We can use other reporting verbs instead of TELL and ASK: apologize, declare, explain, invite, offer, promise, suggest, warn.. Write the appropriate reporting verb according to the sent
Trang 1We can use other reporting verbs instead
of TELL and ASK:
apologize, declare, explain, invite,
offer, promise, suggest, warn.
Write the appropriate reporting verb according to the sentences.
1.- “I won’t tell anyone your secret” Alice said to her best friend _ 2.- “I will help you with that” said Robert to Patricia
3.- “Police caught the criminal yesterday” said the policeman to the journalist 4.- “Why don’t you stay for the night? Margaret said to Paul
5.- “I’m really sorry but I didn’t want to hurt you” Julian said to his friend 6.- “Would you like to join us for lunch?” My mom said to my aunt
7.- “Don’t do it again” Robert to his daughter
offer (+to+infinitive) invite (+sb+to+infinitive) suggest (+noun/-ing form) declare (+that+clause) apologize (+for+non/-ing form) promise (+to+infinitive)
REWRITE WHAT DANIEL SAY IN REPORTED SPEECH
“I began working here two months ago, just after my sixteenth
birthday I enjoyed it at first because I earned quite a lot of money,
but now I realize there’s no future here I don’t want to be doing this
job forever”
Daniel said that
He explained that ………
but then he realized ………
and he said ………