This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How much will it cost? A) She said how much will it cost. B) She wondered how much it will cost. C) She wanted to know how much it would cost?. D) She asked how much it would cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked how much it would cost. 2. 'Please leave this area immediately.' $\rightarrow$ The police instructed us ..... the area. A) Leave. B) Leaving. C) Leaves. D) To leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To leave. 3. Please, mum!Let me go to the party. A) Promised. B) Begged. C) Advised. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Begged. 4. "We must solve this problem as soon as possible! A) Frank warned that we solve the problem as soon as possible. B) Frank advised that we solve the problem as soon as possible. C) Frank insisted that we solve the problem as soon as possible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frank insisted that we solve the problem as soon as possible. 5. People think that money is the most important thing A) Money is thought to be the most important thing. B) Money is been thought to be the most important thing. C) Money is thought that it is the most important thing. D) Money is thought that it is been the most important thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Money is thought to be the most important thing. 6. "It's around the corner and on the left." A) They said it was on the left. B) They advised it was on the left. C) They reminded me it was on the left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said it was on the left. 7. "I didn't do anything wrong." She said. A) Tina refused doing anything wrong. B) Tina said doing anything wrong. C) Tina denied doing anything wrong. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tina denied doing anything wrong. 8. "I was in the garden when it happened."The woman ..... that she had been in the garden when it happened. A) Demanded. B) Explained. C) Told. D) Agreed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explained. 9. NASA (2011) ..... that governments should continue to fund space projects .(they gives reasons for his view) A) Questions. B) Argues. C) Discusses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Argues. 10. Jane promised ..... my book the next day. A) Giving back. B) Give back. C) To give back. D) Gave back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To give back. 11. Your science teacher states, 'Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.' How should you report this scientific fact? A) The teacher said that water froze at 0 degrees Celsius. B) The teacher said that water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius. C) The teacher asked if water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius. D) The teacher said that water had frozen at 0 degrees Celsius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher said that water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius. 12. What is the correct reported question form?"Where can they get some advice?" A) They wondered where they could get some advice. B) They wondered where they have got some advice. C) They wanted to know if they could get some advice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They wondered where they have got some advice. 13. "This is the greatest picture ever painted." A) A claim. B) Advice. C) A promise. D) A refusal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A claim. 14. Choose the correct reporting verb from this list and finish the reported speech for each example."Don't forget to buy milk!" said Antonio to Lucia. A) Antonio reminded to buy milk. B) Antonio reminded Lucia buying milk. C) Antonio reminded Lucia to buy milk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antonio reminded Lucia to buy milk. 15. Stephen admitted ..... the money. A) That he had stolen. B) To steal. C) To stealing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That he had stolen. 16. "What can I buy to your mother?" Dad said A) ASK. B) EXPLAIN. C) OFFER. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ASK. 17. What a pitty I didn't see the ceremony.He ..... not seeing the ceremony. A) Regretted. B) Accused. C) Denied. D) Advised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regretted. 18. To tell someone that you are sorry for having done something that has caused them problems or unhappiness A) Deny. B) Admit. C) Apologize. D) Persuade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apologize. 19. 'I'm sorry I took your handbag, ' he said. A) He apologised for taking my handbag. B) He apologised for take my handbag. C) He apologised for taken your handbag. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He apologised for taking my handbag. 20. Water boils at 100 degrees A) Promised. B) Offered. C) Told. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Told. 21. Robert, welcome to our city!The Lord Mayor ..... Robert. A) Accused. B) Advised. C) Greeted. D) Thanked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greeted. 22. "Don't go into that building. It's in danger of falling down." A) A warning. B) A refusal. C) A denial. D) A promise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A warning. 23. I didn't break the window. A) Denied. B) Threatened. C) Reminded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denied. 24. The young actor was reported ..... signed up for a new film. A) To have. B) That have. C) Having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To have. 25. Did you eat the rest of that cake, Matt?Report:She accused ..... A) To eat the rest of the cake. B) Him of eating the rest of the cake. C) On eating the rest of the cake. D) None of the above. 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