This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 32 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To blame/d/d A) Someone (not) to do something. B) Someone for doing something. C) Someone of doing something. D) Having done something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone for doing something. 2. 'OK, it's true, I broke your phone, ' ..... A) She claimed. B) She admitted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She admitted. 3. There was something about Kevin that got at me. Whatever it was, I preferred to keep it bottled up. Will I (a) it in the future? A) A. regret. B) Apologise. C) Disappoint. D) Dissatisfy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. regret. 4. He told her to shut the door. A) He said to her, ' Shut the door.'. B) He said, ' Shut the door.'. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said to her, ' Shut the door.'. 5. 'Well done. I'm so pleased you finally managed to find the courage to show yourwork to someone. Didn't I always (a) you it was good enough forpublication?' A) A. tell. B) Speak. C) Talk. D) Say. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. tell. 6. 'I get up at five o'clock every morning-even at the weekend!' ..... A) He claimed. B) He agreed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He claimed. 7. Boss: "Can you finish this project by Friday?" A) My boss told me to finish the project by Friday. B) My boss asked me to finish the project by Friday. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My boss asked me to finish the project by Friday. 8. My little sister ..... a secret to my mom. A) Whispering. B) Whispered. C) Whisperses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whispered. 9. Shall I carry this bags? A) Advise. B) Offer. C) Promise. D) Refuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Offer. 10. He assured me that my performance would improve.He reassured me about my improved performance.He persuaded me to improve my performance. A) Same. B) Different. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different. 11. They warned ..... that the test would be hard. A) Us. B) To us. C) We. D) To we. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Us. 12. There were signs ..... of fog as soon as we got onto the motorway. A) Warning. B) Threatening. C) Telling. D) Promising. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warning. 13. "They ..... over the last piece of pizza, neither willing to give in, " he explained. A) Yelled. B) Quarrelled. C) Grumbled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quarrelled. 14. I don't agree with his views on economics.I disagree with his views on economics. A) Same. B) Different. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Same. 15. My grandpa rarely (a) an opinion on anything, but then he was hard of hearing so he might not have heard the question in the first place. A) A. offered. B) Proposed. C) Invited. D) Requested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. offered. 16. Complete the sentences with the correct form ofthe phrasal verbs below.Entrepreneurs such as Stelios Haji-loannou, Richard Branson and Alan Sugar are well knownfor ..... some very bright ideas! A) Get through to. B) Coming up with. C) Drive at. D) Fill in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coming up with. 17. Change the direct speech 'We are going to the party' to reported speech using the appropriate tense. A) They are going to the party. B) They were going to the party. C) We are going to the party. D) We were going to the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were going to the party. 18. The teacher (a) great success for her books. A) A. promised. B) Admitted. C) Confirmed. D) Agreed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. promised. 19. To say that you will not do or accept something A) Remind. B) Refuse. C) Accept. D) Admit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refuse. 20. She's a strict vegetarian and ..... to eat any poultry or fish. A) Denies. B) Admits. C) Orders. D) Refuses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refuses. 21. I agree there ..... simple solution to this problem A) Is no. B) Be not. C) Not to be. D) Not being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is no. 22. Esther ..... , 'Why are you so angry?' A) Begged. B) Asked. C) Answered. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked. 23. If you ..... something, you say something extra. A) Admit. B) Add. C) Confirm. D) Reveal. E) Deny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add. 24. Mara invited ..... to the cinema tonight. A) We go. B) To us to go. C) Us to go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Us to go. 25. 'A greengrocer's shop, ' he said. 'Yes. What price is the owner asking for the property?' I asked. I was becoming more and more annoyed by being so obviously ignored. 'One hundred and fifty guineas is being asked for the shop, ' (a) the assistant, his eyes fixed on the bottom line of the schedule. The shop turned out to be ridiculously expensive. A) A. stated. B) Admitted. C) Agreed. D) Expressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. stated. 26. It is rumoured that he left her. A) He was rumoured to leave her. B) She is rumoured to have been left. C) People rumoured that he left her. D) He is rumoured to have left her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is rumoured to have left her. 27. They promised ..... recycled products from then on. A) USED. B) TO USE. C) USING. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TO USE. 28. Your friend says, "Let's go to the movies on Friday." Which sentence best reports this idea using the correct verb pattern? A) My friend promised going to the movies. B) My friend suggested going to the movies. C) My friend denied to go to the movies. D) My friend ordered going to the movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friend suggested going to the movies. 29. They offered ..... me home. A) Take. B) They taking. C) Taking. D) To take. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To take. 30. The couple ..... their engagement at the family's Christmas party. A) Predicted. B) Demonstrated. C) Announced. D) Stressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Announced. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesReporting Verbs Quiz 1Reporting Verbs Quiz 2Reporting Verbs Quiz 3Reporting Verbs Quiz 4Reporting Verbs Quiz 5Reporting Verbs Quiz 6Reporting Verbs Quiz 7Reporting Verbs Quiz 8Reporting Verbs Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books