Reporting verbs

[Man to woman]: ‘Shall I get you some medicine?’ — He offered get her herto get hergetting her some medicine

‘I’ll definitely take the kids to the zoo’ — He promised take the kidstaking the kidsto take the kids to the zoo

‘I’m not cleaning the toilet again’ — He refused to cleanthat cleaningcleaning the toilet again

‘Why don’t we meet at the cinema?’ — He suggested meeting atthat meeting atto meet at the cinema

‘Let’s not meet at the cinema’ — She suggested not going tothat to go togoing to the cinema

[Book]: You really must try the salmon salad — The book recommended that tryingto trytrying the salmon salad

[Teacher to Students]: ‘Listen students, I am right about this’ — The teacher explained that was rightthat he was being rightthat he was right

[Mum to me]: ‘I’ll definitely come and get you at 8 o’clock’ — My Mum promised that she would come and get meshe would to come and get mecoming to get me at 8 o’clock

[Dad]: ‘Why don’t we go to my house next time?’ — My Dad suggested that go to histhat we go to histo going to his house next time

[Waiter]: ‘Can I take your coat?’ — The waiter offered taking myto take myto take his coat

[Teacher]: ‘By the way class, I’m not going to do your homework for you.’ — The teacher didn’t offer that do homework for herto do the homework for herdoing the homework for her class

‘I really will do the washing tomorrow’ — She promised to organize the washing the next daythat I would organize the washing the next dayorganizing the washing the next day

[Company]: We will not be giving you anymore money — The Company refused to give us any morethat giving us any moregiving us any more money

‘Why don’t we visit the museum in the center of town’ — She suggested to visit the museumvisiting the museumthat to visit the museum in the center of town

‘We shouldn’t stay at the hotel as it had bad reviews’ — He suggested staying at the hotelnot staying at the hotelnot to stay at the hotel as it had bad reviews

[My friend to me]: You have to watch that French movie, it was funny!’ — My friend recommended watching that French movieto watch that French moviewatch that French movie because it was funny

[Grandfather to us]: ‘I can’t take you to the park because I’m tired’ — My Grandfather explained that he was being tired so he couldn’t take us tohe was tiring so he couldn’t take us tohe was tired so he couldn’t take us to the park

[President]: ‘I swear I will do my best to protect the country!’ — The president promised doing his best tothat he would to do his best tothat he would do his best to protect the country

[Doctor to man]: ‘You might want to do more exercise to feel healthier’ — The doctor suggested that he might want to do more exercisedoing more exercise so that he mightthat doing more exercise can make him to feel healthier

‘Let’s go somewhere else’ — We suggested going somewhere elseto go somewhere elsethat they go somewhere else

[Boss to me]: I could pay you more money — My boss offered paying meto pay methat I pay more money

‘I won’t do that again, I promise!’ — I promised not to do thatto do thatnot doing that again

[Teacher]: ‘Why don’t we study more reporting verbs?’ — The teacher suggested that studyingto studythat we study more reporting verbs

‘We can’t promise that we will leave all the food in the fridge’ — They didn’t promise not to leave more foodleaving all the foodto leave all the food in the fridge

‘I’m not studying anymore reporting verbs!’ — I refused not to study anymoreto study no moreto study anymore reporting verbs