Reporting verbs 1
'If I were you, I'd go there.', she said. (advise)
She advised me to go there.
‚I will not see her’, John said. (REFUSE)
John refused TO SEE her.
'Paul went to school', said Tom.
Tom said Paul HAD GONE to school.
'Would you like me to carry your suitcase?', he asked her. (OFFER)
He offered to carry her suitcase.
'Tom'd better study more if he wants to pass the exam.' - she suggested. (SHOULD)
She SUGGESTED that Tom SHOULD STUDY more if he WANTED to pass the exam.
'Paul went to school yesterday', said Tom.
Tom said Paul had gone to school THE DAY BEFORE / THE PREVIOUS DAY.
'I am sorry I am late.', he said.
He apologized for being late.
'Remember to bring your homework for tomorrow or the teacher will fail you', she said to me. (REMIND)
She reminded me TO BRING MY homework for THE NEXT / FOLLOWING day or the teacher WOULD FAIL me.
'Do you write poems?', she asked me.
She asked IF / WHETHER I wrote/write poems.
'Let's stay home so that we can be more focused on our study for the test tomorrow', said Tom. (PERSUADE)
Tom persuaded us TO STAY home so that we COULD be more focused on our study for the test THE NEXT/FOLLOWING day.
‘I won’t help you now but I promise I will never stop you from doing this.' (REFUSE/PROMISE)
He REFUSED TO help her THEN but he PROMISED he WOULD NEVER STOP her from doing THAT.
'I am having some tea. Would you like me to share some with you?' he said. (OFFER)
He said he was having some tea and offered to share some with me.
'I swear it wasn't me who stole your money yesterday. It was Tom!' said Ann to me. (DENY / ACCUSE)
Ann denied STEALING MY money THAT DAY and ACCUSED Tom of doing it.
'If I had killed him, I would have gone to prison. But I think I should have done that'. (.... / REGRET)
He said that if he HAD KILLED him, he would have gone to prison. But he REGRETS NOT DOING that.
‘Why have you come late? I have been waiting here for you since yesterday!', she said to me. (... as ...)
She asked why I had come late as she had been waiting THERE for me since THE PREVIOUS DAY/ THE DAY BEFORE.