This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 39 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I agree there ..... simple solution to this problem A) Is no. B) Be not. C) Not to be. D) Not being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is no. 2. Esther ..... , 'Why are you so angry?' A) Begged. B) Asked. C) Answered. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked. 3. If you ..... something, you say something extra. A) Admit. B) Add. C) Confirm. D) Reveal. E) Deny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add. 4. Mara invited ..... to the cinema tonight. A) We go. B) To us to go. C) Us to go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Us to go. 5. 'A greengrocer's shop, ' he said. 'Yes. What price is the owner asking for the property?' I asked. I was becoming more and more annoyed by being so obviously ignored. 'One hundred and fifty guineas is being asked for the shop, ' (a) the assistant, his eyes fixed on the bottom line of the schedule. The shop turned out to be ridiculously expensive. A) A. stated. B) Admitted. C) Agreed. D) Expressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. stated. 6. It is rumoured that he left her. A) He was rumoured to leave her. B) She is rumoured to have been left. C) People rumoured that he left her. D) He is rumoured to have left her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is rumoured to have left her. 7. They promised ..... recycled products from then on. A) USED. B) TO USE. C) USING. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TO USE. 8. Your friend says, "Let's go to the movies on Friday." Which sentence best reports this idea using the correct verb pattern? A) My friend promised going to the movies. B) My friend suggested going to the movies. C) My friend denied to go to the movies. D) My friend ordered going to the movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friend suggested going to the movies. 9. They offered ..... me home. A) Take. B) They taking. C) Taking. D) To take. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To take. 10. The couple ..... their engagement at the family's Christmas party. A) Predicted. B) Demonstrated. C) Announced. D) Stressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Announced. 11. 'I do not have any connection with the terrorists', she told us.She denied ..... any connection with the terrorists. A) To have. B) Having. C) Her having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having. 12. He ..... to be innocent, but there is mounting evidence of the contrary. A) Reports. B) Suggests. C) Indicates. D) Claims. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claims. 13. He claimed that the room was dirty.He complained about the room being dirty. A) Same. B) Different. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different. 14. At a philosophy class a professor picked up a large empty glass jar and filled it with big rocks. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They (a) that it was. A) A. said. B) Told. C) Spoke. D) Talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. said. 15. 'It's not a good idea to write your passwords down.' A) They advised us not to writing our passwords down. B) They advised us not to write our passwords down. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They advised us not to write our passwords down. 16. He denied ..... about the plan. A) Knowing. B) To know. C) Know. D) Knew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knowing. 17. Don't drunk drive! A) Suggest. B) Offer. C) Ask. D) Warn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warn. 18. His boss ..... a holiday A) Suggested to take. B) Suggested taking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suggested taking. 19. "I'm sorry I forgot your birthday" said Amanda to me. (apologise) A) Amanda tried to apologise for forgetting my birthday. B) . Amanda apologised for forgetting my birthday. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . Amanda apologised for forgetting my birthday. 20. This is the perfect festival for those who have read the books and (a) what life really was like for Laura and her family. A) A. wondered. B) Expected. C) Doubted. D) Believed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. wondered. 21. The leader of the organization agreed ..... A) To lift the blockade to the port. B) Lifting the blockade to the port. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To lift the blockade to the port. 22. Joseph reminded ..... Daniel when I arrived. A) That call. B) Me calling. C) Me to call. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Me to call. 23. Lee et al. (2013) ..... the importance of empathy in forming effective workplace relationships. A) Defined. B) Compared. C) Contributed. D) Stressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stressed. 24. The side effects of this drug ..... severe. A) Think to be. B) Are thought to be. C) Are thought they have been. D) Are thought that they are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are thought to be. 25. 'Cameron cheated on the exam!' James said. A) Warn. B) Accuse. C) Threaten. D) Agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accuse. ← 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