Communication
Phrasal Verbs
Reported Speech
Reported Questions
Reporting Verbs
100

a system of interconnected computers, machines or operations

network

100

talk more loudly

speak up

100

'I don't know you,' he said.

He said he didn't know me.

100

'Where are you from?' he asked me.

He asked me where I was from.

100

'I am sorry I am late'.

He apologised for being late.

200

an insulated wire or wires having a protective casing and used for transmitting telecommunication signals

cable

200

add credit to a pay-as-you-go mobile phone account

top up

200

'I'll be waiting,' she said.

She said she would be waiting.

200

'Are you new here?' he asked.

He asked if/whether I was new there.

200

'Please, please, let me go,' she asked her dad.

She begged her dad to let her go.

300

the action of linking one thing with another

connection

300

have no more of something

run out of something

300

'I saw him,' she said.

She said she had seen him.

300

'When did you arrive?' he asked me.

He asked me when I had arrived.

300

'No, I didn't take your phone,' he said to me.

He denied taking my phone.

400

an artificial body placed in orbit in order to collect information or for communication

satellite

400

 become unclear or difficult to understand

break up

400

'You mustn't do it,' he said to me.

He said to me I mustn't do it.

400

'Do you know the answer?' he asked me.

He asked me if/whether I knew the answer. 

400

'I will not let you pay! I will!' he said.

He insisted on paying.

500

the ability to use internet and other network features when you’re outside your carrier’s coverage area or in another country

data roaming

500

establish contact with someone

get through to someone

500

'I had a headache,' said Jane.

Jane said she had had a headache.

500

'Where were you?' he asked us. 

He asked us where we had been.

500

'You should enter a competition. You can win!', she said to me.

She encouraged me to enter a competition.

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