Reported speech – special verbs

Viết theo cấu trúc câu gián tiếp – Một số động từ đặc biệt (Reported speech – special verbs)  

  • Offer (Đề nghị) / refuse (từ chối)/ promise (hứa) TO V
  • Advise (Khuyên)/   Warn (Khuyến cáo/ cảnh cáo) / + O + TO V
  • Suggest (Gợi ý) / Admit (Thừa nhận)/ Insist on (khăng khăng, nài nỉ)  + V-ING
  • Apologize (to sb) for V-ing: xin lỗi ai vì đã làm điều gì
  • Accuse sb of V-ing: Cáo buộc ai vì đã làm gì

Bài tập:

  1. “ I will bring the sandwiches to the party” said Helen.

Helen offered            

  1. “ Let’s all go to Lisbon!” they said.

They suggested            

  1. “ You’d better leave that old flat, ” my mother told us.

My mother advised    

  1. “ Please let me go to Martin’s house!” Said Muriel three times.

Muriel insisted  

  1. “ It was you and only you who stole the cake from the fridge” my mother told my sister.

My mother accused     

  1. “I’m awful sorry, I will never again use your car without permission” she said almost crying.

She apologized            

  1. “ Don’t cross the river, it’s full of crocodiles”

They warned                

  1. “I’m sorry I’m late”

He apologized              

  1. “ I think you’d better drink the medicine” the doctor said.

The doctor advised     

  1. “Let’s eat something and then go for a stroll” she said.

She suggested    

  1. “ Don’t worry, I’ll pay for the drink”

He insisted                    

  1. “ Yes, it was me who ate all the cake”

She admitted                

  1. “Red wine is the best option for this dish”

The waiter advised      

  1. “ Why don’t we go for a walk”?

She suggested               

  1. “ Can you answer the phone? I’m having a shower. ”

He asked his son          

  1. “ I gave you my homework last week. ”

The boy insisted          

  1. “ Could you come and pick me up from school today, Dad?”

Bill asked                     

  1. “ If I were you, I wouldn’t drink so much”

He advised his friend  

  1. “ I won’t help you because you didn’t help me”

 Joan refused               

  1. “ I’ll bring it back tomorrow”

He promised