In the USA a lot of people report of watching the UFOs.

[tufguy]

In the USA a lot of people report of watching the UFOs.

Please check my sentence.

 

[GoesStation]

No good. Try again.

 

[tufguy]

No good. Try again.

What is the way to say it? Can't we use "report" the way I used?

 

[emsr2d2]

There's nothing wrong with "report". Look at the other verb.

 

[tufguy]

There's nothing wrong with "report". Look at the other verb.

In the USA a lot of people claim to see the UFOs.

Can I also say "In the USA a lot of people claim to have seen the UFOs"? Can it be used for a regular activity or for something that has already been done?

 

[GoesStation]

In the USA a lot of people claim to see [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] UFOs.

Can I also say "In the USA a lot of people claim to have seen [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] UFOs"? Can it be used for a regular activity or for something that has already been done?

You can, and it's better that way.

You shouldn't use the definite article because you're not talking about specific UFOs that you've mentioned before. People think they've seen UFOs in general.

 

[emsr2d2]

In the USA a lot of people report of watching the UFOs.

In the USA a lot of people claim to see the UFOs.

Above are your sentence from post #1 and then your revised sentence. Is there a reason why you changed "report" to "claim", despite being told that there was nothing wrong with "report"? The change of verb requires changes to the rest of your sentence. Please see if you can fill in the blanks below:

In the USA, a lot of people report ______________ (single word) UFOs.
In the USA, a lot of people report ________ _____ (two words) UFOs.
In the USA, a lot of people claim _____ ________ (two words) UFOs.
In the USA, a lot of people claim ____ ______ _______ (three words) UFOs.

 

[tufguy]

Above are your sentence from post #1 and then your revised sentence. Is there a reason why you changed "report" to "claim", despite being told that there was nothing wrong with "report"? The change of verb requires changes to the rest of your sentence. Please see if you can fill in the blanks below:

In the USA, a lot of people report ____seeing__________ (single word) UFOs.
In the USA, a lot of people report _of seeing_______ _____ (two words) UFOs.
In the USA, a lot of people claim _to____ ____see____ (two words) UFOs.
In the USA, a lot of people claim to have seen____ ______ _______ (three words) UFOs.

Done

 

[tufguy]

You can, and it's better that way.

You shouldn't use the definite article because you're not talking about specific UFOs that you've mentioned before. People think they've seen UFOs in general.

Okay I can use " have seen" version.

 

[emsr2d2]

In the USA, a lot of people report seeing (single word) UFOs. :tick:
In the USA, a lot of people report of seeing (two words) UFOs. :cross:
In the USA, a lot of people claim to see (two words) UFOs. :tick:
In the USA, a lot of people claim to have seen (three words) UFOs. :tick:

Done

See above. You got one wrong. Try the second one again. You don't need a preposition. (I'll be honest - I think this one is a little above your level.)

 

[emsr2d2]

Okay, I can use the "have seen" version.

Yes.

In the USA, a lot of people claim to have seen UFOs/a UFO.

 

[GoesStation]

In the USA, a lot of people claim to have seen UFOs/a UFO.

That's correct, but it uses three words where the exercise asked for two. The words you need there are "having seen", and I agree with emsr2d2 that this is beyond your current level.

In case it wasn't clear, it's never right to say "report of seeing" something.

Remember: never put a space after an opening quotation mark.