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| Introductory verbs
| Direct speech
| Reported speech
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| agree+ to-inf
offer
promise
refuse
threaten
| “Yes, I’ll help you.”
“Shall I open the door?”
“Of course I’ll pay you.”
“No, I won’t go with you.”
“Stop crying or I’ll punish you.”
| He agreed to help me.
He offered to open the door.
He promised to pay me.
He refused to go with us.
He threatened to punish me if I didn’t stop crying.
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| Advise+ sb+to–inf
ask
beg
command
invite
order
remind
warn
| “You should see a lawyer.”
“Could you help me?”
“Please, please don’t hurt her!”
“Stand to attention!”
“Will you have dinner with me?”
“Leave the cat alone!”
“Don’t forget to ring Ann.”
“Don’t go near the rocks.”
| He advised me to see a lawyer.
He asked meto helphim.
He begged me not to hurther.
He commandedthe soldiersto stand to attention.
He invited me to(have) dinner with him.
Sheordered me to leave the cat alone.
Sheremindedmeto ringAnn.
He warnedmenot to gonear the rocks.
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| admit + gerund
accuse sb of
apologise for
boast of/about
complain to sb of
deny
insist on
suggest
| “Yes, I told her the secret.”
“You took the money.”
“I’m sorry I arrived so late.”
“I’m the fastest of all.”
“I have a toothache.”
“I didn’t take the book.”
“You must come with us.”
“Let’s have a party.”
| He admitted(to)telling/having told her the secret.
He accused me of taking/having taken the money.
He apologized for arriving/having arrived so late.
He boasted of/about beingthe fastest of all.
He complained to me of having a toothache.
He denied taking/having taken the book.
He insisted on me/my going with them.
He suggested havinga party.
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| agree + that-clause
complain
deny
explain
exclaim/remark
promise
suggest
| “Yes, it’s a big house.”
“You’re always lying to me.”
”I didn’t take that book”
“That’s why I didn’t take it.”
“What a sunny day it is!”
“Of course I’ll help you.”
“You’d better see a doctor.”
| He agreed thatit was a big house.
Hecomplained that I was always lying to him.
He denied that he had taken the book.
He explained to me why he hadn’t taken it.
He exclaimed/remarked that it was a sunny day.
He promised that he would help me.
He suggested that I (should) see a doctor.
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| Note: admit, advise, boast, insist, threaten, warn, remind can also be followed by a that-clause in Reported speech.
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