This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My dad ..... him a ride to the subway A) Asked my mom to give. B) Asked to give. C) Asked that my mom could give. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asked my mom to give. 2. I don't blame you ..... to move to another house. I don't like this house either. A) To want. B) That you want. C) For wanting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For wanting. 3. Adam offered ..... dinner for everyone. A) Cook. B) To cook. C) Cooking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cook. 4. The paintings are reported ..... destroyed in the fire. A) To be. B) That they were. C) To have been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To have been. 5. "Keep trying, you can do it!" A) The teacher warned him to keep trying. B) The teacher advised him to keep trying. C) The teacher encouraged him to keep trying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher encouraged him to keep trying. 6. "I was with my wife in a restaurant at 9 pm last night." A) The man claimed that he had been with his wife in a restaurant at 9 pm last night. B) The man agreed that he had been with his wife in a restaurant at 9 pm last night. C) The man explained that he hadn't been with his wife in a restaurant at 9 pm last night. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The man claimed that he had been with his wife in a restaurant at 9 pm last night. 7. Here's a ..... of milk and a ..... of chocolate. A) Slice /can. B) Carton / bar. C) Bar /liter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carton / bar. 8. During the meeting, the chairman ..... setting up a special committee to investigate waste. A) Invited. B) Declared. C) Proposed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proposed. 9. I told ..... come with us A) Them to. B) That they. C) They to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Them to. 10. Some media ..... fake or sensationalist news. A) Insist to publish. B) Insist publishing. C) Insist at publishing. D) Insist on publishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insist on publishing. 11. Li Yu Long ..... Adrian's idea about the dubious sporting state of tai chi. A) Echoes. B) States. C) Contrasts. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Echoes. 12. 'It was you who took my bag!', I told my sister. A) Agree. B) Accuse. C) Admit. D) Deny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accuse. 13. To say sorry. A) Apologise. B) Reply. C) Suggest. D) Exclaim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apologise. 14. Kon (2000) and Miller (2007) ..... that all poets are strongly influenced by their childhood. (puts forward indirectly that something is true) A) Conclude. B) Explain. C) Suggest. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suggest. 15. To make something clear and understandable. A) Exclaim. B) Explain. C) Suggest. D) Answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explain. 16. 'Can you help me, please?, John said to me. A) Accuse. B) Apologise. C) Ask. D) Insist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ask. 17. Could you tell me where the bathrooom is? A) Suggested. B) Asked. C) Offered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked. 18. My grandmother ..... how much she had loved to dance when she was young. A) Complained. B) Recalled. C) Demanded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recalled. 19. '' You must hurry up"He ..... to hurry up A) Ordered. B) Decided. C) Promised. D) Warned. E) Advised. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warned. 20. When the character tells somebody that he will definitely do or not do something, we use ' ..... '. A) Promise. B) Reply. C) Ask. D) Groan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Promise. 21. She ..... that her feet hurt. A) Demanded. B) Complained. C) Proposed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complained. 22. Stay with us until tomorrow, OK?My uncle ..... on our staying with them for the night. A) Explained. B) Invited. C) Asked. D) Insisted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insisted. 23. Complete the sentence:Yesterday, my friend said, 'I am watching a new show.' Today you report:She said that she ..... a new show. A) Is watching. B) Am watching. C) Was watching. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 24. Many people have accused gamers ..... laziness and lying flat. A) Of. B) With. C) As. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of. 25. Doctors have warned people ..... the dangers of not doing exercise. A) Of. B) With. C) As. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of. 26. ..... believed to be the first time that a polar bear killes a zookeeper. A) We are. B) It is. C) We. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is. 27. Choose the correct reporting verb from this list and finish the reported speech for each example."Where do you usually go swimming? A) She asked where I usually went swimming. B) She asked me where do I usually go swimming. C) She asked me where I usually went swimming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asked me where I usually went swimming. 28. Choose the best reporting verb to express this idea: "Why don't we watch a film?" A) Say. B) Tell. C) Suggest. D) Explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suggest. 29. Tania promised ..... she would be there A) That. B) To. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 30. Are there any job vacancies in the company?He ..... whether there ..... any vacancies. A) Enquired / were. B) Inquired / are. C) Doubted / were. D) Questioned / are. 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