Reporting Verb Patterns

Did you apologize ... (teacher/ miss) the class?

• to your teacher for miss

• to your teacher for missing

• to your teacher of missing

Why are you accusing ... (me/ copy) your answers? It isn't true.

• me to copying

• me to copy

• me of copying

My Spanish friend mentioned ... (visit) us this summer.

• to visit

• visiting

• visit

The President refused ... (answer) any more questions on this topic.

• to answer

• to answering

• answering

I offered ... (pay) for our train tickets.

• to paying

• to pay

• paying

They insisted ... (stay) at the party until after midnight.

• on staying

• of staying

• to stay

He promised ... (lend) me some money.

• lending

• to lend

• to lending

My parents begged ... (my sister/ not/ leave) school at the age of 16.

• to my sister to leave

• my sister not to leaving

• my sister not to leave

My brother finally admitted ... (tell) everyone my secret.

• to telling

• to tell

• telling

My neighbor accused ... (me/steal) her pet cat.

• me to stealing

• me of stealing

• me to steal