Reporting Verbs

admitted

• agreed … was true

• encouraged

• suggested

denied

• accepted

• claimed

• said … wasn't true

acknowledged

• said yes to

• claimed

• accepted

proposed

• said yes to

• suggested

• encouraged

urged

• claimed

• encouraged

• agreed … was true

alleged

• said yes to

• said no to

• claimed

agreed to

• said yes to

• said … wasn't true

• encouraged

refused

• claimed

• said … wasn't true

• said no to

I urged him to say he was sorry.

• That's not quite right, actually. 

• You should consider apologizing. 

•  I absolutely didn't do it.

He accepted responsibility for the mistake.

•  It was my fault. 

• I absolutely didn't do it.

• You should consider apologizing.