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Reported speech
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Formal expressions
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Word used to say

“Free from error and true

Accurate

100

You can/cannot omit that after a reporting verb

Can

100

Term used to say To make you laugh 

Burst out laughing

100

Julia: promise you won’t say a word

Julia made her promise

100

Well actually

In reality 

200

Another way to say

“Usually hidden”

Behind the scenes 

200

Pronouns, time, and place expressions often change/stay the same

Change

200

Term to say it didn’t affect you 

Do nothing for me

200
Julia: alright I’ll tell you

She finally agreed to tell her

200

About

In regard to

300

To say someone is neutral

Not biased

300

She ___ her boss if she ___ have a day of

Asked/ could

300

It ___ you thinking

Gets

300

Ann: don’t leave me in suspense 

Ann begged her to tell her

300

I think

It is my belief

400

A term tl say it attracts my attention 

Catches my eye

400

The candidate___ what ___________

Explained/she was doing there

400

It ____ me by surprise

Caught

400

Structure of reported speech

Verb + (not)+ infinitive

400

I want to point out

I would like to call your attention to

500

A form of saying : stay informed 

Keep up with 

500

you often move one tense back/forward

Back

500

Way of saying made you cry

Moved me to tears

500

julia: I can’t tell you sorry

Julia refused to tell her

500

Another problem is

To make matters worse

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