Reporting verbs

His mother _____ the child to stay inside the house.

• agreed

• suggested

• offered

• warned

Watch out! The bull looks dangerous!
They ________ the dangerous bull.

• denied going to
• warned us against
• accused us of coming to
• promised not to come

‘Can you help me, please?, John said to me. what verb would you use to report?

• accuse

• apologise

• ask

• insist

‘I hate this food!’ , he said. What verb would you use to report?

• admit

• agree

• complain

• object

"Oh dear! I'm sorry about that."

• She apologised for what happened.

• She explained what happened.

• She asked what happened.

"Could you pass me that book, please?

• Jennifer advised me to pass her the book.

• Jennifer said me to pass her the book.

• Jennifer asked me to pass her the book.

"Why don't you come with us to the cinema?"

• They told us to come to the cinema.

• They advised us to come to the cinema.

• They invited us to come to the cinema.

“What are you doing here?” Louise wondered…

• what I am doing here.

• what I was doing there.

• what was I doing there.

• if I was doing here.

“Does she speak four languages?” The boss asked her…

• if she speaks four languages.

• if she does speak four languages.

• whether she did speaks four languages.

• if she spoke four languages.

“Can they read the book in ten days?” The teacher asked