This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 18 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:If a friend says, 'I can meet you at the library, ' the correct way to report it is, 'She said she could meet me at the library.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Dave offered ..... with my homework. A) To help me. B) Helping me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To help me. 3. They promised us ..... A) That they will come. B) That they come. C) That they would come. D) That they be coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That they would come. 4. Alice ..... her mom to go to her friend's party. A) Begged. B) Said. C) Insisted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Begged. 5. ''Shall I give you a hand with the cleaning?" He offered ..... with the cleaning A) That he gave a hand. B) That we would give a hand. C) To give a hand. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To give a hand. 6. "Right, let's buy the car in the morning!" we said A) We agreed to buy the car in the morning. B) We said that to buy the car in the morning. C) We offered to buy the car in the morning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We agreed to buy the car in the morning. 7. Many websites will remove bad pictures or videos if they ..... reported. A) Aren't. B) Are. C) Is. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 8. 'I don't think it's a good idea to invite him.' $\rightarrow$ She advised us not ..... him. A) To invite. B) Inviting. C) Invite. D) That invite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To invite. 9. 'Speak up! I can't hear you!' ..... Father Bear. A) Said. B) Shouted. C) Suggested. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shouted. 10. 'Don't touch my things, please!' I said to my friend. A) Encourage. B) Command. C) Suggest. D) Promise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Command. 11. 'Why don't you come and visit us next week?' $\rightarrow$ She invited us ..... and visit them next week. A) Coming. B) To come. C) Came. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To come. 12. 'Be careful with the knife or you'll hurt yourself', my mum said. A) Warn. B) Threaten. C) Assure. D) Beg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warn. 13. Provide an example of a sentence using a reporting verb. A) 'She advised him to study harder.'. B) 'He runs every morning.'. C) 'They are playing soccer in the park.'. D) 'I will go to the store later.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'She advised him to study harder.'. 14. "Go to bed early or you'll be tired tomorrow"My mum ..... me to go to bed early or I'd be tired the following day. A) Begged. B) Reminded. C) Wondered. D) Explained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reminded. 15. I got blackmailed! A person ..... to post my personal information on Facebook if I didn't give them $ 1000." A) Decided. B) Threatened. C) Promised. D) Warned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Threatened. 16. He insisted ..... the one that told her the good news A) In being. B) On being. C) About be. D) About being. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On being. 17. "Me? Of course not! I didn't break the window", Bart said. A) Bart agreed breaking the window. B) Bart denied break the window. C) Bart denied broken the window. D) Bart denied breaking the window. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bart denied breaking the window. 18. "I swear I will do it as soon as possible." A) She agreed to do it as soon as possible. B) She promised to do it as soon as possible. C) She decided to do it as soon as possible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She promised to do it as soon as possible. 19. To say words, or to make sounds, in a low tone hard to understand or hear. A) Complain. B) Mutter. C) Moan. D) Snap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutter. 20. Refused A) Claimed. B) Said wasn't true. C) Said no to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Said no to. 21. Rewrite the sentences using the verb in brackets as a reporting verb:'You should take up a hobby.' Anna's parents told her. (encourage) A) Anna's parents encouraged her to take up a hobby. B) Anna's parents encouraged her taking up a hobby. C) Anna's parents encouraged her not to take up a hobby. D) Anna's parents encouraged her took up a hobby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anna's parents encouraged her to take up a hobby. 22. DIRECT SPEECH:Would you like to come for dinner Tom?REPORTED SPEECH:She invited ..... A) Comming for dinner. B) Me to come for dinner. C) On comming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me to come for dinner. 23. Dad suggested ..... thirty minutes early just in case. A) To leave. B) Leaving. C) For leaving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leaving. 24. I will help you, Tom, for sure.The teacher ..... to help Tom. A) Denied. B) Promised. C) Assured. D) Greeted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Promised. 25. "If you like pizza, then Pizza Shed on the High Street is the place to go." A) She invited having pizza at Pizza Shed. B) She invited me not to pizza at Pizza Shed. C) She recommended to have pizza at Pizza Shed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She recommended to have pizza at Pizza Shed. ← 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