REPORTING VERBS
Reporting verbs (+clause)
VERB ONLY (+ PRONOUN)
VERB + (that) CLAUSE
VERB + OBJECT + that
CLAUSE
Reporting verbs + infinitive
VERB + to INFINITIVE
VERB (+OBJECT) (+ not) + to
INFINITIVE
VERB + OBJECT (+ not) + to
INFINITIVE
VERB + OBJECT + (to
INFINITIVE) +
COMPLEMENT
Reporting verbs + -ing form
VERB + -ing FORM
VERB + OBJECT +
PREPOSITION + -ing FORM
agree apologise refuse
accept acknowledge add admit agree announce answer argue
assert assume believe boast comment complain concede conclude
confess continue decide declare deny doubt exclaim expect
explain feel foresee imagine imply insist know mention notice
observe point out predict promise propose protest recommend
remark repeat reply report respond reveal say shout state suggest
suppose vow whisper
 that is obligatory
Some of these verbs can be followed by an infinitive or -ing form.
advise assure inform reassure remind tell warn
agree demand guarantee offer promise propose refuse swear
threaten volunteer vow
ask (somebody) beg (somebody) expect (somebody) want
(somebody)
advise allow challenge command compel encourage forbid force
implore instruct invite order permit persuade remind request tell
urge warn
acknowledge assume believe consider declare expect feel find
pressure suppose think understand
admit apologise for boast about/of decide on deny mention propose
recommend regret report suggest
accuse somebody of blame somebody for complain to somebody of
congratulate somebody of thank somebody for
‘I’m really sorry.’  She apologized.
‘I hacked into the accounts system.’  He admitted
(that) he had hacked into the system.
‘ Don’t worry. You’ll arrive on time.’  She
reassured me that I would arrive on time.
‘We’ll collect the children, if you like.’ They
offered to collect children
‘Please can I use the car?’  She asked to use the
car.
‘Please let me stay.’  She begged us to let her
stay.
‘You shouldn’t say anything.’  I advised him not
to say anything.
‘Michael Schumaher is the greatest racing driver
ever.’  She considers Michael Shumaher (to be)
the greatest racing driver ever.
‘I didn’t do it.’  He denied doing it.
‘You forged the cheques, didn’t you?’  They
accused me of forging the cheques.