TIếng Anh 12 - How native speakers speak it using negatives with reporting verbs

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1. HOW NATIVE SPEAKERS SPEAK IT PRACTICE USING NEGATIVES WITH REPORTING VERBS Exercise 1. Match the sentence halves. think, expect, believe, seem Now we can learn to use negatives with reporting verbs such as think, expect, 1. It's rumoured that management aren't too a. he'll be in this company too believe, seem, etc. This is called transferred negation. You also learn when transferred impressed with him. I don’t reckon much longer. negation is not used. 2. He looks pretty laid back. I don't imagine b. he has any trouble getting dates, Reporting verbs with a negative 3. She's in the office till 9 o'clock most c. that relationship's going to last. With a small number of reporting verbs, you usually make the reporting clause evenings. I don't suppose d. there's too much stress in his negative rather than the reported clause. For example, you would usually say I don't 4. He's pretty lean. I don't imagine life, think Mary is at home rather than I think Mary is not at home. 5. He's quite an attractive guy. I don't suppose e. she sees too much of her kids, - Don’t you suppose he’s heard the news already? 6. She doesn't seem very keen on him. f .he eats too many burgers. - He doesn’t believe that I’ll win. I don't reckon - They don’t seem to be expecting us. - I don’t imagine it is possible to have a successful club without a good manager. Exercise 2. Complete the sentences by writing one phrase in each gap. - I do not expect that we will have a balanced budget in this currentfinancialyear. she even knows who I am / she even needs to work / - She didn’t think that it was Mohammed’sfault. she ever diets / she is / she will / she does 1. Camilla inherited so much money when her grandmother died. I don't reckon The following reporting verbs are often used with a negative in this way. 2. I suppose it's possible that she'll succeed, but I don't believe believe, expect, feel, imagine, propose, reckon, seem, suppose, think 3. I guess she might be under 50, but I don't suppose 4. I guess it's just possible she loves him, but I don't imagine Reporting verbs where negation can't be transferred 5. The irritating thing is, she's incredibly thin and yet I don't think With other verbs it is the reported clause that takes the negative form. The reporting 6. I know so much about her and yet I don't suppose verb stays in the positive and the negative cannot be transferred. You usually say I assume you haven't heard. Exercise 3. Put each sentence into the correct order. NOT I-don't assume-you huvo-heard. 1. predict he / won't 111 the / win / . / election - I hope the euro doesn’t get any weaker. - I suspect we won’t hear from him again. 2. bet he / even / remember / I / me /. / won't - She promised she would never do it again. - I would guess she didn’t profit that much. 3. assume you / heard / the / I / news / . / haven't - They concluded that death was not due to natural causes. - The doctor predicted that she would never run again. 4. hope the / . / I / doesn't / crash I market / sincerely The following reporting verbs are examples of verbs not used in the negative. 5. presume they / left / I / yet / haven't /. accept admit agree allege argue assume claim concede conclude confess 6. suspect they /. / don't / much / I / have / money declare deny feel guess hope predict presume promise stress suggest suspect Exercise 4. Pl Which sentences are correct? 1. I don't guess you'll be going to the party tonight, as Jess is ill. REMEMBER! 2. I don't assume you know what's happened. Usually the that in the that-clause is NOT used. 3. I bet she won't even notice me. - I guess that the minister won’t retire. TQT HOW NATIVE SPEAKERS SPEAK IT - 01
2. 4. I guess you won't be going away this summer. 5. I suspect Kelly won't be fit enough to compete. 6. I really don't hope the euro collapses. Exercise 5. Choose the correct word. ANSWER KEY 1. I don't guess / assume / suppose you saw Kerry on your travels? 2. To be honest, I don't think / predict / bet she'll make it as an actress. 3. She doesn't suspect / expect / presume she'll see him again. 4. We don't imagine / predict / guess they'll be coming to visit any time soon. 5. I just don't suspect / believe / assume he has the drive to succeed. Exercise 6 Write the missing words in sentence B so that it means the same as sentence A. 1. A I don't imagine she'll want to go. B I suspect 2. A I guess he can't be more than 30. B I don't reckon 3. A I assume Clare hasn't spoken to her manager. B I don't expect 4. A I don't suppose they'll visit us again. B I assume LINK: TQT HOW NATIVE SPEAKERS SPEAK IT - 01