This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The company is said ..... more than 100 million dollars only last month. A) To have lost. B) To lose. C) That it's lost. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To have lost. 2. "Wow! What a nice expensive new car we have over here!" A) She offered me a nice expensive new car. B) She blamed me for my nice expensive new car. C) She insisted on discussing it because of my expensive car. D) She congratulated me on my nice expensive new car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She congratulated me on my nice expensive new car. 3. The sister of Manchester United footballer ..... selling her story to a newspaper. A) Criticized. B) Accused. C) Ordered. D) Regretted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regretted. 4. 'Don't use the milk!-It's gone bad.' $\rightarrow$ He warned us ..... the milk. A) To use. B) Not to use. C) Using. D) Not using. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not to use. 5. "Try the new cafe. It's excellent." they said. A) A recommendation. B) A claim. C) A warning. D) Encouragement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A recommendation. 6. Complete the sentence:To make sure everyone followed the dress code, the director insisted that each performer ..... black shoes. A) Wore. B) Was wearing. C) Wear. D) Wears. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wear. 7. The witness is expected ..... later this afternoon. A) That he'll testify. B) To have testified. C) To testify. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To testify. 8. Jessie bought some yummy chips. Wincy ..... , 'Please give me some! I am hungry! Please!' A) Begged. B) Shouted. C) Answered. D) Whispered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Begged. 9. "Your presentation was outstanding, " he ..... , clapping his hands. A) Suggested. B) Praised. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Praised. 10. The council ..... to approve the building plans. A) Warned. B) Accused. C) Apologized. D) Agreed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agreed. 11. "I will be careful with fake news online":he said. A) He said he will be careful with fake news online. B) He said me he would be careful with fake news online. C) He told me he would be careful with fake news online. D) He told he was going to be careful with fake news online. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He told me he would be careful with fake news online. 12. 'Our room is dirty and the shower doesn't work!' ..... A) She confirmed. B) She complained. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She complained. 13. Their boss ..... them to write the account reports A) Reminds. B) Reminded. C) Reminding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reminded. 14. The coach proposed to organise / organising a team lunch to celebrate their success. A) To organise. B) Organising. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To organise. 15. Dan is known ..... very active. A) That he is. B) To be. C) Being. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be. 16. He offered ..... me with the case A) Me to help. B) Helping. C) To help. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To help. 17. The reporter asked the police officer ..... more information about the plan. A) Give. B) To give them. C) To giving. D) For giving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To give them. 18. Jack agreed ..... A) Going. B) To go. C) To going. D) Of going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To go. 19. He asserted that the new concept of self-regulation offered a far broader perspective than the previous focus on learning strategies. A) Neutral. B) Tentative. C) Agree. D) Disagree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agree. 20. My club members ..... visiting the historical sites in Penang. A) Wanted. B) Suggested. C) Planned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suggested. 21. Complete the sentence:Direct speech: "I can meet you at the park." Reported speech:She said that she ..... meet me at the park. A) Can. B) Will. C) Could. D) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 22. We reminded ..... home early. A) Them leave. B) Them to leave. C) That they leave. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Them to leave. 23. A suspect ..... after the murder. A) Is reported to have been arrested. B) Is reported to be arresting. C) Is reported that he was arrested. D) Is reported that was arrested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is reported to have been arrested. 24. 'You're right. The film was amazing!' ..... A) He agreed. B) He complained. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He agreed. 25. IT IS KNOWN THAT EATING FRUIT IS GOOD FOR YOU. A) Personal structure. B) Impersonal structure. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impersonal structure. 26. Yeah. I persuaded him ..... He needs to meet some new people! A) To come. B) Coming. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To come. 27. He ..... making a mistake in the report. A) Admitted. B) Agreed. C) Warned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Admitted. 28. He ..... for his rude behavior towards his colleagues. A) Apologized. B) Accused. C) Agreed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apologized. 29. The study confirmed that reading habit has influence on academic performance and there is a relationship between reading habit and academic performance ..... A) Neutral. B) Tentative. C) Agree. D) Disagree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agree. 30. They warned ..... London is freezing in November. A) Me that. B) To me that. C) Me of. D) None of the above. 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