Verb patterns – Reporting Verbs - GE 9 - 11

Verbs	Patterns / Formulas
Mention Explain Point out	+ that + clause Robert mentioned that the profits were up 20% last month.
Offer Threaten Refuse	+ (not) + to … (infinitive with to)
Remind Advice Persuade Warn Invite	+ object + (not) + to … (infinitive with to) I reminded him to sort out the staff wages.
Deny	+ verb + ing Deny has a negative meaning. He denied (not) stealing the money. He denied doing anything wrong.
Apologise (for)	+ preposition (not) + verb + ing He apologised for not telling me sooner.
Blame (sb for) Accuse (sb of)	+ object + preposition + (not) + verb + ing He blamed me for not letting him ire enough staff.

Verbs	Patterns / Formulas
Admit Suggest Recommend	+ that + clause + verb + ing
Claim Promise	+ that + clause + (not) + to … (infinitive with to)
Agree	+ that + clause + (not) + to … (infinitive with to) He agreed to run the shop on his own for the first year.
Apologise (for)	+ preposition (not) + verb + ing
Blame (sb for) Accuse (sb of)	+ object + preposition + (not) + verb + ing
Insist	+ that + clause
Insist (on)	+ preposition + (not) + verb + ing

Point out

Tell someone some information, often because you think they have forgotten it or don’t know it.

Claim

Say something is true, even though you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it.

Deny

Say that something is not true, usually because somebody has said that you have done something wrong.

Insist

Say repeatedly that something is true or that you want something to happen, often when other people disagree with you.

Blame

Say that somebody is responsible for something bad that has happened.

Accuse

Say that somebody has done something wrong.

Have done & Get done - GE 9 - 10

Have done & get done

1. Have done

When we pay somebody else to do a job.

We usually have the decorating done professionaly.

I still get my car service at the local garage.

Get something done is more informal.

Passive: S + have/get + something + past participle

In any verb form

- Now I am having the kitchen painted.

- I have had lots of things done recently.

- There was a leak in the bathroom, so I got that fixed.

- I would never had my washing machine serviced before.

- I will get the glass replaced sometime this week.

Negatives and questions

By using the correct form

Rick doesn’t have his car serviced regularly.

Does Rick have his car serviced regularly?

Jason didn’t have this bathroom painted last week.

Did Jason have this bathroom painted last week?

Chris is not getting her boiler replaced.

Is Chris getting her boiler replaced?

2. Get somebody to do something  

Ask somebody that we know to do the job.

It is a friend or family member, we probably do not pay them

Ex:

I get my wife to do most things round the house.

The positive form

S + get + somebody + infinitive with to + something

Have or get in any verb forms

- I got my Dady to teach me how to do things.

- I am going to get a friend to come and help.

The negative and question forms

- I didn’t get anyone to help me.

- Are you going to get somebody to fix it ?

Pay somebody to do something:

I usually pay somebody to do the garden.

 

3. Do something yourself

When we do the job without any help from other people.

I do most things round the house myself.

The reflexive pronouns are:

Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

Often use reflexive pronouns to emphasise that we do something instead of somebody else doing something for us.

- I actually put some shelves up myself last weekend.

- He is having his hair cut.

- She is decorating the kitchen herself.