Indirect Speech-reporting Verbs

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1. “You left your companion alone on the mountain,” the team leader said to him. The team leader accused him … 2. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you I was coming,” she said to me. She apologized … 3. “I didn’t take the money,” he said. He denied… 4. “I’ll go with you,” she said. She offered… 5. “I’m not going out in weather like this,” he said. He refused… 6. “You shouldn’t spend so much time indoors,” the doctor told her. The doctor advised … 7. “Be careful not to go too close of the edge of the river,” she told Charlie. She warned Charlie… 8. “Don’t forget to pack your climbing books,” my mother said to me. My mother reminded… 9. “I’ll punish you if you do that again”, he told the boy. He threatened … 10. “Let’s try to get to the top before it gets dark”, she said to them. She suggested … 11. “Will I ever be rich”, she asked herself. She wondered…

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1. “You left your companion alone on the mountain,” the team leader said to him.

The team leader accused him …

2. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you I was coming,” she said to me.

She apologized …

3. “I didn’t take the money,” he said.

He denied…

4. “I’ll go with you,” she said.

She offered…

5. “I’m not going out in weather like this,” he said.

He refused…

6. “You shouldn’t spend so much time indoors,” the doctor told her.

The doctor advised …

7. “Be careful not to go too close of the edge of the river,” she told Charlie.

She warned Charlie…

8. “Don’t forget to pack your climbing books,” my mother said to me.

My mother reminded…

9. “I’ll punish you if you do that again”, he told the boy.

He threatened …

10. “Let’s try to get to the top before it gets dark”, she said to them.

She suggested …

11. “Will I ever be rich”, she asked herself.

She wondered…

12. “Why didn’t you answer the door bell?, she complained.

She complained because …

13. “Would you like to spend the weekend with us?” she asked me.

She invited …

14. “Would you like me to carry your case for you?” I asked her.

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I offered…

15. “Why don’t we make a thorough search of the house to see if we can find it?”, he said to us.

He suggested…

16. “You left your companion alone on the mountain,” the team leader said to him.

The team leader accused him of leaving his companion alone in the mountain.

17. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you I was coming,” she said to me.

She apologized for not telling me she was coming.

18. “I didn’t take the money,” he said.

He denied taking / He denied having taken the money.

19. “I’ll go with you,” she said.

She offered to go with me.

20. “I’m not going out in weather like this,” he said.

He refused to go out in weather like that.

21. “You shouldn’t spend so much time indoors,” the doctor told her.

The doctor advised her not to spend so much time indoors.

22. “Be careful not to go too close of the edge of the river,” she told Charlie.

She warned Charlie not to go too close of the edge of the river.

23. “Don’t forget to pack your climbing boots,” my mother said to me.

My mother reminded me not to forget to pack my climbing boots.

24. “I’ll punish you if you do that again”, he told the boy.

He threatened to punish the boy if he did that again.

25. “Let’s try to get to the top before it gets dark”, she said to them.

She suggested trying to get to the top before it got dark./ She suggested that they should try to get …

26. “Will I ever be rich”, she asked herself.

She wondered if she would ever be rich.

27. “Why didn’t you answer the door bell?, she complained.

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She complained because I hadn’t answered the door bell.

28. “Would you like to spend the weekend with us?” she asked me.

She invited me to spend the weekend with them.

29. “Would you like me to carry your case for you?” I asked her.

I offered to carry her case for her.

30. “Why don’t we make a thorough search of the house to see if we can find it?”, he said to us.

He suggested making a thorough search of the house to see if they could find it.