Reported speech · CEFR C1 · Fluent
admit, deny, suggest, promise in English
Instead of "said", a precise verb reports what the speaker was doing — and each one demands its own pattern after it.
The shape
admit + -ing · promise + to · suggest + -ing · warn + against
Report the meaning of what was said, not only the words.
In Hindi
"said" की जगह सटीक क्रिया बताती है कि वक्ता कर क्या रहा था — और हर क्रिया का अपना ढाँचा होता है।
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The mistake to fix first
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
He denied to take the money. | He denied taking the money. "Deny" takes -ing; "refuse" is the one that takes "to". |
Learn these first
These come first. The rest of this makes more sense once they are automatic.
Questions people ask
- What is the admit, deny, suggest, promise used for?
- Instead of "said", a precise verb reports what the speaker was doing — and each one demands its own pattern after it. In practice: report the meaning of what was said, not only the words.
- How do you form the admit, deny, suggest, promise?
- admit + -ing · promise + to · suggest + -ing · warn + against.
- What is the most common mistake with the admit, deny, suggest, promise?
- Saying “He denied to take the money.” instead of “He denied taking the money.”. "Deny" takes -ing; "refuse" is the one that takes "to".
Where admit, deny, suggest, promise fits
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
admit, deny, suggest, promise is a CEFR C1 structure — the fluent band — and it belongs to reported speech. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
Reading it is not the same as saying it.
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