Monday, October 28, 2013

Reporting verbs

Exercise 1

1) ASK PAMELA TO MR GINTOP: “Where are you from?”
2) ASK ROSE TO WALTER : “Where do you live?”
3) ASK MR PROUD TO THE SALES ASSISTANT: “Do you know how much this newspaper costs?”
4) ASK RICK TO YOU:  “Do you know whether the buses are running today?”
5) ASK HANNAH TO YOU: “Why don’t you drink wine?”
6) THREATEN MAUREEN TO MISS DAY: “If you tell anyone my secret I will hurt you badly.”
7) RECOMMEND CLAIRE TO CHARLES: “You need to do more exercise over the next month.”
8) OFFER MR HALL TO MRS GRUESOME: “I’ll help you to move your things tomorrow.”
9) DENY MR HUMBUG: “I did not steal the church funds five weeks ago.”
10) REFUSE MISS DAISYCHAIN: “I will not resign from my job here.”
11) BLAME MR FEAR TO MITCH: “It’s your fault that the door was left open!”
12) ACCUSE MISS APPLE TO MARY: “You were talking!”
13) CONGRATULATE HEADMASTER TO AVA: “You got full marks in this exam! Well done!”
14) REMIND HEATHER TO MR POTT: “Don’t forget to switch the lights off before you leave.”
15) EXPLAIN MR WALL TO US (THE CLASS) “So everyone, this is how the machine works.”
16) ASK (SIMON TO YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS: “Will you come to my wedding?”)
17) APOLOGISE (YOU TO MR DICKENS: “I´m sorry, I forgot about the meeting.”)
18) SUGGEST (YOUR TEACHER TO YOU: “You should study more books.”)
19) REFUSE (Peter: “I won’t listen to this.”)
20) DENY (The murderer: “I didn´t kill him.”)
21) INVITE CLAIRE TO CARLOS (“Come for dinner tomorrow night.”)
22) INSIST JULIA TO TERESA (“We must go for a run this week.”)
23) ENCOURAGE TOM TO ALEX (“Keep trying and next month, you will start to see an improvement.”)
24) THREATEN AN INTERNET TROLL TO ERIC (“If you don´t start responding to my provocative comments by next week, I will turn nasty.)

25) REMIND PETER TO PAUL (“Don´t forget to book your flights for our holiday next month.”)

Exercise 2

admit     warn     complain     promise     apologise      suggest

11)  "I took the coins from your wallet last night," said my daughter.

22)  "I'll pay you back tomorrow," my friend said.

33)  "Don't pay attention to these silly adverts - they're a waste of time," my mum said.

" 4) Look at the mess the children have made here!" Joe said.

55) "Shall we start to save some money for our next trip?" my father asked my mother.

66) "I'm late again... I'm so sorry," Betty told her boss.



Useful links for revision

No comments:

Post a Comment