Question

11. Fill in the gaps with one of the introductory verbs from the list below in the past simple.
agree, invite, warn, accuse, boast, complain, insist, explain, exclaim, remind, suggest, promise
1. 'Will you come to the ball?' he said to her.
He ...invited… her to go to the ball.
2. 'I'm the best student in the school,' he said.
He … about being the best student in the school.
3. 'Yes, I'll lend you some money,' he said to Jane.
He … to lend Jane some money.
4. 'What a beautiful dress she is wearing!' he said.
He … that she was wearing a beautiful dress.
5. 'He never buys me flowers,' she said.
She … that he never bought her flowers.
6. 'Let's go for a picnic,' he said.
He … going for a picnic.
7. 'You stole the money,' Tom said to Jim.
Tom … Jim of stealing the money.
8. 'Don't forget to hang out the washing,' she said to me.
She … me to hang out the washing.
9. 'I promise I'll write to you,' she said to him.
She …. to write to him.
10. 'You must finish the report,' she said to him.
She … on him finishing the report.
11. 'Don't touch the wet paint,' Dad said to us.
Dad … us not to touch the wet paint.
12. “There's nothing else I can do,' he said.
He … that there was nothing else he could do.

Answer 1

1. 'Will you come to the ball?' he said to her.
He ...invited… her to go to the ball.
2. 'I'm the best student in the school,' he said.
He boasted about being the best student in the school.
3. 'Yes, I'll lend you some money,' he said to Jane.
He agreed to lend Jane some money.
4. 'What a beautiful dress she is wearing!' he said.
He exclaimed that she was wearing a beautiful dress.
5. 'He never buys me flowers,' she said.
She complained that he never bought her flowers.
6. 'Let's go for a picnic,' he said.
He suggested going for a picnic.
7. 'You stole the money,' Tom said to Jim.
Tom accuse Jim of stealing the money.
8. 'Don't forget to hang out the washing,' she said to me.
She reminded me to hang out the washing.
9. 'I promise I'll write to you,' she said to him.
She promised to write to him.
10. 'You must finish the report,' she said to him.
She insisted on him finishing the report.
11. 'Don't touch the wet paint,' Dad said to us.
Dad warned us not to touch the wet paint.
12. “There's nothing else I can do,' he said.
He explained that there was nothing else he could do.