REPORTED+SPEECH



**Exercise**: Specifying verbs. Match the sentences in direct speech in column A to the appropriate incomplete reported sentences in column B. Then complete the sentences in column B, in which the specifying verb and construction have been provided. Use the notes from previous unit to help you.


 * 1. I’m going to answer your questions. || //a.// || They **accused her of** …………………………. ||
 * 2. I didn’t do anything wrong. || //b.// || He **admitted that** …………………………………………………… ||
 * 3. I’ll lend you the money when you need it. || //c.// || The doctor **advised me not****to**……………….... ||
 * 4. You stole the money, didn’t you? || //d.// || She **agreed to** ……………………………………... ||
 * 5. What is going to happen to us? || //e.// || He **apologised to me****for**…………………………………………… ||
 * 6. I’d rather wait until I know her opinion//.// || //f.// || He **begged me not****to**……………………………………………… ||
 * 7. Don’t forget to ring Aunt Helen! || //g.// || He **complained to**………………. **about** …………………………………………………… ||
 * 8. Don’t cross the railway lines! It’s dangerous! || //h.// || He **denied having done** ……………………………………........................ ||
 * 9. All right. I’ll come with you. || // i .// || She **explained** ………………….……… **to** me**.** ||
 * 10. Please don’t tell my parents. || //j.// || They **invited him to** …………………………… ||
 * 11. Stop fighting! || //k.// || He **offered to**…………………………………... ||
 * 12. It’s true! I took the money! || //l.// || He **ordered them** to …………………………………………………… ||
 * 13. This soup is cold, waiter! || //m.// || He said he **preferred to** …………………………………………………… ||
 * 14. I’m sorry I was so rude to you. || //n.// || **He promised to** …………………………………… ||
 * 15. Would you like to spend the weekend with us? || //o.// || She **refused to** ……………………………………. ||
 * 16. If you don’t pay me the money, I’ll take you to court. || //p.// || She **reminded me to** ……………………………………………………… ||
 * 17. You shouldn’t smoke so much. || //q.// || He **suggested that I****should**………………………………………………. ||
 * 18. Why don’t you go away for the weekend? || //r.// || They **threatened to** …………………….. if …………………………………………………… ||
 * 19. T he word has different meanings. It can mean a line of houses, or of seats in a classroom. With a different pronunciation, it can mean an argument. || //s.// || She **warned them not to** …………………………because …..………………………………… ||
 * 20. Shall I take you to hospital? || //t.// || They **wondered what** ………………………………………………… ||