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FCE - Grammar
Grammar
reported speech
speech
When we quote someone's actual words, we can use reporting verbs such as say, reply, suggest, etc.:
"I knew the answer," he said.
"Do you take sugar?" she asked.
"Let's go swimming," Peter suggested.
- We can report statements, questions, requests, thoughts, etc.
- Here is a list of common reporting verbs:
add admit advise agree announce answer
ask beg claim demand explain insist order persuade promise remind reply report say
suggest tell think warn
- Some report verbs need an indirect object:
"Bring some money" she reminded us.
The police told us, "You won't be charged this time".
- We often use report verbs that tell us more about the way someone says something:
"Jump now!" the fireman shouted.
"Get out of my house!" she screamed.
- Here are more examples of these verbs:
boast brag cry exclaim grumble
insist moan mumble mutter
stammer stutter whisper wine yell
- The reporting clause can come before, in the middle of, or after the direct quotation:
He stood up and announced, "The party is
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