Introductory verb

agree + to-inf demand offer promise refuse threaten

claim

advise + sb + to inf allow ask beg command encourage forbid instruct

invite sb

order permit remind urge warn want

accuse sb of + -ing form apologise for admit (to)

boast about

complain to sb about deny insist on suggest

agree + that-clause boast claim complain deny exclaim explain

inform sb

promise suggest

explain to sb + how

Reported Speech

Special Introductory Verbs

Direct Speech

Reported Speech

"Yes, I'll come with you." Tell me everything!*

- Hé agreed to come with me.

"Would you like me to carry it?"

• He demanded to be told everything

• He offered to carry it.

"I'll study more.

- He promised to study more.

"No. I won't come with you."

- He refused to come with me.

-Behave yourself or 'll punish you." - He threatened to punish me iff didnt

behave myself.

"I heard her say that."

- He clalmed to have heard her say that.

"You should take a coat."

• He advised me to take a coat.

• You can use my phone."

- He allowed me to use his phone.

*Please, put it away.

- He asked me to put it away.

"Please, please help me."

- He begged me to help him.

"Fire!"

- He commanded the soldiers to fire.

"Go ahead, phone her."

- He encouraged me to phone her.

"You mustn't eat sweets."

- He forbade me to eat sweets.

*Insert your card and wait for the - He instructed me to insert my card instructions to appear."

and wait for the instructions to appear.

Would you like to come to my

- He invited me to go to his house.

house?*

"Sit down immediately."

-You may speak now."

"Don't forget to pay the bill."

Finish your work."

"Don't touch that switch."

"I'd like you to study harder."

-You broke the vase!*

"I'm sorry I upset you."

Yes, I lied to her.

"I am better than you."

"You never tidy up."

• He ordered me to sit down immediately.

• He permitted me to speak.

• He reminded me to pay the bill.

• He urged me to finish my work.

• He warned me not to touch that switch.

• He wanted me to study harder.

• He accused me of breaking the vase.

• He apologised for upsetting/having upset me.

• He admitted (to) lying/having lied to her.
  He boasted about being better than me.

• He complained to me about my never tidying up.

"No, I didn't steal the car."

- He denied stealing/having stolen the car.

"You must wear warm clothes."

- He insisted on me/my wearing warm clothes.

"Let's go to the theatre."

- He suggested going to the theatre.

"Yes, that is a beautiful hat."

- He agreed that it was a beautiful hat.

"I'm a brilliant dentist."

- He boasted that he was a brilliant dentist.

"I know the answer."

- He claimed that he knew the answer.

*You never listen to me."

- He complained that I never listened to him.

"I've never spoken to her."

- He denied that he had ever spoken to her.

"It's wonderful!"

-He exclaimed that it was wonderful.

"It's an easy recipe to follow."

- He explained that it was an easy recipe to follow.

"You will be called for an interview." - He informed me that I would be called for an interview.

"I won't lie to you again."

- He promised that he wouldn't lie to me again.

*You ought to take the other road." -

He suggested that I take the other road.

*This is how you make it."

- He explained to me how to make it.