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Reported Speech: Reported Verbs

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    Practice on Reported Verbs
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  • "Yes, that was a wonderful dance performance," she said. She agreed ...
    She agreed that it was/had been a wonderful dance performance.
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  • "Give me an explanation for why you are late today," the boss told her. The boss demanded ....
    The boss demanded (that she gives him) an explanation for why she was late that day.
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  • "Please, please buy me this new doll," the girl told her mum. The girl begged ...
    The girl begged her mum to buy her a new doll.
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  • "I'm sorry I misbehaved in class" Jake told the school principal. Jake apologised ...
    Jake apologised to the school principal for misbehaving in class.
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  • "I didn't take his bike," she said. She denied ....
    She denied taking/having taken his bike.
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  • "You must read the instructions," Terry said. Terry insisted ...
    Terry insisted on me/my reading the instructions.
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  • "Don't cross the busy street on your own," Jack said to his younger brother. Jack warned ...
    Jack warned his younger brother not to cross the busy street on his own./ Jack warned his younger brother that he shouldn't cross the busy street on his own.
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  • "You stole the money," the policeman said to him. The policeman accused ...
    The policeman accused him of stealing/having stolen the money.
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  • "Can you return the book you have borrowed?" she asked. She asked ...
    She asked me to return the book I had borrowed./ She asked me if I could return the book I had borrowed.
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  • "I'll come to your football match tomorrow," Dad said to me. Dad promised ...
    Dad promised to go to my football match the next/following day./ Dad promised that he would go to my football match the next/following day.
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  • "Don't you forget to water the plants before you leave," Mum told me. Mum reminded ...
    Mum reminded me to water the plants before I left.
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  • "Yes, I stole the necklace," Claire said. Claire admitted ...
    Claire admitted (to) stealing /having stolen the necklace/ that she had stolen the necklace.
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  • "I saw the thief," he said.
    He claimed to have seen the thief.
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  • I'll phone your parents if you're late to class again," the teacher told Henry.
    The teacher threatened Henry that he would phone his parents if he was late for class again.
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  • "Yes, I lied to you," she said to Tom.
    She admitted to Tom that she had lied to him.
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  • "You should exercise at least three times a week," the doctor told me.
    The doctor advised me to exercise at least three times a week.
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