Indirect speech

1. Reporting verbs

reporting verb to+verb

She offered, agreed, refused, promised, decided To do the shopping

reporting verb who ? to+verb

She told, offered, asked, begged, advised, reminded,

persuaded, encouraged, invited, recommended him to do the shopping

reporting verb verb -ing

She admitted, denied, suggested, recommended, insisted on eating all the cake

2. Transformations

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Modals :