Reporting verbs

‘I won’t lend you my camera’, I said to Tom.

• admit

• encourage

• refuse

• warn

‘I’m sorry for not coming to your party’, I told Jane.

• threaten

• urge

• apologise

• beg

‘Can you help me, please?, John said to me.

• accuse

• apologise

• ask

• insist

‘Why don’t you join us to play together?’, said Kate.

• remind

• deny

• warn

• suggest

‘It was you who took my bag!’, I told my sister.

• agree

• accuse

• admit

• deny

‘I didn’t reveal your secret’, said Peter.

• complain

• object

• deny

• boast

‘Don’t forget to switch off the washing machine’, mum told me.

• remind

• offer

• insist

• accuse

‘Don’t touch my things, please!’ I said to my friend.

• encourage

• tell

• suggest

• promise

‘I hate this food!’ , he said.

• admit

• agree

• complain

• object

‘I will never let you down again’, Tom said to his friend.

• promise

• beg

• confirm

• confess