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Reporting verbs

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

‘I won’t lend you my camera’, I said to Tom.

a)

admit

b)

encourage

c)

refuse

d)

warn

2.

‘I was the best in the competition!’, Mary said.

a)

confess

b)

forbid

c)

assure

d)

boast

3.

‘I’m sorry for not coming to your party’, I told Jane.

a)

threaten

b)

urge

c)

apologise

d)

beg

4.

‘Can you help me, please?, John said to me.

a)

accuse

b)

apologise

c)

ask

d)

insist

5.

‘Why don’t you join us to play together?’, said Kate.

a)

remind

b)

deny

c)

warn

d)

suggest

6.

‘It was you who took my bag!’, I told my sister.

a)

agree

b)

accuse

c)

admit

d)

deny

7.

‘I didn’t reveal your secret’, said Peter.

a)

complain

b)

object

c)

deny

d)

boast

8.

‘Don’t forget to switch off the washing machine’, mum told me.

a)

remind

b)

offer

c)

insist

d)

accuse

9.

‘Don’t touch my things, please!’ I said to my friend.

a)

encourage

b)

command

c)

suggest

d)

promise

10.

‘I hate this food!’ , he said.

a)

admit

b)

agree

c)

complain

d)

object

11.

‘I will never let you down again’, Tom said to his friend.

a)

promise

b)

beg

c)

confirm

d)

confess

12.

‘If I were you, I'd leave now’, I said.

a)

warn

b)

forbid

c)

advise

d)

refuse

13.

‘Oh, no. I won't go with you’, my sister told me.

a)

threaten

b)

object

c)

tell

d)

add

14.

‘OK, you can use my phone’, Lucas said to his little brother.

a)

claim

b)

admit

c)

allow

d)

insist

15.

‘You are right. I should take up basketball', I told my PE teacher.

a)

encourage

b)

doubt

c)

tell

d)

persuade

16.

‘Be careful with the knife or you'll hurt yourself’, my mum said.

a)

warn

b)

threaten

c)

assure

d)

beg