SAY I Will Arrive Late He Said He Would Arrive Late

REPORTING VERBS

SAY “I will arrive late” He said he would arrive late.

TELL “I’m Italian” She told me she was Italian.

ASK “What are you doing?” She asked me what I was doing.

INFORM someone (that…)

ADD, AFFIRM, COMPLAIN, EXCLAIM, OBSERVE, REMARK, REPLY (that …..)

EXPLAIN, MENTION (to someone that ….)

ACCUSE someone OF …….ing “You are a liar!” He accused me of being a liar.

APOLOGIZE FOR ……….ing “I’m really sorry I broke your glasses” He apologized for breaking my glasses.

ADMIT ……..ing / (that) … “Yes, I stole the necklace”.

He admitted stealing the necklace

He admitted that he had stolen the necklace

DENY ……….ing / (that) …. “No, I didn’t hide your jacket”.

He denied hiding my jacket

He denied that he had hidden my jacket

TELL, ORDER, ASK, WARN, ADVISE,REMIND someone TO DO something

“Don’t do that!” He told / ordered me not to do that.

“You shouldn’t eat so much!” He advised / warned me not to eat so much / to eat less.

“Could you please pass me the sugar?” He asked me to pass him the sugar

He asked me for the sugar/ if I could pass him the sugar

“(Remember to ) buy some apples” He reminded me to buy some apples

THREATENTO DO something / (that)….

“If you don’t stop shouting I will call the police”.

He threatened to call the police if I didn’t stop shouting.

He threatened (that) he would call the police if …

SUGGEST, RECOMMEND, PROPOSE (that) someone SHOULD do something

someone DID something

(someone / someone’s) DOING something

“Why don’t we go to the cinema?” He suggested / proposed going to the cinema.

“You should take this medicine twice a day” He recommended (that) I should take that medicine.. He recommended (that) I took that medicine..

He recommended taking that medicine..