refused – English Grammar Profiler

B1, indirect, PASSIVES, PAST, range, simple / asked, denied, fed, given, granted, N, offered, PELIC, refused, sent, taken, taught, TLC, VVN, was, were

B1 Point 6 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: past simple passive with a limited range of verbs needing two objects, putting the indirect object in subject position. *There is more information about this grammar at B2 TLC SPEAKING TEST EXAMPLE: I was given a big horse. female Russia B1 PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: When my husband was given a blow to the head in Oakland last year, I got frightened. …

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B1, direct, position, REPORTED SPEECH / accepted, added, admitted, advised, agreed, allowed, announced, argued, blogged, breathed, called, charged, complained, confirmed, continued, coughed, cried, decided, declared, demanded, described, directed, encouraged, ended, explained, failed, guessed, included, informed, insisted, interrupted, joked, laughed, lied, managed, mentioned, noted, noticed, offered, ordered, P, posted, prayed, predicted, pressed, promised, pronounced, realized, received, recommended, refused, reminded, repeated, replied, reported, requested, returned, screamed, shared, shouted, spilled, stressed, suggested, texted, typed, underlined, VVD, warned, wondered

The following two B1 points are only different in the order. Point 4 in REPORTED SPEECH is defined as: DIRECT SPEECH, REPORTING CLAUSE, INITIAL POSITION: report speech and thought directly, using the reporting verb before the reporting clause Point 9 is END POSITION: report speech and thought directly using the reporting verb after the reporting …

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