Reporting Verbs
Reported Sentences
100

What reporting verb would you use with: "All football fans are hooligans", he said without any evidence...

He claimed that all football fans are hooligans.

100
"I fancy you." She said to me.
She said she fancied me.
200

What reporting verb would you use with: "Please, please, give me one more chance. " he said.

He begged her to give him one more chance.

200
"I met her at a party," he told me.
He told me he had met her at a party.
300

What reporting verb would you use with: "We should change the time of the exam" He said

He suggested changing the time of the exam

300
"We will miss you!" they told me.
They told me that they would miss me.
400
What reporting verb would you use with: He said, "I didn't break that window...."
He denied breaking that window.
400
"I´ve met someone else." He told her.
He told her that he had met someone else.
500
What reporting verb would you use with: "Don't go in the water!"
He warned us not to go in the water
500
"I can´t go with you" she said to him.
She said to him that she couldn´t go with him.