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English 25 Public

REPORTING VERBS

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‘I’m innocent,’ she said. (claim)

She claimed to be innocent. / She claimed she was innocent.

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"Thank you so much! I love the bike you bought me" she told him. (thank)

She thanked him for buying her the bike.

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‘Don’t touch anything,’ he told us. (warn)

He warned us not to touch anything.

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‘I can give you a lift,’ the man told me. (offer)

The man offered to give me a lift.

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‘You had better start going to the gym,’ my doctor said. (advise)

My doctor advised me to start going to the gym.

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‘The meeting starts in half an hour,’ the secretary told us. (inform)

The secretary informed us that the meeting started in half an hour. / The secretary informed us about the meeting starting in half an hour.

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"Be a vegetarian; it's better for your health." Tom said to Anna (persuade)

Tom persuaded Anna to become a vegetarian.

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"Have lunch with me" She said to me. (invite)

She invited me to have lunch with her.

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