Share Thinking Space B1+ Reporting verbs
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' I won' go to the police station.' The boy ... to go to the police station.
refused
agreed
'I was in the garden when it happened.' The woman ... that she had been in the garden when it happened.
refused
explained
'Yes, you're right. It's my fault.' The girl ... it was her fault.
recommended
agreed
'I need you tell me what happened.' The man ... to know what happened.
told
demanded
'I was with my friends at a club at 9 pm last night'. The man ... that he had been with his friends at a club at 9 pm that night.
claimed
agreed
'Empty your pockets for me, please.' The police officer ... him to empty his pockets.
explained
told
'We're going to the park. Would you like to come with us?' They ... me to go to the park with them.
invited
persuaded
'If you like pizza, then Pizza Shed on the High Street is the place to go.' She .. having pizza at Pizza Shed.
recommended
invited
'I know it's hard, but I think you should try to learn Japanese.' He ... me to learn Japanese.
invited
encouraged
'OK, OK, I'll go to the concert with you.' I .... her to go to the concert with me.
persuaded
agreed
Rewrite the sentences in reported speech using the suitable reporting verb. 'We forgot to inform you. We're really sorry', they said.
They apologised for forgetting to inform us.
Rewrite the sentences in reported speech using the suitable reporting verb. 'We're going to introduce a new system to reduce crime,' the mayor said.
The mayor said that they were going to introduce a new system to reduce crime.
Rewrite the sentences in reported speech using the suitable reporting verb. 'Can you give us more information about the plan?' the reported said to the official.
The reported asked the official to give ore information about the plan.
Rewrite the sentences in reported speech using the suitable reporting verb. 'If you work with us, you'll be very rich soon,' the man said.
The man said (to me) / told me that if I worked for them, I'd be very rich soon.
Rewrite the sentences in reported speech using the suitable reporting verb. 'I don't want to buy the watch because it's too expensive,' the woman said
The woman refused to buy the watch because it was too expensive.
Rewrite the sentences in reported speech using the suitable reporting verb. 'Study this text carefully!' the teacher said to the class.
The teacher told the class to study the text carefully.
