How to use REPORTING VERBS in English

we've been looking at ways to report somebody's words from direct speech into reported speech but we can't just say he said she said all the time because it sounds quite sounds quite boring it doesn't sound very sophisticated however there are lots of ways that we can report somebody's words so in this video Lesson we're going to look at reporting verbs we're going to look at ways to make us sound lot more sophisticated when we use reported speech so when we do this we can show just how big our vocabulary is and how good our English is in this video Lesson we'll look at some example reporting verbs and we'll also look at how the structure changes when we use certain reporting verbs then at the end we'll do some practice to see how much you've learned okay here's the first example verb plus that plus the clause for example it was me I'm guilty so when we report this we can say he admits that he did it however with some other verbs we can use the same structure verb plus that plus the Clause but we can also use verb plus the infinitive with two so for example will do it promise and when we report that we could say he promises that he will do it or we could say he promises to do it so with some verbs like promise we can use either structure they both mean the same thing here's the next one verb plus that plus the Clause with should but should can be dropped so for example should be the one to do it when we report that using the verb insist he insists that he should do it but in this example using should you can also drop should you don't need to use should so he insists that he do it okay next example verb plus question word plus the clause for example I'll tell you my plan so using the reporting verb explain he explained what they could do next example verb plus object plus infinitive with two so for example would you mind doing this for me so using the reporting verb ask she asked me to do it so in this case me is the object and the infinitive with two is to do it okay here's the last structure we're going to look at verb in the negative plus if or where plus the Clause so here's our example in direct speech maybe it was me maybe not so you could report this as he doesn't know if he did it or he doesn't know whether he did it or not if and whether are very similar they're both used to report where the answer is either yes or no but WEA means that there are two options yes or no so that's why the structure is whether or not okay let's practice that together so I'm going to give you few example sentences in the in direct speech and want you to report those sentences using an appropriate reporting verb I'll give you the reporting verb and will give you the structure to remind you it would be good good idea to get some paper so you can write down your sentences this is really good way to practice and if you need more time then just pause the video after each example didn't do it he denies that he did it really want to do it one day he hopes that he does it he hopes to do it why don't do it He suggests that he should do it He suggests that he do it follow me know the way he knew where where they should go it's dangerous don't do it he warned me not to do it maybe it was me maybe not he can't remember if he did it he can't remember whether he did it or not okay so that's it there are lots of reporting verbs many different reporting verbs and obviously there are different structures as we've seen in this in this video Lesson for certain reporting verbs will put more examples of reporting verbs on Anglo pod.com so go to the website and check out those verbs for your reference the best way to learn these reporting verbs is in context and through lots of practice so do lots of listening and reading and you will see lots of examples of these reporting verbs as said if you use them it makes your English sound much more sophisticated thanks for watching like the video share it with your friends and subscribe to my YouTube channel and go to angop pod.com to take course to help you to improve every aspect of your English take care keep practicing and I'll see you in the next video