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reporting verbs FCE

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She said, 'I promise I will help you with your homework next week' (PROMISED, me)

She promised to help me with my homework. / She promised that she would help me with my homework the week after.

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'Did you steal my chocolate bar the day before yesterday?' She asked him. (ACCUSED)

She accused him of stealing her chocolate bar two days before.

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'Don't forget to to call your grandma this evening!' She told me. (REMINDED)

She reminded me to call my grandma that evening.

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'Can I help you with those books?" He offered. (me)

He offered to help me with my/those books.

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'Maybe you should try it again.' He suggested.

He suggested trying it again.

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'I recommend you try the fish!' He said.

He recommended trying the fish.

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'I would trust him.' He advised me.

He advised me to trust him/that man.

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'I didn't eat your chocolate bar yesterday!' He shouted. (DENIED)

He denied eating my chocolate bar the day before.

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'It's because you didn't look behind you before you turned the corner.' He explained. (me)

He explained that it was because I hadn't looked behind me before I'd turned the corner.

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'Can we do anything to help?' (ASKED, us)

They asked if they could so anything to help us.

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'They should really visit the museum while they are here.' She said. (RECOMMEND)

She recommended visiting the museum while they were there. / She recommended that they visit the museum while they were there.

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'I was trying to help her with this problem.' He explained.

He explained (that) he had been trying to help her with a/that problem.

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'I wouldn't try to speak to him at the moment.' He warned us.

He warned us not to try to speak to him at that moment.

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'Do it' She told us.

She told us to do it.

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'Don't do it!' He told them.

He told them not to do it. / He told them to not do it.

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'We don't know the answer to this question!' They explained.

They explained (that) they didn't know the answer to that question.

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