This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Levack (2010) ..... that there are contadictions in Day's interpretation of the poem. (states but does not explain at length) A) Explains. B) Emphasizes. C) Points out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Points out. 2. The teacher threatened ..... them extra homework if they didn't stop talking. A) To give. B) Of giving. C) To giving. D) Giving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give. 3. My mum insisted ..... me the money. A) On lending. B) To lend. C) Lending. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On lending. 4. Roger apologized for ..... my birthday. A) Forget. B) To forget. C) Forgetting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forgetting. 5. It's difficult to ..... some people to take the vaccine. Their minds are made up. A) Insist. B) Encourage. C) Persuade. D) Demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persuade. 6. Jamie blamed me for ..... the tickets, but I think he had them. A) Lose. B) Losing. C) To lose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Losing. 7. To tell someone confidently that something is true, especially so that they do not worry A) Convince. B) Argue. C) Persuade. D) Assure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assure. 8. 'I didn't lock the door.' $\rightarrow$ He admitted not ..... the door. A) Had locked. B) Locking. C) To lock. D) Lock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Locking. 9. I didn't take your wallet, ' she said. A) She denied to take his wallet. B) She denied take your wallet. C) She denied taking his wallet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She denied taking his wallet. 10. We use say without the preposition to:When it is not followed by the person being spoken to. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 11. Please help me study for my next exam, or I'll fail!She ..... her sister to help her study. A) Begged. B) Advised. C) Refused. D) Pleaded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Begged. 12. "This is amazing!", he ..... A) Exclaimed. B) Grumbled. C) Muttered. D) Argued. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclaimed. 13. Alleged A) Said yes to. B) Said no to. C) Claimed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claimed. 14. He boasted about ..... a selfie with Rhianna A) To take. B) To taking. C) Take. D) Taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taking. 15. Admitted A) Agreed that something was true. B) Said something was true even if it might not be. C) Have told someone that something is wrong. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agreed that something was true. 16. To refuse to allow something, especially officially, or to prevent a particular plan of action by making it impossible A) Argue. B) Forbid. C) Refuse. D) Deny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forbid. 17. The coats guard ..... go into the water A) Told me not to. B) Tell me not to. C) Told to not. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told me not to. 18. The server ..... whether we were ready to order our meal. A) Replied. B) Wanted to know. C) Responded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wanted to know. 19. "I won't help you again!" she said A) She refused to help me again. B) She begged me to help her again. C) She agreed to help me again. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She refused to help me again. 20. Complete the sentence:Your friend says, 'I'll bring the snacks.' You later tell your mom:My friend ..... me she would bring the snacks. A) Said. B) Asked. C) Told. D) Says. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Told. 21. Direct quote:'You can use my laptop, ' my sister said. Reported correctly, this becomes: A) My sister said I could use her laptop. B) My sister said I can use her laptop. C) My sister told I could use her laptop. D) My sister said I may use her laptop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My sister said I could use her laptop. 22. "Kelly, I'd see a doctor if I were you." said Brenda. A) Brenda advised Kelly to see a doctor. B) Brenda advised Kelly seeing a doctor. C) Brenda advised Kelly to saw a doctor. D) Brenda advised Kelly seen a doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brenda advised Kelly to see a doctor. 23. I promise ..... anyone your secret. A) Not telling. B) Not to tell. C) Not tell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not to tell. 24. A low, sad, or miserable sound expressing suffering or complain. A) Moan. B) Complain. C) Answer. D) Yell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moan. 25. I apologised ..... my mother's flower vase. A) For broken. B) To break. C) For breaking. D) For break. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For breaking. 26. '' You should wear a sweater"He ..... me to wear a sweater. A) Ordered. B) Decided. C) Promised. D) Warned. E) Advised. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Advised. 27. True or False:The reporting verb 'asked' is almost always used when you are reporting a question. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. My friend: "you can be whatever you want"My friend told me me that ..... A) I could be whatever I wanted. B) I can be whatever I wanted. C) I should be whatever I wanted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I could be whatever I wanted. 29. The last government was thought ..... no regards for public opinion. A) That it showed. B) To have shown. C) To be shown. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have shown. 30. Jonathan, we'd like to welcome you to our city.The mayor ..... Jonathan. A) Acknowledged. B) Thanked. C) Admitted. D) Greeted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greeted. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesReporting Verbs Quiz 1Reporting Verbs Quiz 2Reporting Verbs Quiz 4Reporting Verbs Quiz 5Reporting Verbs Quiz 6Reporting Verbs Quiz 7Reporting Verbs Quiz 8Reporting Verbs Quiz 9Reporting Verbs Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books