understand? This is the only way out. We have to give them the money.
Ross insisted on (our) giving them the money./Ross insisted that we should give them the
money./Ross insisted that we gave them the money.

Invite
Rick: Would you like to play football with us?
Rick invited me to play football with them.

Offer
John: Do you want some biscuits?
John offered me some biscuits.
Rachel: Don’t worry, I’ll help you carry those boxes.
Rachel offered to help me carry those boxes.

Persuade
Jim: Come on! Come with us! We’ll have a great time!
Alice: All right, all right. I’ll go.
Jim persuaded Alice to go to the cinema.

Promise
Karen: I’ll help you, you have my word.
Karen promised to help me./Karen promised that she would help me.

Recommend
Shop assistant: I believe you should buy a more powerful computer.
The shop assistant recommended buying a more powerful computer./The shop assistant
recommended (me) to buy a more powerful computer./The shop assistant recommended that I
should buy a more powerful computer./The shop assistant recommended that I bought a more
powerful computer.
Refuse
Joe: Please, tell me what Nina told you.
Ruth: I’m sorry. I can’t. I gave her my word.
Ruth refused to tell Joe what Nina had told her.
Sam: Would you like another piece of cake?
Max: Oh. No, thank you. I’m fine.
Max refused another piece of cake.

Remind
Peter: Don’t forget to call Richard.
Peter reminded me to call Richard./Peter reminded me that I had to call Richard.
Sophie: Yes we met before! Don’t you remember? At that conference in Washington?
Matt: Oh, yes! Now I remember!
Sophie reminded Matt that they had met before, at a conference in Washington.

Say
Ellen: I’m not feeling well.
Ellen said she wasn’t feeling well.

Suggest
Meg: How about going to Spain next summer?
Meg suggested going to Spain next summer./Meg suggested that we should go to Spain next
summer./Meg suggested that we went to Spain next summer.

Tell
Teacher: Don’t write on your desks!
The teacher told us not to write on our desks.
Fred: I’ve seen that film thousands of times.
Fred told me that he had seen that film thousands of times.

Thank
Lucy: Oh, thank you for the flowers! They are beautiful!
Lucy thanked me for the flowers.
Peter: Thank you guys! It means a lot to me that you are all here with me today!
Peter thanked us for being all there with him.

Warn
Policeman: Don’t drive so fast, the roads are really icy.
The policeman warned me against driving fast./The policeman warned me about the icy roads./The
policeman warned me not to drive so fast./ The policeman warned me that I shouldn’t drive so fast.

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