angl zao 1k zima prakt-gramm sam-rab (12.10.2015) / Reporting Verbs
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Reporting Verbs
Verb + to-Infinitive
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Agree |
соглашаться |
‘Yes, I’ll do it again.’ |
He agreed to do it again. |
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Demand |
требовать |
‘Tell me the truth!’ |
He demanded to be told the truth. |
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Offer |
предлагать |
‘Would you like me to |
He offered to drive me home. |
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drive you home?’ |
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Promise |
обещать |
‘I will pay on Friday.’ |
He promised to pay me on Friday. |
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Refuse |
отказываться |
‘No, I won’t tell you |
He refused to tell me her secret. |
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her secret.’ |
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Threaten |
угрожать |
‘Keep quiet or I’ll |
He threatened to punish me if I |
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punish you.’ |
didn’t keep quiet. |
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Claim |
утверждать, |
‘I witnessed the crime.’ |
He claimed to have witnessed the |
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заявлять |
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crime. |
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Verb + smb +to-Infinitive |
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Reporting |
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Advise |
советовать |
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‘You should talk |
He advised me to talk about my |
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about your problem.’ |
problem. |
Allow |
позволять, |
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‘You can use my |
He allowed me to use his phone. |
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разрешать |
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phone.’ |
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Ask |
спрашивать, |
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‘Please, close the |
He asked me to close the door. |
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просить |
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door.’ |
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Beg |
умолять |
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‘Please, please, don’t |
He begged me not to hit the dog. |
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hit the dog.’ |
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Command |
приказывать |
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‘Move to your right.’ |
He commanded me to move to my |
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Encourage |
ободрять, |
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‘Go ahead, say what |
He encouraged me to say what I |
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you think.’ |
thought. |
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воодушевлять |
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Forbid |
запрещать |
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‘You mustn’t come |
He forbade us to come home after |
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home after eleven.’ |
eleven. |
Instruct |
давать |
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‘Mix the eggs with |
He instructed me to mix the eggs |
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the flour.’ |
with the flour. |
Invite |
приглашать |
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‘I’d like you to come |
He invited me (to come) to his |
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to my party.’ |
party. |
Order |
приказывать |
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‘Don’t leave your |
He ordered me not to leave my |
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room again.’ |
room again. |
Permit |
разрешать |
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‘You may speak to |
He permitted me to speak to the |
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the judge.’ |
judge. |
Remind |
напоминать |
‘Don’t forget to turn |
He reminded me to turn the lights |
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the lights off.’ |
off. |
Urge |
убедительно |
‘Try to have |
He urged me to try to have |
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просить, |
sympathy for the |
sympathy for the family. |
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настоятельно |
family. |
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призывать |
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Warn |
предупреждать |
‘Don’t touch the wire |
He warned me not to touch the wire |
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with wet hands.’ |
with wet hands. |
Want |
хотеть, желать |
‘I’d like you to be |
He wanted me to be kind. |
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kind.’ |
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Verb + preposition + ing |
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Accuse |
обвинить кого- |
‘You acted as if you |
He accused me of acting as if I were |
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were guilty.’ |
guilty. |
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Apologise |
извиниться за |
‘I’m sorry I hurt you.’ |
He apologised for hurting me. |
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Admit (to) |
признаться в |
‘Yes, I was wrong.’ |
He admitted to being wrong. |
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Boast |
хвастать о |
‘I’m the fastest |
He boasted about being the fastest |
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runner of all.’ |
runner of all. |
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Complain |
жаловаться |
‘You always argue.’ |
He complained to me about my |
to smb |
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arguing. |
about |
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Deny |
отрицать |
‘No, I didn’t eat your |
He denied eating/having eaten my |
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cake.’ |
cake. |
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Insist on |
настаивать на |
‘You must wear that |
He insisted on me/my wearing that |
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blouse.’ |
blouse. |
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Suggest |
предлагать |
‘Let’s order a pizza.’ |
He suggested ordering a pizza.’ |
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Verb + that-clause |
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Reporting |
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Direct Speech |
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Agree |
соглашаться |
‘Yes, she is very kind.’ |
He agreed that she was very kind. |
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Claim |
утверждать |
‘I saw the accident.’ |
He claimed that he had seen the |
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accident. |
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Complain |
жаловаться |
‘You never ask my |
He complained that I never asked |
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opinion.’ |
his opinion. |
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Deny |
отрицать |
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‘I have never met |
He denied that he had ever met her. |
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her!’ |
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Exclaim |
восклицать |
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‘It’s a tragedy!’ |
He exclaimed that it was a tragedy. |
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Explain |
объяснять |
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‘It’s a complicated |
He explained that it was a |
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problem.’ |
complicated problem. |
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Inform |
информировать |
‘Your request is being |
He informed me that my request |
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reviewed.’ |
was being reviewed. |
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Promise |
обещать |
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‘I won’t be late.’ |
He promised that he wouldn’t be |
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late. |
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Suggest |
предлагать |
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‘You ought to give |
He suggested that I give her a call. |
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her a call.’ |
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Explain to smb + how |
‘That’s how I succeeded.’ |
He explained to me how he had |
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succeeded. |
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Wonder |
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He asked himself, ‘How old |
He wondered how old she was. |
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where/what/why/how |
is she?’ |
He wondered where his keys were. |
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He asked himself, ‘Where |
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He wondered why she was so cold. |
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the reporting verb is |
He asked himself, ‘Why is |
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not the same as the |
she so cold?’ |
He wondered what the right answer |
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subject I the indirect |
He asked himself, ‘What is |
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the right answer?’ |
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Wonder + whether + |
He asked himself, ‘Shall I |
He wondered whether to invite |
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to-infinitive or clause |
invite them?’ |
them. |
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He wondered whether he should |
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the infinitive is the |
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invite them. |
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same as the subject of |
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the verb) |
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Wonder |
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He asked himself, ‘Where |
He wondered where to go. |
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where/what/how + to- |
shall I go?’ |
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He asked himself, ‘What |
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shall I read first?’ |
He wondered what to read first. |
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the infinitive is the |
He asked himself, ‘How |
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same as the subject of |
shall I tell her?’ |
He wondered how to tell her. |
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the verb) |
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