Reporting Verbs
Change the sentence:
“I didn’t take your book,” she said.
Answer: She denied taking his book.
“I’ll help you,” she said.
She agreed to help me.
He suggested to go home.
He suggested going home.
I was tired, ___ I finished my homework.
however
Combine:
She was tired. She went to work.
Although she was tired, she went to work.
“I think you should check your email,” he said.
He suggested checking my email.
“Don’t use my phone,” he said.
He refused to let me use his phone.
She denied to take the money.
She denied taking the money.
___ it was raining, we went out.
Although / Even though
Transform:
“I didn’t break it,” he said. + linking word
He denied breaking it, however, no one believed him. THEN
“I will never do that again,” he said.
He refused to do that again.
“Why don’t we watch a film?”
He suggested watching a film.
He refused helping me.
He refused to help me.
___ being tired, he continued working.
Despite / In spite of FALSE
Combine:
He suggested going out. It was raining.
He suggested going out, although it was raining.
“I didn’t send those emails, and I’m sure someone else did,” he said.
He denied sending those emails and claimed that someone else had done it.
“I think you should stop using social media so much,” she said.
She suggested that I should stop using social media so much.
He claimed to be innocent despite he had no proof.
👉 ❌ → despite he had
👉 ✔ He claimed to be innocent although he had no proof
ИЛИ
👉 ✔ … innocent despite having no proof
Rewrite using despite:
Although he was very experienced, he made a mistake.
Despite being very experienced, he made a mistake.
Transform + combine:
“I didn’t break the vase,” she said. She looked nervous.
She denied breaking the vase, although she looked nervous.
“I broke the window, but I didn’t mean to. I’ll pay for it,” he said.
He admitted breaking the window, claimed that it hadn’t been intentional, and agreed to pay for it.
“I didn’t take your laptop. Maybe you left it somewhere else,” she said.
She denied taking my laptop and suggested that I might have left it somewhere else.
She suggested to check the email although being tired.
👉 ❌ двойная ошибка
✔ She suggested checking the email although she was tired
ИЛИ
✔ … despite being tired
Combine using TWO linkers:
He was tired. He continued working. He made several mistakes.
Although he was tired, he continued working; however, he made several mistakes.
Use ALL:
Sentence:
“I lost the documents. We should make new ones. I was very careful.”
She admitted losing the documents and suggested making new ones despite being very careful.