Homework

Write reported speech sentences with the words below.
Affirm, allege, argue, assert, claim, contend, demonstrate, maintain, predict, recommend, say, show.
If you do not know the meaning of the word, look it up and then decide if you think this verb can be used to: followed by ‘that’.
1. Her friend affirmed that she had enough evidence to prove his crime.
2. She alleged that he stayed at his girl friend house on the night of the crime.
3. His lawyer argued that he was dancing at the night club on this night.
4. No one asserted that he was staying at the club whole of the night.
5. The mother of his girl friend claimed that they needed an equal court.
6. She contended that there were some unequal from the judge.
7. She demonstrated that the proof of his lawyer was not strong enough.
8. The court maintained that their result depended on the truth and proofs.
9. Reporters predicted that the judge could give his freedom.
10. Some reporters recommended that the mother should find more evidence.
11. The mother said that she was solely and met many difficulties to find out the truth.
12. Some people showed that they would help her to prove his crime.