Reporting Verb

" Would you like me to clean up the mess?" she said.

She ... to clean up the mess.

• encouraged

• suggested

• allowed

• offered

"You can go to the party this weekend," Mum said.

Mum ... me to go to the party that weekend.

• offered

• reminded

• allowed

• invited

"Go for it; apply to Harvard University," the teacher told me.

The teacher ... me to apply to Harvard University.

• promised

• encouraged

• explained

• informed

"Will you come to the book club?" William asked her.

William ... her to go to the book club.

• suggested

• offered

• invited

• allowed

Don't forget your research project is due next week," the professor said to them.

The professor ... them that the research project was due the following week.

• reminded

• explained

• informed

• complained

"This film is boring," he said to his friends.

He ... to his friends that the film was boring.

• boasted

• complained

• promised

• accused

"You can purchase tickets to the show online," she said to us.

She ... to us that we could purchase tickets to the show online.

• encouraged

• informed

• explained

• reminded

"Why don't we take the bus to the city?" he said to her.

He ... taking the bus to the city.

• offered

• informed

• suggested

• reminded

"Classes have been cancelled today," Bill said to me.

Bill ... me that classes had been cancelled that day.

• informed

• complained

• promised

• accused

"No I won't take up the violin lessons," Kate said.

Kate ... to take up violin lessons.

• boasted

• encouraged

• refused

• complained