Can-Do Task: Reporting a Real Conversation

Task: report a real or imagined conversation using at least four different reporting verbs from this module.

Notice

  • Example: My colleague suggested we reschedule the meeting. She admitted she had forgotten about the deadline, but she promised to send the new agenda by Friday.

Rule

Your task: Write 5–7 sentences reporting a conversation (real or invented) using at least four of: suggest, recommend, advise, deny, admit, insist, warn, promise. Vary the grammar patterns (that-clause, gerund, to-infinitive).

Practice

  1. Planning line: which conversation will you report?
    Answer: Personal answer — e.g. a work meeting, a disagreement with a friend.
  2. Draft one sentence using “insist”.
    Answer: Personal answer, e.g. ‘He insisted on paying the bill.’

Connect

Test your accuracy with advanced reporting verbs before writing.

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CEFR: Spoken Production — give a detailed account of what was said in a conversation.

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