REPORTING VERBS

Grammar
Ask, tell, complain, invite, announced, pormised, suggest e.t.c
 • Verb + to + infinitive
• Verb + _(object)_+ to + infinitive

6 D I F F E R E NT • Verb + _object + gerund

C OM B I N AT I O N S • Verb + that (say)
• Verb + (object) + that (tell)
• Verb + preposition + gerund
 Agree (to go)

Offer

VERB + TO + Refuse
INFINITIVE

Promise

Threaten
 VERB + TO + INFINITIVE

We agreed to speak to him on his terms.

She offered to pick him up from the airport.

They refuse to see the project papers.

Would you promise to love and cherish…

The group threatened to destroy all that is achieved.

 TELL (tell someone to do something) (tell him to be quiet)

Advise

Convince
VERB + OBJECT
+ TO + Encourage
INFINITIVE
Persuade

Remind

Warn
 • She advised me to not raise my voice in public.
• They convinced the teacher to let them watch a
movie during class.

VERB + OBJECT Can you make a sentence with the following verbs?
+ TO + • Encourage
INFINITIVE • Persuade
• Remind
• Warn
 • Admit
• Deny
• Recommend
VER B + ING
• Regret
(PREPOSITION)
• Suggest
• Insist on
• Apologise for
 VERB + ING (PREPOSITION)

• He admitted stealing the trofee.

• They denied cheating on the examn.
• He suggested going to the cinema.

Can you make a sentence with the following verbs?

• Recommend
• Regret
• Insist on
• Apologise for
 • SAY / Suggest / Recommend
• Promise
• Insist
VERB + THAT • Regret
• Deny
• Admit
 • SAY / Suggest / Recommend
• My mother promised that she will allow me more
screen time.
• The ministerd insisted that she did not know about
that fact.

VERB + THAT
Can you make a sentence with the following verbs?
• Regret
• Deny
• Admit
 • TELL
• Assure
• Persuade
VERB + OBJECT • Convince
+ THAT • Warn
• Advise
 VERB + OBJECT + THAT

• TELL
• She assured him that he would not loose any shares.
• They persuaded the audience to cooperate.

Can you make a sentence with the following verbs?

• Convince
• Warn
• Advise
 • Accuse someone of something
• Congratulate someone on
VERB + • Blame someone for
PREPOSITION +
• Praise someone for
GERUND
• Thank someone for
 VERB + PREPOSITION + GERUND

• The Labour Party accused him of stealing their ideas.

• She congratulated me on passing my exams.
• She blamed her husband for breaking the wouws.

Can you make a sentence with the following verbs?

• Praise someone for

• Thank someone for
 EXCERCISE

He suggested (____) to the cinema

   A. Going
   B. To go
   C. Me to go

I warned (____) the money

   A. Not to take
   B. Him not to take
   C. Him not taking

I (____) I would come

   A. Told that
   B. Told him that
   C. Said him that
I (____) the vase
   A. Apologised to break
   B. Apologised that I had broken
   C. Apologised for breaking

She (____) a lift

   A. Offered to give me
   B. Offered me to give
   C. Offered that she would give me

He (____) the money

   A. Admitted stealing
   B. Admitted to steal
   C. Admitted of stealing

They (____) drinks

   A. Insisted on buiyng us
   B. Insisted us that they buy
   C. Insisted to buy us
They (____) my driving test
   A. Congratulated me on passing
   B. Congratulated me that I had passed
  C.  Congratulated me to pass

We (____) in that hotel

  A. Regretted staying
  B. Regretted to stay
  C. Regretted of staying

They (____) the car

   A. Blamed me that I had crashed
   B. Blamed me to crash
   C. Blamed me for crashing
 1. A
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. A
ANSWERS 6. A
7. A
8. A
9. A
10. C
Thank you. QUESTIONS ?