VERB PATTERNS IN REPORTED SPEECH.
- With object Verb + TO Infinitive
Invite, advise, ask, encourage, order, persuade, recommend, remind, tell, warn. Agree; decide; offer; promise; refuse; threaten
- Without object
- With object
, persuade, promise, remind, tell, warn
- Without object
Admit, agree, complain, deny, explain, insist, promise, recommend, regret.
- With object
Accuse sb. of; blame sb. for; congratulate sb. on; criticise sb. for; praise sb. For; thank sb.for
Verb + Preposition + Gerund
- Without object
Apologise for;; insist on; object to.
Verb + Gerund
- Without object
Admit, advise, deny, recommend, regret, suggest.
Verb + THAT-Clause
Verb + (that) + should / clause in present simple or past simple
Demand, insist, propose, recommend, suggest