UNIT 6: GRAMMAR Reported speech with Gerund 1,Reporting verbs + not v-ing: deny, admit, suggest, regret,appreciate + not v-ing… Ex: Peter said,“I didn’t steal the painting.” Peter de[r]
(1)UNIT 6: GRAMMAR Reported speech with Gerund 1,Reporting verbs + (not) v-ing: deny, admit, suggest, regret,appreciate + (not) v-ing… Ex: Peter said,“I didn’t steal the painting.” Peter denied stealing the painting Ex: “Let’s not talk about that problem again.” => He suggested not talking about that problem again 2,Reporting verbs + (O)+ prep… + (not) v-ing… a,thank sb for, accuse sb of,congratulate sb on, warn sb against, prevent sb from,stop sb (from), apologize(sb) for +(not)+ ing… v- (2) Ex:“Don’t play ball near the restricted area.” I said to the boy I warned the boy against playing ball near the restricted area b, dream of, object to, insist on, complain about, think of, look forward to + (not) + v-ing… Ex: “I’ll offer you a ticket for the play”, he insisted => He insisted on offering me a ticket for the play (3)