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Reporting structures - Coggle Diagram
Reporting structures
6. verb + gerund
e.g
: deny, suggest, recommend, admit, regret
EX
: the waiter recommended trying the new flavor of hamburger
1. Verb + (that) + sentence in report speech
e.g
: deny, promise, explain, complain, agree, admit, add, reply, say
EX
: She said that she would help me
2. Verb + obj + (that) + sentence in report speech
e.g
: warn, remind, tell, inform
EX: she told us that she was sick
3.verb + question word/if + sentence in report speech
e.g
: ask, want to know, wonder
EX
: she asked me if i would like to go with her
4. verb + (not) + to -infinitive
e.g
: offer, claim, demand, promise, refuse, demand, agree
EX
: I agree to turn on the TV
5. verb + obj + (not) to -infinitive
e.g:
tell, advise, invite, remind, instruct, order, ask
EX
: the teacher instructed us to do the activity
7. verb + (obj) + preposition + gerund
e.g
: insist on, accuse s.o of, confess to, congratulate s.o on, criticise s.o of,...
EX
: police accused him for the crime
8. verb + (that) + obj + (should) + infinitive to
e.g
: suggest, recommend, insist, demand
EX
: They suggested that we should watch the new spider man no way home
Impersonal
It + be + past participle + that
believe, know, think, say, expect, claim
Subject + be + past participle + to + infinitiove/have +past participle
know, think, say, expect, claim, report
Question
yes/no question
Subject + if + sentence in reported speech
e.g
: ask, want to know, wonder
5W1H question
subject + 5w1H question word + sentence in reported speech
e.g
: ask, want to know, wonder