Free Intermediate Vocabulary Exercise: Verbs for Describing Speech

For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.

'I'll give you all your money back on Friday,' he .
When I asked her what to do with the money I'd won, she me to put it in the bank.
'Be quiet - someone will hear us,' he .
'You must let me pay for the meal. You must,' he .
'I was late because of the rain,' he .
'I can't believe he's dead. He was so young.' his mother .
'The soup was cold and the service was terrible!' he .
The criminal to kill me if I didn't show him how to open the safe.
'Why don't you go to bed early?' she .
When they asked him if he was responsible for the accident, he it completely.
'Our house is the biggest in the village, and we've got the biggest TV,' the child .
'Get out of my way!' the old man .

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