reporting verb
przyznać
admit
"You're a great singer" Paul told me ...
that I was a great singer.
this night
that night
"Yes, I stole the wallet!"
admit
"I won't get paint all over the kitchen floor," said Felix. Felix promised ...
that he wouldn't get paint all over the kitchen floor.
narzekać
complain
It was difficult to get tickets." Sam said that ...
it had been difficult to get tickets.
today
that day
"No, it wasn't me! I didn't do it!"
deny
"I can't understand what these abstract paintings mean," Jake said. Jake admitted ...
that he couldn't understand what those abstract paintings meant.
wyjaśnić
explain
"We must leave at five." Dad said that ...
we had to leave at five.
here
there
"Why do I always have to take out the rubbish? It's unfair!"
complain
"I don't have time to go out at the weekend," Scott said. Scott complained that ...
he didn't have time to go out at the weekend.
doradzić
advise
"The painters are preparing for the exhibition." Jess said that ...
the painters were preparing for the exhibition.
tomorrow
the next / following day / the day after
"I think you ought not to go out with him."
warn / advise
"You ought not to miss the festival," Helen said. Helen advised her friends ...
not to miss the festival.
nalegać na
insist on
"I was busy." Mike told me that ...
he had been busy.
yesterday
the previous day / the day before
"You're doing the right thing" she said. And I believed her.
convince
"The band are playing here again next week," Matt told us. Matt explained ...
that the band were playing there the following week.