Verbs to report Speech

 

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Apart from Say or Tell to introduce Statements,

Ask or Want to know for Questions,

Order or Tell for Commands,

There are other common verbs that can introduce

Direct and Reported Speech

Revise and practise them in these previous entries: 1, 2, 3

Above is a picture with some of them and their usual structures

Eg:

I agreed to meet them later

I apologised for being late

I begged her to come

Common Reporting Verbs Practice: 1, 2, 3, Baamboozle: 4, 5, 6

Can you make a sentence with the verbs in the wheel below?

1st, you can put them in the Past Simple

Then add "that" and your own ideas to

prove that you understand their meaning: