REPORTING VERBS

Reporting verbs Match reporting verbs with examples. I didn’t touch your phone! deny I’m sorry I couldn’t come to the party. apologise Let’s go for a walk in the park. suggest You were reading my secret letters! accuse Ok, it was me. I took the money. admit You must see the new season of “Black Mirror”. recommend I really, really have to get my phone back, mum. insist I'll unload the dishwasher once I've finished this. promise I'm gonna tell parents what you did if you don't give me this. threaten reporting verbs put reporting verbs in the right patterns to do promise threaten offer refuse agree decide encourage sb remind sb warn sb allow sb beg sb demand recommend sb tell sb doing recommend apologise for insist on go on thank for deny confirm suggest accuse sb of admit (to) boast / brag about confess to warn sb against Fill the blanks with the correct form of the verb. I suggest leaving soon. (leave)She reminded him to take his keys. (take)I recommend visiting the British Museum while you're in London. (visit)He promised to arrive early. (arrive)He insisted on paying. (pay)The teacher encouraged the students to ask questions. (ask)They decided to go to the cinema. (go)They apologised to us for being late. (be)We agreed to meet the following day. (meet)I'd advise against leaving early. (leave)Tim boasted about winning the contest. (win)The children denied breaking the window. (break)They warned us against crossing the river at night. (cross)My parents allowed me to stay out until 10 pm. (stay)The assistant offered to make us some coffee. (make)My wife reminded me to do the shopping on my way home. (do) Rewrite the sentences using reporting verbs. Remember there are many things in them that you can omit. “I’ll be glad to help you with any problems with this program.”“John must have stolen the money, only he had the key to the safe.”“You’d better take up some sport.”“Give me your homework or else I’ll tell the teacher you cheated on the test!”“Let’s go to my place, shall we?”“The accident was all my fault”.“Oh please! Let me go to Sharon’s party, mum”.“Now don’t forget to lock all the doors and windows”“It’s disgusting! I’m not going to eat any more”.