This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reporting Verbs – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reporting Verbs Quiz 40 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I asked about his lunch. I asked for his lunch. A) Same. B) Different. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different. 2. If you ..... with someone, you have the same opinion. A) Add. B) Confirm. C) Reveal. D) Deny. E) Agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Agree. 3. She threatened ..... my parents about the accident A) To tell. B) Telling. C) Tell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To tell. 4. Inhofe (2018) firmly ..... that climate change is not as significant as most experts assume. A) Discovers. B) Recommends. C) Believes. D) Suggests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Believes. 5. Holly put a banana on her head. Dicky ..... , 'You look so funny!' A) Laughed. B) Asked. C) Begged. D) Answered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laughed. 6. The students found out ..... A) That the exam is canceled. B) The exam being canceled. C) The exam to be canceled. D) That the exam had been canceled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That the exam had been canceled. 7. It + passive reporting verb + that-clause A) Personal Passive structure. B) Impersonal Passive structure. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impersonal Passive structure. 8. She ..... me of telling Jimmy her secret. A) Regretted. B) Accused. C) Criticized. D) Apologized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accused. 9. "You should go to the doctor." He said. A) He said I should have gone to the doctor. B) He advised to go to the doctor. C) He advised me to go to the doctor. D) He insisted on to go to the doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He advised me to go to the doctor. 10. "Let's have a look at the school website.", said Joe. A) Joe suggested to have a look at the school website. B) Joe suggested having a look at the school website. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joe suggested having a look at the school website. 11. The English clergyman and physicist John Michell ..... the concept of black holes in 1783, an idea too astonishing to be accepted by the scientists back then. A) Proposed. B) Noticed. C) Contrasted. D) Viewed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proposed. 12. 'Excuse me, but there aren't any clean towels in our room.' $\rightarrow$ They complained about not ..... clean towels in their room. A) To have. B) Having. C) Had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having. 13. I know how ..... a good review about any movie. A) Writing. B) Write. C) To write. D) Wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To write. 14. True or False:When reporting a universal truth like, "My science teacher said that water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, " the verb 'freezes' must be changed to the past tense 'froze'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Change the direct speech 'We are playing in the garden' to reported speech using the appropriate tense. A) We will be playing in the garden. B) We were playing in the garden. C) They are playing in the garden. D) They were playing in the garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were playing in the garden. 16. We agreed on the action plan.We agreed with the action plan.We agreed to do the action plan. A) Same. B) Different. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different. 17. "It's not true that I work too hard." he said. A) A recommendation. B) A refusal. C) Advice. D) A denial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A denial. 18. He forgave his brother ..... the window. A) To break. B) For breaking. C) For break. D) To breaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For breaking. 19. You should apply for the job" said Jack to Stella. (encourage) A) Jack encouraged Stella to apply for the job. B) Jack encouraged Stella applying for a new job. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jack encouraged Stella to apply for the job. 20. My friend: "Man, you have to come to the party. It's going to be amazing!!" A) My friend me encouraged to go to the party. B) My friend encouraged me to go to the party. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friend encouraged me to go to the party. 21. The officer warned us not to leave / leaving our luggage unattended in the crowded area. A) Leave. B) Leaving. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leave. 22. "Will you come to the book club?" William asked her.William ..... her to go to the book club. A) Suggested. B) Offered. C) Invited. D) Allowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invited. 23. She apologised for arriving / to arrive late to the meeting due to heavy traffic. A) For arriving. B) To arrive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For arriving. 24. Change the direct speech 'She said, I am going to the market' to reported speech using the appropriate tense. A) She said that she is going to the market. B) She said that she was going to the market. C) She said that she will be going to the market. D) She said that she has been going to the market. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she was going to the market. 25. I asked him to smoke outside.I told him to smoke outside. A) Same. B) Different. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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