This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the best reporting verb to express this idea: "My mother is married to his cousin." A) Explain. B) Ask. C) Advise. D) Suggest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explain. 2. "I think we should wait until it stops raining." A) Paul suggested waited until it stopped. B) Paul suggesting waited until it stopped. C) Paul suggested wait until it stopped. D) Paul suggested waiting until it stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paul suggested waiting until it stopped. 3. "If your toothache is that bad, you should go to a dentist." A) A promise. B) A denial. C) Advice. D) A claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Advice. 4. Passwords must ..... kept secret. A) Are. B) Being. C) Be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Be. 5. When the character shows that he has the same opinion as somebody, we use ' ..... '. A) Agree. B) Continue. C) Groan. D) Suggest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agree. 6. I would never encourage ..... night shifts. A) Working. B) To work. C) Anyone to work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anyone to work. 7. Scientists believed that they killed the animals A) They were believed to kill animals. B) They were believed to killed animals. C) They was believed to kill animals. D) They have believed to kill animals by scientists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were believed to kill animals. 8. 'Is this your car?' ..... Tommy. A) Offered. B) Asked. C) Said. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked. 9. "I didn't have my phone on me, you see" . A) Explain. B) Offer. C) Ask. D) Suggest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explain. 10. I suggest ..... a break before we discuss the next point. A) To have. B) Having. C) You having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having. 11. True or False:When reporting something that was said in the past, the verb tense in the reported clause usually moves one step back into the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Why do you think he insisted ..... for the concert tickets? A) Paying. B) On paying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On paying. 13. You're right-we shouldn't have spoken to him.Joe ..... speaking to him was a mistake A) Denied. B) Advised. C) Begged. D) Admitted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Admitted. 14. She ..... anything to do with what happened. A) Said not to have. B) Denied having. C) Insisted not having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denied having. 15. Choose the correct reporting verb from this list and finish the reported speech for each example."I'm sorry I forgot your birthday" said Amanda to me. A) Amanda apologised for forgetting my birthday. B) Amanda apologised to forget my birthday. C) Amanda apologised for my birthday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amanda apologised for forgetting my birthday. 16. 'You stupid boy!' ..... Mum. A) Suggested. B) Answered. C) Shouted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shouted. 17. They offered ..... for all the damages. A) Pay. B) To paying. C) Paying. D) To pay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To pay. 18. Is this your car? A) Offered. B) Asked. C) Said. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked. 19. I suggest ..... the police right now. A) You to call. B) You call. C) To call. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You to call. 20. He ..... in the test. A) Refused to cheat. B) Refused cheating. C) Refused that he cheated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refused to cheat. 21. "My name is Lucy and I'm from London." A) She insisted that her name was Lucy. B) She told me her name was Lucy. C) She suggested her name was Lucy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told me her name was Lucy. 22. "I will go with them. I have the same ideas" their friend said A) AGREE. B) ORDER. C) SUGGEST. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AGREE. 23. Let's go to the cinema!Jack ..... going to the cinema. A) Promised. B) Suggested. C) Warned. D) Regretted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suggested. 24. In which sentence can the word 'that' be correctly removed without changing the meaning? A) The weather reporter predicted that it would rain. B) The fact that he was late was annoying. C) I didn't know that. D) Who is that boy over there?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The weather reporter predicted that it would rain. 25. The salesperson accused me ..... A) To steal it. B) Of stealing it. C) For steal it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of stealing it. ← 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