Exercise 2: Complete the reported speeches below. You can use
a dictionary to help with the verbs given.
convinced
agreed
warned
accused
begged
promised
threatened
denied
encouraged
refused
confessed
complained
The bank officials (1)_____________ to lend him the money.
The burglar (2)_____________ to kill me if I screamed.
The couple (3)_____________ doing anything that was illegal.
The politician (4)_____________ that he had had an affair with another
woman.
My sister (5)_____________ that she always had too much work to do.
The guide (6)_____________ us not to drink the water there because it
wasn't safe.
The teacher (7)_____________ me of cheating.
I (8)_____________ my son that I would attend his concert.
My dad (9)_____________ me to take the job because the pay was good.
We (10)_____________ him to keep on practicing .
The criminal (11)_____________ to answer any questions without a
lawyer present.
I (12)_____________ her to forgive me and told her I was so sorry.
The bank officials (1)______promised_______ to lend him the money.
The burglar (2)_______threatened______ to kill me if I screamed.
The couple (3)_______denied ______ doing anything that was illegal.
The politician (4)_____confessed ________ that he had had an affair with another
woman.
My sister (5)______complained_______ that she always had too much work to do.
The guide (6)_____warned________ us not to drink the water there because it
wasn't safe.
The teacher (7)______accused_______ me of cheating.
I (8)_______agreed______ my son that I would attend his concert.
My dad (9)_____encouraged________ me to take the job because the pay was good.
We (10)_______convinced______ him to keep on practicing .
The criminal (11)_____refused ________ to answer any questions without a
lawyer present.
I (12)______begged_______ her to forgive me and told her I was so sorry.
