Name: Class:: Reporting Verb Patterns Choose The Correct Option

UNIT 8 • GRAMMAR QUIZ • GROUP A

Name:  Class:



Reporting verb patterns

1 Choose the correct option. 1 The accused man denied

the money.

A  to steal

2 The blackmailer threatened

A  sending



3 The angry visitor insisted



B  him to send B  on talking B  having repeated

A  me that there was

B  that there was

C  for repeating

A  to work A  to change

C  of seeing

on his communication skills.

B  that he work

7 At the meeting two members of our group proposed

C  that he talked

a photo of me that I knew nothing about on Facebook.

6 The president’s advisers persuaded him

C  to send

the unverified gossip about us.

A  that she repeated

5 Someone informed

C  having stolen

to the editor of the newspaper.

A  to talk

4 She apologised sincerely

B  that he hadn’t stolen the photos to the man’s employer.

C  about working

the design of our website to suit mobile phones better.

B  that we change

C  us changing /7

2 Complete the sentences using the words in brackets in the correct forms. Add other words if necessary, but do not change the order of the given words. Use no more than four words in each gap. 1 I congratulated (she / win) 2 Someone accused (he / post)

the award. anonymous offensive comments on social

media. 3 My parents suggested (I / share)

my location with them through my

smartphone, so that they’d always know where I am. 4 The tabloids reported (see / the actress)

with an unidentified young man. /8

Total/15

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