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It is important to differentiate between statements, questions and commands or requests because these ways of saying something
is decisive of the use of the sentence pattern i.e. the usage of that, wh...(who,what,where, when, why, whether) and if, how, or to + infinitive.
There is a 4th group reporting greetings, thanks, agreement and disagrement, interjections and good-byes.

1. verbs reporting statements:
1. to add that	hinzufügen
2. to announce that	ankündigen
3. to answer that	antworten
4. to assume that	annehmen
5. to be of the opinion that	der Meinung sein
6. to be written that	geschrieben stehen
7. to believe that	glauben
8. to boast that	angeben
9. to burst out that	herausplatzen
10. to confess that	gestehen
11. to explain that	erklären
12. to grant that	einräumen
13. to hear, find out that	erfahren
14. to hint that	andeuten
15. to learn that	erfahren
16. to murmur that	murmeln
17. to point out that	hervorheben
18. to predict that	vorhersagen
19. to pretend that	so tun als ob, vorgeben
20. to read that	geschrieben stehen
21. to regret that	bedauern
22. to remark that	bemerken, an~
23. to reply that	erwidern
24. to report that	angeben, berichten
25. to reveal that	preisgeben, enthüllen
26. to say that	sagen
27. to shout that	schreien
28. to suppose that	vermuten
29. to tell that	erzählen
30. to think that	denken
31. to whisper that	flüstern

2. Verbs reporting questions
1. to ask whether / if / who...	fragen
2. to enquire if / whether/ when.. .	ausfragen
3. to question if / whether / what.	ausfragen
4. to want to know if / whether..	wissen wollen
5. to wonder if / whether/ why..	sich fragen

3. Verbs reporting orders & requests:
1. to accuse to	beschuldigen
2. to allow to	erlauben
3. to ask to	bitten
4. to beg to	herzlich bitten
5. to command to	kommandieren
6. to demand to	fordern
7. to expect to	erwarten
8. to forbid to	verbieten
9. to offer to	anbieten
10. to order to	befehlen
11. to permit to	erlauben
12. to persuade to	überzeugen, überreden
13. to promise to	versprechen
14. to request to	(höflich) bitten, ersuchen
15. to suggest to	vorschlagen
16. to suspect to	verdächtigen
17. to warn not to	warnen
18. to wish to	wünschen

4. special verbs
1. to agree.	ja sagen, zustimmen
2. to deny.	leugnen,
3. to deny / to disagree.	nein sagen, verneinen
4. to contradict.	widersprechen
5. to thank	danken
6. to say good bye	s. verabschieden
7. to say good-bye	auf Wiederesehen sagen

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Persons speaking		Quotations
Teacher:		"Susan, can you please open the window?" 3
Susan:		"Of course, I can." 4
Teacher:		"What about writing a test?" 3
John:		"I'm not prepared." 1
Jimmy:		"That's not a nice idea." 1
Alice:		" You didn't say anything yesterday. 1
Charles:		" I haven't learnt the verbs." 1
Sally:		"Let's write it on Wednesday." 3
Robert:		"Oh, no." 4
Heather:		"Yes, please let's do it on Wednesday." 3
Teacher:		"Well, then. It's O.K. You'll learn the verbs of "saying" for Wednesday."4, 3

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