1. Introductory verbs
Henrik Salum

2. “You must believe that I didn’t know it
was stolen,” he said.
He insisted he hadn’t known it had been
stolen.
“I’ve never seen that man before,” he said.
He claimed he had never seen that man
before.
“If you don’t leave, I’ll phone the police,”
he said to me.
He threatened to phone the police if I
didn’t leave.

3. “I’m not going to let you into my house,”
he said to John.
He refused to let John into his house.
“No, I didn’t steal the money,” he said.
He denied stealing/having stolen the
money.
“Of course you can do it – just take part
in the competition,” he said to me.
He encouraged me to do it/to take part in
the competition.

4. “I’ll never do such a thing again,” he said.
He promised never to do such a thing
again.
“Give me all your money!” he said to me.
He demanded that I (should) give him all
my money.
“Remember to feed the cat before you
leave,” he said to me.
He reminded me to feed the cat before I
left.

5. “Let’s go to the zoo, shall we?” he said.
He suggested going to the zoo.
“You should buy a burglar alarm,” he said
to me.
He advised me to buy a burglar alarm.
“If you bother Sally once more, I’ll phone
the police,” I said to him.
I warned him that if he bothered Sally
once more, I would phone the police.

6. “You stole my bike,” he said to Jim.
He accused Jim of stealing his bike.
“I’m sorry I broke the vase,” he said to
me.
He apologised for breaking my vase.
“Yes, I broke the window,” he said.
He admitted breaking the window.
“They don’t pay me enough money,” he
said.
He complained that they didn’t pay him
enough money.

7. “I’ve already called an ambulance,” she
said to me.
She informed me she had already called an
ambulance.
“I am the fastest runner!” he said.
He boasted about/of being the fastest
runner.
He boasted that he was the fastest
runner.