This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To refuse to allow something, especially officially, or to prevent a particular plan of action by making it impossible A) Argue. B) Forbid. C) Refuse. D) Deny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forbid. 2. The coats guard ..... go into the water A) Told me not to. B) Tell me not to. C) Told to not. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told me not to. 3. The server ..... whether we were ready to order our meal. A) Replied. B) Wanted to know. C) Responded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wanted to know. 4. "I won't help you again!" she said A) She refused to help me again. B) She begged me to help her again. C) She agreed to help me again. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She refused to help me again. 5. Complete the sentence:Your friend says, 'I'll bring the snacks.' You later tell your mom:My friend ..... me she would bring the snacks. A) Said. B) Asked. C) Told. D) Says. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Told. 6. Direct quote:'You can use my laptop, ' my sister said. Reported correctly, this becomes: A) My sister said I could use her laptop. B) My sister said I can use her laptop. C) My sister told I could use her laptop. D) My sister said I may use her laptop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My sister said I could use her laptop. 7. "Kelly, I'd see a doctor if I were you." said Brenda. A) Brenda advised Kelly to see a doctor. B) Brenda advised Kelly seeing a doctor. C) Brenda advised Kelly to saw a doctor. D) Brenda advised Kelly seen a doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brenda advised Kelly to see a doctor. 8. I promise ..... anyone your secret. A) Not telling. B) Not to tell. C) Not tell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not to tell. 9. A low, sad, or miserable sound expressing suffering or complain. A) Moan. B) Complain. C) Answer. D) Yell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moan. 10. I apologised ..... my mother's flower vase. A) For broken. B) To break. C) For breaking. D) For break. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For breaking. 11. '' You should wear a sweater"He ..... me to wear a sweater. A) Ordered. B) Decided. C) Promised. D) Warned. E) Advised. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Advised. 12. True or False:The reporting verb 'asked' is almost always used when you are reporting a question. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. My friend: "you can be whatever you want"My friend told me me that ..... A) I could be whatever I wanted. B) I can be whatever I wanted. C) I should be whatever I wanted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I could be whatever I wanted. 14. The last government was thought ..... no regards for public opinion. A) That it showed. B) To have shown. C) To be shown. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have shown. 15. Jonathan, we'd like to welcome you to our city.The mayor ..... Jonathan. A) Acknowledged. B) Thanked. C) Admitted. D) Greeted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greeted. 16. My dad ..... him a ride to the subway A) Asked my mom to give. B) Asked to give. C) Asked that my mom could give. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asked my mom to give. 17. I don't blame you ..... to move to another house. I don't like this house either. A) To want. B) That you want. C) For wanting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For wanting. 18. Adam offered ..... dinner for everyone. A) Cook. B) To cook. C) Cooking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cook. 19. The paintings are reported ..... destroyed in the fire. A) To be. B) That they were. C) To have been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To have been. 20. "Keep trying, you can do it!" A) The teacher warned him to keep trying. B) The teacher advised him to keep trying. C) The teacher encouraged him to keep trying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher encouraged him to keep trying. 21. "I was with my wife in a restaurant at 9 pm last night." A) The man claimed that he had been with his wife in a restaurant at 9 pm last night. B) The man agreed that he had been with his wife in a restaurant at 9 pm last night. C) The man explained that he hadn't been with his wife in a restaurant at 9 pm last night. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The man claimed that he had been with his wife in a restaurant at 9 pm last night. 22. Here's a ..... of milk and a ..... of chocolate. A) Slice /can. B) Carton / bar. C) Bar /liter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carton / bar. 23. During the meeting, the chairman ..... setting up a special committee to investigate waste. A) Invited. B) Declared. C) Proposed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proposed. 24. I told ..... come with us A) Them to. B) That they. C) They to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Them to. 25. Some media ..... fake or sensationalist news. A) Insist to publish. B) Insist publishing. C) Insist at publishing. D) Insist on publishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insist on publishing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesReporting Verbs Quiz 1Reporting Verbs Quiz 2Reporting Verbs Quiz 3Reporting Verbs Quiz 5Reporting Verbs Quiz 6Reporting Verbs Quiz 7Reporting Verbs Quiz 8Reporting Verbs Quiz 9Reporting Verbs Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books