Reported Speech — Verb Patterns — Terms on the Table
Grammar: Reported Speech
Free ESL grammar exercise on reported speech — verb patterns themed around terms on the table. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising reported speech. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Logistics directors consistently warn that lead times written into contracts rarely survive first contact with reality. Port authorities insist that their role is too often ignored when agreements are drawn up.
Grammar: Reported Speech
- warn + object + that
- She warned the supplier that delays would trigger a penalty clause. — subject has prior knowledge of risk
- insist + that + should
- He insisted that the tariff band should be reviewed quarterly. — formal demand; should stays, does not backshift
Sample items
- The trade minister ______ that the tariff concession would be withdrawn if conditions changed.
- The port director ______ that the delay figures were being misrepresented.
- The shipping CEO ______ that fixed-rate contracts were a structural risk.
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