This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 30 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 'You should check out the new restaurant, you will love it!' Matt said. A) Remind. B) Insist. C) Recommend. D) Invite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recommend. 2. 'Oh, by the way, we saw Justyna at the party.' $\rightarrow$ They mentioned ..... Justyna at the party. A) Seeing. B) To see. C) See. D) Had seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seeing. 3. I was just congratulating Ceri on ..... her race. A) Wining. B) Winning. C) To win. D) To won. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winning. 4. The fossil is believed ..... back to the Miocene era. A) To date. B) To have dates. C) That it dates. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To date. 5. He ..... for breaking my heart. A) Admitted. B) Accused. C) Criticized. D) Apologized. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apologized. 6. Complete the sentences with the correct form ofthe phrasal verbs. I feel like I'm banging my head against a brick wall! Why can't I ..... him! A) Get through to. B) Spell out. C) Reel off. D) Put down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get through to. 7. Identify the reporting verb in the following sentence:She mentioned, 'I will be there on time.' A) Mentioned. B) Whispered. C) Exclaimed. D) Shouted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mentioned. 8. In the sentence, "My dad reminded me to do my chores, " which word is the reporting verb? A) Dad. B) Reminded. C) Do. D) Chores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reminded. 9. 'You must come and visit us sometime', she told me.She invited ..... sometime. A) Us visit them. B) To visit them. C) Us to visit them. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Us to visit them. 10. Identify the reporting verb in the following sentence:The manager stated, 'The meeting has been rescheduled.' A) Stated. B) Announced. C) Mentioned. D) Declared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stated. 11. To say that you are sorry for doing something wrong or causing a problem A) Forgive. B) Complain. C) Offer. D) Apologize. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apologize. 12. Robin bought the cinema tickets. I tried to pay for mine, but he ..... A) Confirmed. B) Admitted. C) Insisted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insisted. 13. Convert the direct speech 'We are going to the beach' to reported speech. A) We are going to the beach. B) They are going to the beach. C) They were going to the beach. D) We were going to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were going to the beach. 14. We ..... to two people that they were in our seats. A) Explained. B) Boasted. C) Agreed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explained. 15. That criminal ..... to be dangerous. A) Is known. B) Knows. C) Knew. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is known. 16. Penelope ..... Tom to fix the garden gate. A) Explained. B) Persuaded. C) Replied. D) Wondered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persuaded. 17. Identify the reporting verb in the following sentence:The teacher explained, 'The sun rises in the east.' A) Asked. B) Explained. C) Demonstrated. D) Stated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explained. 18. She has always stridently ..... the accusations against her. A) Insisted. B) Denied. C) Confessed. D) Told. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denied. 19. She enjoyed looking at them but she gasped when she first saw the Sisley, a stretch of the Seine with every paint of pastel shading being made to count. "That's my favourite, " said a voice from behind her. Cathy turned to see a tall, dark-haired young man give her a grin that must have made many people return his smile. "Quite beautiful, " she (a) . A) A. admitted. B) Approved. C) Accepted. D) Admired. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. admitted. 20. "Yes, I'm afraid I used your phone withou asking." A) Offer. B) Accept. C) Admit. D) Refuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Admit. 21. Mark suggested ..... tonight. A) To eat out. B) Eating out. C) Me to eat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating out. 22. Baum et al. (2015) ..... that the math behind tumor growth looked more like chaos theory than anything else, adding that more empirical evidence is needed to confirm this observation. A) Determined. B) Asserted. C) Criticized. D) Posited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Posited. 23. "Go for it; apply to Harvard University, " the teacher told me.The teacher ..... me to apply to Harvard University. A) Promised. B) Encouraged. C) Explained. D) Informed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encouraged. 24. He confessed ..... A) To being scared. B) To be scared. C) That he was scared. D) Be scared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That he was scared. 25. 'I broke the window.' A) She admitted to break the window. B) She admitted breaking the window. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She admitted breaking the window. ← 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