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English Grammar Exercises for B2 – Reporting verbs (2)

5 exercices

1. Change the sentences into reported speech. Use the reporting verbs in the box and a that clause.

admit      announce      complain      explain      promise
  • 1)
    ‘I’ve got too much homework!’
  • He complained that
  • 2)
    ‘I got up early because I had a lot of work to do.’
  • 3)
    ‘My sister’s going to have a baby.’
  • 4)
    ‘I won’t tell anyone your secret.’
  • 5)
    ‘I broke the vase in the living room.’

2. Decide which verb (a-c) does not fit in each sentence.

  • 1)
    The manager that we finish work early.
  • b) c told
  • 2)
    George to us that he had found a new job.
  • c) 3) My uncle me to accompany him to New York.
  • c) 4) Henry taking the bus into town.
  • c) 5) Harry writing the anonymous email.
  • c) 6) The head teacher us to wait outside her office.
  • c

3. Complete the sentences with a preposition, if necessary, and the infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in the box.

give      go      help      lie      passpay      steal      swim      tell
  • 1)
    David offered me with the housework.
  • 2)
    Mandy requested that I nobody about her decision to resign from her job.
  • 3)
    Martha denied money from the till.
  • 4)
    Sean accused me to him.
  • 5)
    Hayden insisted for my cinema ticket, even though he was almost broke.
  • 6)
    My parents forbade me to the music festival.
  • 7)
    Chris agreed me a lift into town.
  • 8)
    The lifeguard warned us not near the rocks.
  • 9)
    We congratulated Beth all her exams.

4. Report the sentences using the verbs in the box. Sometimes more than one answer is possible, but you should use each verb only once.

apologise      demand      deny      orderrefuse      remind      suggest
  • 1)
    ‘Go to your room this instant,’ my dad said to me.
  • 2)
    ‘Don’t forget to phone me this evening,’ Sarah said to Clare.
  • 3)
    ‘It wasn’t me who ate all the biscuits,’ said Owen.
  • 4)
    ‘I won’t lend you my pink jacket,’ said Amy to Sandra.
  • 5)
    ‘Kate must apologise to Andrew,’ said Mum.
  • 6)
    ‘Why don’t we go and see a film?’ said Dave.
  • 7)
    ‘I’m sorry I lost my temper,’ said Robert.

5. Challenge!

  • Challenge!
  • Write sentences about things that have happened to you. Use the verbs below.
  • congratulate encourage offer recommend warn
  • 1)
    My mum congratulated me on
  • 2)
  • 3)
  • 4)
  • 5)
  • 6)

Comment Pratiquer

  1. 1Lisez chaque question attentivement
  2. 2Écrivez votre réponse ou sélectionnez l'option correcte
  3. 3Cliquez sur 'Afficher la Réponse' pour vérifier votre travail
  4. 4Examinez les erreurs et essayez des exercices similaires
  5. 5Passez à l'exercice suivant lorsque vous êtes prêt

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