“Let’s go and look at the school ground, ............... the sports teacher.

“Perhaps he isn’t a bad sort of a chap after all, ............... the master.

The children ............... that the roads were crowded and noisy.

“Leave me alone,” my mother ...............

“I am not afraid,” ............... the woman.

Underline the verbs of reporting in the following sentences : (vii)Ratan apologised for coming late to the party.