This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Patterns – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Patterns Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERBShe avoided ..... (tell) him about her plans A) Telling. B) To tell. C) Tell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telling. 2. You need ..... attention. A) Paid. B) To pay. C) Pay. D) Paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To pay. 3. With so many subjects to study, it's really difficult to ..... with school! A) Come up. B) Keep up. C) Stay up. D) Get through. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keep up. 4. My daughter denied ..... the vase. A) To have breaking. B) Having broken. C) Having broking. D) To have broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having broken. 5. My Spanish friend mentioned ..... (visit) us this summer. A) To visit. B) Visiting. C) Visit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visiting. 6. ..... around the world has always been my dream. A) Traveling. B) To travel. C) Travel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traveling. 7. Would you let ..... shopping alone? A) Her to go. B) Her go. C) Her going. D) She go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her go. 8. The verb "hate" is used in the sentence "How I hate going out in the storm" . The same verb pattern is used in: A) I hate for see you cry. B) I hate see you cry. C) I hate to seeing you cry. D) I hate seeing you cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I hate seeing you cry. 9. A place you wouldn't choose ..... on holiday A) To go. B) Going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To go. 10. I couldn't help ..... A) Laugh. B) To laugh. C) Laughing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laughing. 11. I learned ..... a car at the age of 16. A) To drive. B) Driving. C) Drive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To drive. 12. Fortunately, we managed ..... the project before the deadline A) Complete. B) To complete. C) Completing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To complete. 13. Why are you accusing ..... (me/ copy) your answers? It isn't true. A) Me to copying. B) Me to copy. C) Me of copying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Me of copying. 14. What are you thinking of ..... this weekend? A) Doing. B) To do. C) Do. D) To doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doing. 15. Keith tried ..... my project. A) Sabotaging. B) To sabotage. C) To sabotaging. D) To sabotaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To sabotage. 16. Your father will never allow you ..... for your education . He will want to support you. A) Pay. B) Paying. C) To pay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To pay. 17. We can't leave until Jeremy finishes ..... all his suitcases. A) Pack. B) Packing. C) To pack. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Packing. 18. Why did you have to send so A) A few pictures?. B) Many pictures?. C) Much pictures?. D) Little pictures?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many pictures?. 19. I practise the piano for twenty minutes a day A) I spend twenty minutes a day practiseing the piano. B) I spend twenty minutes a day practise the piano. C) I spend twenty minutes a day practising the piano. D) I spend twenty minutes a day to practise the piano. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I spend twenty minutes a day practising the piano. 20. I think she ..... me. A) Like. B) Liking. C) Likes. D) Like's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Likes. 21. Try ..... quiet, Mary, you're disturbing other students. A) Keeping. B) To keep. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To keep. 22. Mathias decided ..... more and to try to get into the orchestra. A) Practise. B) Practising. C) To practise. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To practise. 23. 'Can Melanie drive?' She asked ..... A) If could Melanie drive. B) If Melanie could drive. C) If could drive Melanie. D) If Melanie could drove. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If Melanie could drive. 24. Karen spends a lot of time ..... online. A) Chating. B) Chatting. C) Chats. D) Chat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chatting. 25. ..... a lot of presents for Christmas is really nice. A) To get. B) Get. C) Getting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Getting. 26. Peter admitted ..... the last piece of my birthday cake. A) To steal. B) Stealing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stealing. 27. I have always ..... swimming due to my afraid to water. A) Hated. B) Hating. C) Hate. D) To hate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hated. 28. Lisa enjoys ..... jazz. A) To listen. B) Listening to. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listening to. 29. It's so long ago that I've completely forgotten ..... (say) that. Did I really say that? A) To say. B) Saying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saying. 30. Janice stopped ..... (make) a telephone call before she continued with her shopping. A) To make. B) Making. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesVerb Patterns Quiz 1Verb Patterns Quiz 2Verb Patterns Quiz 3Verb Patterns Quiz 4Verb Patterns Quiz 5Verb Patterns Quiz 6Verb Patterns Quiz 7Verb Patterns Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books