Advanced English Vocabulary and Verb Patterns

Essential English Synonyms and Vocabulary

• Succeeded in / Managed to: To achieve a goal.
• Trip / Journey: Travel from one place to another.
• Giving, Supplying, Offering: Providing.
• Suggests, Brings up: Raises.
• Achieving: Accomplishing.
• Sickness, Illness: Disease.
• Innumerable, Numberless: Countless.
• Observed: Noticed.
• Friendly, Easygoing: Good-natured.
• Irritation, Displeasure: Annoyance.
• Aim, Purpose: Goal.
• Useful, Worthy, Rewarding: Worthwhile.
• Conscious: Aware.
• Cancelling: Reversing.
• Pull the trigger: Shoot.
• Search for, Seek: Look up.
• Enormous, Large: Huge.
• Tendency: Trend.
• Poll, Questionnaire: Survey.
• Succeed, Triumph: Overcome.
• Declare, Assert: Claim.
• Inequitable, Improper: Unfair.
• Spectator, Audience: Viewers.
• Prepared, Ready, Voluntary: Willing.
• Entered: Walked in.
• Asked oneself / Asked themselves: Wondered.
• Approximately: Closely.
• Patron, Supporter: Sponsor.
• Trick: Stunt.
• Currently: Nowadays, at present.
• Celebrity: Star, famous person.
• Even: Besides, moreover, indeed.
• Hired: Employed, given work.
• Unique: Special, exceptional.
• Weird: Strange, bizarre, odd.
• Shocking: Surprising, unexpected.
• Outrageous: Extravagant.
• Appeals: Addresses.
• Encourages: Animates, supports.
• Posted: Published.
• Supports: Promotes, provides help.
• Disturbing: Alarming, worrying.
• Look up to: Admire.

Reported Speech: Verb + Object + Infinitive

Advise

Direct: The teacher said: "Students, you should write vocabulary lists for the exam."

Reported: The teacher advised the students to write vocabulary lists for the exam.

Encourage

Direct: My mother said to me: "Go on! Go with your friends after the exam."

Reported: My mother encouraged me to go with my friends after the exam.

Remind

Direct: My father said: "Don’t forget to fill the car with petrol before putting it back in the garage."

Reported: My father reminded me to fill the car with petrol before putting it back in the garage.

Warn

Direct: The pilot said: "Remain outside the plane until the problem is solved."

Reported: The pilot warned us to remain outside the plane until the problem was solved.

Invite

Direct: Sarah said to all her friends: "Would you like to have a barbecue for my birthday?"

Reported: Sarah invited all her friends to have a barbecue for her birthday.

Reported Speech: Verb + Object + Prep + Gerund

Accuse of

Direct: The man said to the boy: "You, you stole some magazines."

Reported: The man accused the boy of having stolen some magazines.

Blame for

Direct: The wife said to her husband: "It’s your fault that we missed the train."

Reported: The wife blamed her husband for having missed the train.

Congratulate on

Direct: They said to me: "Congratulations! You’ve passed your exams!"

Reported: They congratulated me on passing (or having passed) my exams.

Reported Speech: Verb + Preposition + Gerund

Insist on

Direct: My classmate said: "Please, please… come to the gym after the English lessons."

Reported: My classmate insisted on going to the gym after the English lessons.

Apologize for

Direct: The child said: "Sorry, I was rude to the teacher."

Reported: The child apologized for having been rude to the teacher.