reported speech special verbs

My friend suggested buying tickets for the concert.. He promised never to pull the cat’s tail again.. My friend suggested that we should buy tickets for the concert... Change Tenses go b

He denied robbing

the gas station

My friend suggested buying tickets for the concert

Victor apologised for breaking

the vase

Pinocchio agreed to stop

lying

The man refused to take

a bribe

He promised never to pull the cat’s tail

again

He claimed to be

a millionaire

She told me to choose She told me not to hesitate

He ordered his men

to go there at once

He asked us to get

the vet

He begged her not

to leave him

He claimed that

he was a millionaire

My friend suggested that

we should buy tickets for the concert

Change Tenses (go backwards in time)

2

tell, order, ask, beg

smn to + infinitive

suggest (that) smn should + do sth

deny, suggest, apologise for

promise, claim, agree, refuse to + infinitive

V - ing

claim (that)

+ clause

Why don’t you sit here with me and read a book?

Aunt Molly suggested

with her and a book

me to sit there

that I should sit there

should read read

that I should sit there read

to read

These are the best photographs of plants ever I’m the best photographer.

Brian claimed the best photographs of plants ever and he also claimed the best photographer

that these were

to be

they were

to be

to was

“I’ll never use your credit card again, dad I promise.

Mary promised _ credit card again

a

her dad not to used his

to not use her dad’s never to use her dad’s

never to use her dad’s

Please, don’t be afraid Trust me!

the doctor asked _ be afraid and told him

that I didn’t

me to trust

me not to

me to trust

to trusted

I’m sorry I ruined your favourite dress, Ann Please, please forgive me!

Tom apologised

favourite dress and begged _ him

to Ann ruining

for ruining Ann’s

to forgive her to forgive

for ruining Ann’s

her to forgive

that she forgave

OK, we’ll let you drive us home as long as you promise to drive more carefully!

Tina’s friends agreed _ home as long

as _ more carefully

that they let her

drive them

to let her drive them

to drive

d driving to drive

to drove

to drive

c to promise

she promise you would promise

she promised

I didn’t do anything illegal Please, let me go.

Brian denied _ anything illegal and begged _ him go

that he did

the police to let

doing

the police to let

letting

Why don’t we take a school trip next week, Miss?

The kids suggested a school trip

a

b

to their teacher to take their teacher should take taking

taking

the week before the following week

that week the following week.