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2. There is a wordsearch for you to find 21 reporting verbs in. The remaining letters will give you the answer for the brain teaser called BIRTHDAY : The day before yesterday I was 25 and the next year I will be 28. This is true only one day in a year. What day is my birthday? He was born on __________ and spoke about it on __________ 1st.

3. NIALPXETSAOB PENQUIREDECO ERNCMTSEGGUS BEOOWEADMITP RVUMHRUMRUMR NENPITHREDRO OACLNSMIREIM ILEAETEIYNFI TWHISPERAYNS NFINBRSTJLOE ESCREAMANUCA MEZIGOLOPARY

4. 1 announce 2 boast 3 claim 4 complain 5 confirm 6 order 7 enquire 8 mention 9 whisper 10 reveal 11 sob 12 beg 13 promise 14 apologize 15 explain 16 suggest 17 whine 18 scream 19 murmur 20 deny 21 admit The brain teaser: He was born on December 31st and spoke about it on January 1st.

5. Report it! Direct Reported Choose from the following verbs to report the sentences on the right. demand whisper yell beg think wonder argue plead admit deny 1/ You will never meet the boy again! (my mum) 2/ Is it really Lady Gaga in front of the shop? (my friend) 3/ Please let me explain this situation! (my girl/boyfriend) 4/ I am the best man ever! I will win! (a sprinter) 5/ You shouldn‘t wake up the baby or it will cry. (my wife/husband) 6/ Rock stars are not spoilt. They just use their opportunities. (my friend) 7/ I will do anything you want if you take me to Japan with you.(my colleague) 8/ I didn‘t tell the teacher about your cheat sheet. (my classmate) 9/ I told your boyfriend how you behaved last night.(Jane) 10/ The arbiters have to check the score once more. (That was not a fair decision!) (a sportsman)

6. 1/ My mum yelled that I would never meet my boy again! 2/ My friend wondered if it really was Lady Gagain front of the shop? 3/ My boy/girlfriend begged/ pleaded to let her explain that situation. 4/ The sprinter thought that he was the best man ever and that he would win! 5/ My wife/ husband whispered that I shouldn‘t wake up the baby or it would cry. 6/ My friend argued that rock stars were not spoilt and that they just used their opportunities. 7/ My colleague begged/ pleaded that he would do anything I wanted if I took him/her to Japan with me. 8/ My classmate denied telling/that he had told the teacher about my cheat sheet. 9/ Jane admitted telling/ that she had told my boyfriend how I had behaved the previous night. 10/ The sportsman demanded that the arbiters had to check the score once more (and said that it had not been a fair decision!)

7. http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_reportingverbs.htm http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_reporting_verbs http://brainden.com/number-puzzles.htm