Introductory verbs
| Direct speech
| Reported speech
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agree + to-int
offer
promise
refuse
threaten
| " Yes, I'll help you."
" Shall I open the door? "
" 0f course I'll pay you."
" No, I won't go with you."
" Stop crying or I'll punish you."
| He agreed to helpme.
He offered to openthe door.
He promised to payme.
He refused to go with us.
He threatened to punishme 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 advisedme to seea lawyer.
He askedme to helphim.
He beggedme not to hurther.
He commandedthe soldiers to standto attention.
He invitedme to (have)dinner with him.
She orderedme to leavethe cat alone.
She remindedme to ringArm.
He warnedme not 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
(say one) prefers
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."
" I'd rather do it myself."
" Let's have a party."
| He admitted (to) telling/having toldher the secret.
He accused me of taking/havingtaken the money.
He apologised for arriving/having arrivedso late.
He boasted of/about beingthe fastest of all.
He complained to me of havinga toothache.
He denied taking/having takenthe book.
He insisted onте/my goingwith them.
He said he preferred doing/to doit himself.
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 bighouse.
He complained thatI was always lying to him.
He denied thathe had taken the book.
He explainedto me why/thathe hadn't taken it.
He exclaimed/remarkedthat it was a sunny day.
He promised thathe would help me.
He suggested thatI (should)see a doctor.
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