This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 33 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Spalding (2019) concurs ..... Rogers (2018) on the need for greater use of data in school management. A) Of. B) As. C) That. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With. 2. The doctor recommended to get / getting plenty of rest and drinking lots of water to recover quickly. A) To get. B) Getting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Getting. 3. ..... believed to be the first time that a polar bear killed a zookeeper. A) It is. B) We. C) We are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is. 4. He insisted that we all should pay.He maintained that we all should pay. A) Same. B) Different. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Same. 5. Choose the correct reported sentence for the next direct speech: "I speak five languages" A) She tell us that she spoke five languages. B) She told us that she speak five languages. C) She told us that she spoke five languages. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She told us that she spoke five languages. 6. THE COMPANY IS SAID TO HAVE PAID $ 50, 000, 000 FOR THE SHARES. A) Personal structure. B) Impersonal structure. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal structure. 7. If you agree with someone, ..... A) You say that something is not true. B) You have the same opinion. C) You say something extra. D) You give previously unknown information. E) You unhappily agree it's true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You have the same opinion. 8. A PERSON IN THE STREET A) TO MUG. B) TO SCAM. C) TO PUNISH. D) TO SHOPLIFT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TO MUG. 9. It's difficult ..... clothes for other people as a birthday gift. A) Choosing. B) Choose. C) Chose. D) To choose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To choose. 10. "I need you to tell me what happened." A) REFUSE. B) EXPLAIN. C) AGREE. D) DEMAND. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DEMAND. 11. "Come to the party; it won't be the same without you, " she ..... firmly. A) Admitted. B) Insisted. C) Grumbled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insisted. 12. "You can go to the party this weekend, " Mum said.Mum ..... me to go to the party that weekend. A) Offered. B) Reminded. C) Allowed. D) Invited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allowed. 13. "This isn't fair!" he ..... loudly, crossing his arms. A) Whispered. B) Protested. C) Grumbled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protested. 14. Complete the sentences with the correct form ofthe phrasal verbs below. When I asked him what he wanted for hisbirthday, Tim ..... a list of books he'd seenfor sale on eBay. A) Put down. B) Reeled off. C) Spell out. D) Come in for. E) Spelled out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reeled off. 15. The child refused to eat / eating vegetables despite his parents' encouragement A) To eat. B) Eating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To eat. 16. "I'll do it", he ..... A) Hoped. B) Offered. C) Ordered. D) Warned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Offered. 17. 'Wait here, ' he said. A) He told us to waiting there. B) He told us to wait there. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He told us to wait there. 18. They agreed ..... anyone about what had happened. A) Not telling for. B) Not tell. C) Not telling. D) Not to tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not to tell. 19. "I want to join the student council.", said Joe. A) Joe said Ben that he wanted to join the student council. B) Joe told Ben that he wanted to join the student council. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joe told Ben that he wanted to join the student council. 20. At first he denied stealing the money but he later ..... it. A) Confessed. B) Advised. C) Admitted. D) Agreed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Admitted. 21. Bought or offered for sale more cheaply than is usual or expected. A) Bargain. B) Have guarantee. C) Reasonably priced. D) Be on sale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bargain. 22. The politician claimed ..... A) Being innocent. B) That he was innocent. C) Be innocent. D) To being innocent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That he was innocent. 23. The teacher reminded ..... A) That the students should finish the online assignments. B) The students to finish the online assignments. C) That finish the online assignments. D) The students finishing the online assignments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The students to finish the online assignments. 24. She ..... any involvement in the incident. A) Denied. B) Apologized. C) Criticized. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denied. 25. Change the direct speech 'He said, I have finished my homework' to reported speech using the appropriate tense. A) He said that he finishes his homework. B) He said that he had finished his homework. C) He said that he will finish his homework. D) He said that he is finishing his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he had finished his homework. ← 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