Common reporting sentence structures
In this chapter you can find a compilation of reporting verbA part of speech that expresses an action or a state. E.g.: John seldom plays tennis.s which is based not on the mood of the original utteranceSomething that somebody says in a specific context. (declarativeThe sentence type used to make statements; it can be an affirmative sentence or a negative sentence. E.g.: John likes squash a lot. Tim has no friends. , interrogativeThe sentence type used to express a direct question. E.g.: What are you doing? or imperativeThe sentence type used to express suggestions, directions or orders. E.g.: Clean your shoes, will you?), but on the use of the verbs themselves. Note that some of the verbs can be used in several different ways.
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