This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I said we should wait, and the others all ..... that we should. A) Agreed. B) Reported. C) Explained. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agreed. 2. "I won't tell you my name" she said A) REFUSE. B) ORDER. C) PERSUADE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) REFUSE. 3. 'Don't forget to switch off the washing machine', mum told me. A) Insist. B) Remind. C) Offer. D) Accuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Remind. 4. Why does the teacher always ..... on us doing homework? A) Advise. B) Encourage. C) Insist. D) Remind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insist. 5. Complete the sentence:My mom ..... me to clean my room before my friends came over. A) Suggested. B) Admitted. C) Explained. D) Reminded. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reminded. 6. "Don't forget to buy milk!" said Antonio to Lucia. (remind) A) Antonio ordered Lucia to buy milk. B) Antonio reminded Lucia to buy milk. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonio reminded Lucia to buy milk. 7. "Would you like a lift?" A) Promise. B) Offer. C) Answer. D) Complain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Offer. 8. ''I get up every morning at seven o'clock." Peter said ..... every morning at seven o'clock. A) I got up. B) He had got up. C) He got up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He got up. 9. I urged him to say he was sorry. A) That's not quite right, actually. B) You should consider apologizing. C) I absolutely didn't do it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You should consider apologizing. 10. Direct quote:'Where did you put my keys?' my mom asked. Which sentence reports this question correctly? A) My mom asked where I had put her keys. B) My mom told me where I had put her keys. C) My mom asked me where had I put her keys. D) My mom asked where did I put her keys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My mom asked where I had put her keys. 11. "Stop the car!" Police officer said A) ORDER. B) REFUSE. C) PERSUADE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ORDER. 12. The guide warned ..... back. A) We don't look. B) Us not look. C) Us not to look. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Us not to look. 13. "You must not waste water"He ..... me not to waste water. A) Advised. B) Decided. C) Warned. D) Promised. E) Ordered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warned. 14. It is expected that their strike will end soon. => Their strike ..... A) A.Their strike is expected to will end soon. B) B. Their strike was expected to be end soon. C) C. Their strike is expected to end soon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. Their strike is expected to end soon. 15. She ..... a coffee for me. A) Offered to bring. B) Offered that she would bring. C) Offered me bringing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Offered to bring. 16. The use of say without prepositions has expressions such as:say good morning, say something, say it. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 17. "It's my birthday next weekend. Please, make a birthday cake for me!" (Charlotte / told / mom) A) Mum asked Charlotte to make a cake. B) Charlotte told her mum to make a birthday cake for her. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charlotte told her mum to make a birthday cake for her. 18. Schmidt (2010) ..... that the process of language acquisition is important in childhood. (to examine the key points) A) Discusses. B) States. C) Claim. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discusses. 19. She proposed ..... at 7 o'clock. A) That we meet. B) For meeting. C) To meet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That we meet. 20. When the character is calling out loudly, we use ' ..... '. A) Agree. B) Ask. C) Cry. D) Reply. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cry. 21. "I'll send you a postcard when I get there." A) Admit. B) Offer. C) Apologise. D) Promise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Promise. 22. Which of the following verbs can be used to report statements? A) Complain. B) Instruct. C) Offer. D) Recommend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complain. 23. '' I'm going to become a hairdresser"He ..... to become a hairdresser A) Warned. B) Decided. C) Promised. D) Ordered. E) Advised. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decided. 24. Sofia suggested ..... the new pizza place. A) Trying. B) Try. C) To try. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trying. 25. You can't go with me A) Told. B) Suggested. C) Promised. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 26. When the character is making a question, we use ' ..... '. A) Explain. B) Cry. C) Reply. D) Ask. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ask. 27. Choose the best reporting verb to express this idea: "You should exercise more." A) Say. B) Explain. C) Advise. D) Ask. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Advise. 28. What is the correct preposition to use with 'congratulate'? A) At. B) For. C) On. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 29. Alice announced ..... when the thief had broken in. A) That she is sleeping. B) That she was sleeping. C) She was slept. D) She slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That she was sleeping. 30. A:Have the kids been fighting again? Oliver's really upset, but he refuses ..... me why.B:Oh, Harry accused Oliver of ..... one of his toys, and now they aren't speaking to each other. A) To tell / to break. B) To tell / breaking. C) Telling / breaking. D) Telling / to break. 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