Complete the sentences below with the correct reporting verb in the past tense.

Shall I make some coffee?
He offered to make some coffee.

a) No, I won't go.
b) OK, I'll hel you.
c) I'll call you Believe me.
d) Remember to lock the door!
e) You should buy a new car.
f) Would you like to have dinner?
g) I didn't break the window!
h) Yes, it was me. I stole the money.
i) I wish I hadn't married Susan.
j) Let's go to a club.
k) You killed your boss.

1) He ................................... to go.
2) He .................................... to help me.
3) He ...................................... to call me.
4) He ...................................... me to lock the door.
5) He .................................... me to buy a new car.
6) He ...................................... me to have dinner.
7) He ...................................... breaking the window.
8) He .................................... stealing the money.
9) He .................................... marrying Susan.
10) He ................................. going to a club.
11) The police ............................... him of killing his boss.


Odpowiedź :

Reporting verbs

a) No, I won't go.

  • He refused to go.

b) OK, I'll help you.

  • He decided to help me.

c) I'll call you. Believe me.

  • He promised to call me.

d) Remember to lock the door!

  • He reminded me to lock the door.

e) You should buy a new car.

  • He advised me to buy a new car.

f) Would you like to have dinner?

  • He offered me to have dinner.

g) I didn't break the window!

  • He denied breaking the window.

h) Yes, it was me. I stole the money.

  • He admitted stealing the money.

i) I wish I hadn't married Susan.

  • He regrated marrying Susan.

j) Let's go to a club.

  • He suggested going to a club.

k) You killed your boss.

  • The police accused him of killing his boss.

verb + gerund

  • accuse sb of doing sth - oskarżać
  • admit doing sth - przyznawać
  • confess to doing sth - przyznawać się
  • deny doing sth - zaprzeczyć
  • suggest doing sth - sugerować

verb + to do

  • advise sb to do sth - radzić
  • decide to do sth - zdecydować
  • offer to do sth - oferować
  • promise to do sth - obiecywać
  • refuse to do sth - odmówić
  • remind sb to do - przypomnieć

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