Reporting verbs
"Don't get a tattoo on your face, you'll look like an idiot and regret it when you eventually gain an ounce of common sense," my father told me.
My father persuaded me not to get a tattoo on my face
Add the main clause. Use 'need to'
If you want to be healthy...
you need to infinitive
Make a present perfect sentence with JUST to explain
I'm absolutely terrified...
I've just seen that Boris Johnson is the new Prime Minister
In business, if you don't take a r______, you will never achieve anything.
In business, if you don't take a RISK, you will never achieve anything.
Make a sentence using FORGOT
Turn something off
You forgot to turn off the TV!
or
You forgot to turn the TV off!
"No, I will not watch your Flat Earth conspiracy theory video," the woman of average intelligence said.
Refuse
The woman of average intelligence refused to watch the/his/her/their/our Flat Earth conspiracy theory video.
Finish this with a main clause
I'm starting my new job next month, if I wasn't starting the new job, I...
I would + infinitive
e.g. I would study.../I would be studying...
Express a past regret using IF ONLY
I regret not taking up an instrument when I was a teenager
If only I had taken up an instrument when I was a teenager
If you want to get ahead in the world of business, you have to t________ o______ the box.
If you want to get ahead in the world of business, you have to THINK OUTSIDE the box.
Make a sentence.
Tuck into something
I was so hungry that I tucked into my food as soon as the waiter put it down in front of me. I couldn't wait for everyone else's food to arrive, so the Queen and The Princes weren't happy.
(start eating something)
Report the speech
"You've signed Eden Hazard, well done. He's fantastic," said Luke to Florentino Perez
congratulate
Luke congratulated Florentino Perez for/on signing Eden Hazard.
Make an unreal conditional sentence
Real: I didn't train. I lost the match.
If I had trained I wouldn't have lost the match
If I had trained, I would have won the match
Express a past wish
I WISH...
I wish + past perfect
If you work as a surgeon, you work under a lot of stress and P_______
If you work as a surgeon, you work under a lot of stress and PRESSURE
Make a sentence.
Think something over
I'm not sure what decision I'm going to make, I will think it over and tell you tomorrow.
(consider/really think about something)
Report the speech
"You are a charlatan and you lie to the people like it's going out of fashion," said the reporter to Boris Johnson.
claim
accuse
The reporter claimed that Boris Johnson was a charlatan and accused him of lying to the people like it was going out of fashion.
Paraphrase the second sentence using MIGHT
I don't know where my wallet is. It's possible that it was stolen.
I don't know where my wallet is. It might have been stolen.
Make a mixed conditional sentence with an unreal past if clause.
IF + PAST PERFECT, SUBJECT + WOULD + INF
My dad used to work night-shifts as a plane engineer, but he quit after a while because he hated working such A____-S______ hours.
My dad used to work night-shifts as a plane engineer, but he quit after a while because he hated working such ANTI SOCIAL hours.
Make a sentence.
Put someone off
The horrific injury put him off playing football forever.
(discourage)
Report this speech. The second clause is passive
"I'm definitely going continue as Prime Minister! I'll stay forever if you keep asking me to leave!!" said Theresa May
insist on
threat
Theresa May insisted on continuing as Prime Minister and threatened to stay forever if (she) kept being asked to leave
Paraphrase the first clause with CAN'T
It's impossible that he ran the marathon, he doesn't have any legs!
He can't have run the marathon, he doesn't have any legs!
Make a sentence using future perfect continuous. Include two appropriate time references, one at the beginning of the sentence, and one at the end. Punctuate.
By the 12th of August, I will have been living in Barcelona for 5 years.
One of the P_____s of this job is that I can write off my lunch as a business E__________.
One of the PERKs of this job is that I can write off my lunch as a business EXPENSE.
Make a sentence.
Stumble upon something
When we were walking around the city, we stumbled upon an amazing little gift shop.
(find unexpectedly)