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Grammar definitions, you will find a summary of basic reported speech. This most monly involves using the verbs say, tell and ask, as well as changes of verb tenses, times, places and pronouns: (Show the following on the PowerPoint.) ? I am going to the shop. ? He said (that) he was going to the shop. ? Sit down and open your books. ? She told us to sit down and open our books. ? Will you e with us tomorrow? ? He asked me if I would go with them the following day. A native speaker of English, however, will often use reporting verbs other than just say, tell and ask. Compare the following: ? I didn39。 + clause: ask know remember say see 2. Verbs followed by a thatclause: add admit agree announce answer argue boast claim ment doubt estimate explain fear feel insist mention observe persuade reply report reveal say state suggest suppose tell think plain confirm consider deny