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deny + V-ing

Band 5-6speakingtask2

to state that something is not true or that you did not do something

Examples

“He denied stealing the money.”

“The company denies breaking environmental rules.”

“She denied having seen him that night.”

Band 8 sentence

“Under cross‑examination he denied having authorised the payment, despite the emails.”

Collocations

  • deny + V-ing / deny that + clause

Word family

deny verbdenial noun

Common mistakes

He deny to steal the money.→He denied stealing the money.

She denied that she did not come.→She denied coming.

Say it for a higher band

5deny to + V→6deny + that + clause (overused)→7+deny + V-ing

Synonyms

refuse to admit

Easily confused

refuse to + V

“He refused to answer the question.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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