REPORTED SPEECH
SUMMARY OF REPORTING VERBS
Note that some reporting verbs may appear in more than one of the following groups.
1. Verbs followed by 'if' or 'whether' + clause:
| ask know remember | say see |
2. Verbs followed by a that-clause:
add admit agree announce answer argue boast claim comment complain confirm consider deny | doubt estimate explain fear feel insist mention observe persuade propose remark remember repeat | reply report reveal say state suggest suppose tell think understand warn |
3. Verbs followed by either a that-clause or a to-infinitive:
decide expect guarantee hope | promise swear threaten |
4. Verbs followed by a that-clause containing should
(but note that it may be omitted, leaving a subject + zero-infinitive):
(but note that it may be omitted, leaving a subject + zero-infinitive):
advise beg demand | insist prefer propose | recommend request suggest |
5. Verbs followed by a clause starting with a question word:
decide describe discover discuss explain forget guess | imagine know learn realise remember reveal say | see suggest teach tell think understand wonder |
6. Verbs followed by object + to-infinitive
advise ask beg command | forbid instruct invite | teach tell warn |
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