This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ''Can you call me a taxi?" He asked ..... a taxi. A) The receptionist to call him. B) That the receptionist could call. C) The receptionist calling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The receptionist to call him. 2. "This is a really good book, you should read it" A) Gill warned us to read the book. B) Gill recommended the book to us. C) Gill asked us to read the book. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gill recommended the book to us. 3. He agreed ..... me arrange the expedition. A) Helping. B) To help. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To help. 4. She advised him ..... the last train. A) Not to catch. B) Not catching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not to catch. 5. I admit ..... your phone. A) For using. B) That I used. C) To use. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That I used. 6. "Yes, I'd love to come" . A) Deny. B) Refuse. C) Accept. D) Admit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accept. 7. We advised our daughter ..... the trip alone. A) Not doing. B) To not do. C) Not to do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not to do. 8. "Keep on trying" the teacher/ suggest / A) The teacher suggested keeping on trying. B) The teacher suggested to keep on trying. C) The teacher suggested that we should to keep on trying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher suggested keeping on trying. 9. It is ..... that Mr. Kerry is willing to pay a fortune for the business. A) Understand. B) Understanding. C) Understood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understood. 10. Studies suggest ..... regular meditation can enhance focus. A) That. B) With. C) Of. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 11. (COMBINE) "I'll definitely get my hair cut this week" . She / promise A) She promised to get my hair cut this week. B) She promised that she would get her hair cut that week. C) She promised that she will get her hair cut this week. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She promised that she would get her hair cut that week. 12. The new iPhone is thought ..... next November. A) That it will come out. B) To come out. C) To have come out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To come out. 13. '' Stop playing outside!!!"He ..... to stop playing outside A) Ordered. B) Decided. C) Promised. D) Warned. E) Advised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ordered. 14. "The CEO ..... he had done nothing wrong." A) Demanded. B) Invited. C) Claimed. D) Persuaded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claimed. 15. My brother threatened ..... my mother that I had broken her flower vase. A) Told. B) Tell. C) To tell. D) To telling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To tell. 16. "The man has been arrested but he ..... he committed the crime." A) Promised. B) Denied. C) Suspected. D) Demanded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denied. 17. My boyfriend asked me ..... to the airport. A) To take. B) Taking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To take. 18. They ..... that they had been misled by the advertisement. A) Proposed. B) Complained. C) Assured. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complained. 19. The girl refused ..... with my friend. A) To dance. B) Dancing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To dance. 20. 'I did not lit that candle up.' $\rightarrow$ she denied ..... the fire. A) To start. B) Started. C) Starting. D) Starts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Starting. 21. "This steak is terrible. It's raw. Yuck!" A) Complain. B) Deny. C) Offer. D) Promise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complain. 22. "How about having Indian food? I said A) I offered to have Indian food. B) I told him to have Indian food. C) I suggested having Indian food. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I suggested having Indian food. 23. What is the correct form of the verb after 'apologize'? A) To + verb. B) For + gerund. C) With + noun. D) About + infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For + gerund. 24. My mom ..... to my grandma's house A) Ordered me to go. B) Ordered to go. C) Ordered that I had to go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ordered me to go. 25. Complete the sentence with the correct reporting verb:My friend ..... me that the new video game was awesome. A) Said. B) Told. C) Asked. D) Replied. 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