This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 'I don't think it's a good idea to invite him.' $\rightarrow$ She advised us not ..... him. A) That invite. B) To invite. C) Invite. D) Inviting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To invite. 2. 'Speak up! I can't hear you!' ..... Father Bear. A) Said. B) Shouted. C) Suggested. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shouted. 3. 'Don't touch my things, please!' I said to my friend. A) Encourage. B) Command. C) Suggest. D) Promise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Command. 4. 'Why don't you come and visit us next week?' $\rightarrow$ She invited us ..... and visit them next week. A) Coming. B) To come. C) Came. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To come. 5. 'Be careful with the knife or you'll hurt yourself', my mum said. A) Threaten. B) Assure. C) Beg. D) Warn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warn. 6. Provide an example of a sentence using a reporting verb. A) 'I will go to the store later.'. B) 'He runs every morning.'. C) 'They are playing soccer in the park.'. D) 'She advised him to study harder.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'She advised him to study harder.'. 7. "Go to bed early or you'll be tired tomorrow"My mum ..... me to go to bed early or I'd be tired the following day. A) Reminded. B) Explained. C) Begged. D) Wondered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reminded. 8. I got blackmailed! A person ..... to post my personal information on Facebook if I didn't give them $ 1000." A) Decided. B) Warned. C) Threatened. D) Promised. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Threatened. 9. He insisted ..... the one that told her the good news A) On being. B) About being. C) About be. D) In being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On being. 10. "Me? Of course not! I didn't break the window", Bart said. A) Bart denied breaking the window. B) Bart denied break the window. C) Bart denied broken the window. D) Bart agreed breaking the window. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bart denied breaking the window. 11. "I swear I will do it as soon as possible." A) She agreed to do it as soon as possible. B) She promised to do it as soon as possible. C) She decided to do it as soon as possible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She promised to do it as soon as possible. 12. To say words, or to make sounds, in a low tone hard to understand or hear. A) Moan. B) Complain. C) Snap. D) Mutter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mutter. 13. Rewrite the sentences using the verb in brackets as a reporting verb:'You should take up a hobby.' Anna's parents told her. (encourage) A) Anna's parents encouraged her taking up a hobby. B) Anna's parents encouraged her took up a hobby. C) Anna's parents encouraged her not to take up a hobby. D) Anna's parents encouraged her to take up a hobby. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anna's parents encouraged her to take up a hobby. 14. DIRECT SPEECH:Would you like to come for dinner Tom?REPORTED SPEECH:She invited ..... A) Comming for dinner. B) Me to come for dinner. C) On comming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me to come for dinner. 15. Dad suggested ..... thirty minutes early just in case. A) To leave. B) Leaving. C) For leaving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leaving. 16. I will help you, Tom, for sure.The teacher ..... to help Tom. A) Assured. B) Promised. C) Greeted. D) Denied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Promised. 17. "If you like pizza, then Pizza Shed on the High Street is the place to go." A) She invited having pizza at Pizza Shed. B) She invited me not to pizza at Pizza Shed. C) She recommended to have pizza at Pizza Shed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She recommended to have pizza at Pizza Shed. 18. How much will it cost? A) She wondered how much it will cost. B) She asked how much it would cost. C) She wanted to know how much it would cost?. D) She said how much will it cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked how much it would cost. 19. 'Please leave this area immediately.' $\rightarrow$ The police instructed us ..... the area. A) Leaves. B) To leave. C) Leave. D) Leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To leave. 20. Please, mum!Let me go to the party. A) Promised. B) Begged. C) Advised. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Begged. 21. "We must solve this problem as soon as possible! A) Frank warned that we solve the problem as soon as possible. B) Frank advised that we solve the problem as soon as possible. C) Frank insisted that we solve the problem as soon as possible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frank insisted that we solve the problem as soon as possible. 22. People think that money is the most important thing A) Money is thought that it is been the most important thing. B) Money is thought that it is the most important thing. C) Money is thought to be the most important thing. D) Money is been thought to be the most important thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Money is thought to be the most important thing. 23. "It's around the corner and on the left." A) They said it was on the left. B) They advised it was on the left. C) They reminded me it was on the left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said it was on the left. 24. "I didn't do anything wrong." She said. A) Tina refused doing anything wrong. B) Tina said doing anything wrong. C) Tina denied doing anything wrong. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tina denied doing anything wrong. 25. "I was in the garden when it happened."The woman ..... that she had been in the garden when it happened. A) Demanded. B) Explained. C) Told. D) Agreed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explained. 26. NASA (2011) ..... that governments should continue to fund space projects .(they gives reasons for his view) A) Questions. B) Argues. C) Discusses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Argues. 27. Jane promised ..... my book the next day. A) Gave back. B) To give back. C) Give back. D) Giving back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To give back. 28. Your science teacher states, 'Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.' How should you report this scientific fact? A) The teacher said that water had frozen at 0 degrees Celsius. B) The teacher asked if water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius. C) The teacher said that water froze at 0 degrees Celsius. D) The teacher said that water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The teacher said that water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius. 29. What is the correct reported question form?"Where can they get some advice?" A) They wondered where they could get some advice. B) They wondered where they have got some advice. C) They wanted to know if they could get some advice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They wondered where they have got some advice. 30. "This is the greatest picture ever painted." A) Advice. B) A refusal. C) A promise. D) A claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A claim. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesReporting Verbs Quiz 1Reporting Verbs Quiz 2Reporting Verbs Quiz 3Reporting Verbs Quiz 4Reporting Verbs Quiz 5Reporting Verbs Quiz 6Reporting Verbs Quiz 7Reporting Verbs Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books