This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Patterns – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Patterns Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He spends a lot of time ..... (play) computer games. A) Playing. B) To play. C) Play. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing. 2. When I ..... (finish) my work, I ..... (go) to the cinema. A) Will finish/go. B) Finish/will go. C) Finish/go. D) Finishes/will go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finish/will go. 3. Thinking of ..... famous isn't for me. A) Be. B) To be. C) Being. D) Beeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being. 4. He made me ..... very bad about what I'd done. A) To feel. B) Feel. C) Feeling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feel. 5. Studying at university involves ..... with a lot of stress and pressure sometimes. A) To deal. B) Dealing. C) About dealing. D) Me to deal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dealing. 6. He claims ..... a lot of money, but I don't think it's true. A) Have. B) To have. C) Having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have. 7. She plans ..... to Europe next year. A) Is travelling. B) To travel. C) Travelling. D) Travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To travel. 8. Obviously, if you keep ..... white paint to the mix, the colour will get lighter and lighter. A) To add. B) Adding. C) Add. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adding. 9. We should ..... (revise) the matrial before the test. A) Revise. B) To revise. C) Revising. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revise. 10. He advised ..... patient A) Being. B) Be. C) Us to be. D) To be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Us to be. 11. I want ..... rich. A) Being. B) To be. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be. 12. We postponed ..... (do) our homework. A) TO DO. B) DOING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DOING. 13. She ..... leave work early tonight. A) Wants. B) 'd like. C) Can't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can't. 14. It seems ..... the only possible answer. A) Being. B) To be. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be. 15. The teacher suggested ..... hard all the material. A) To revise. B) Revising. C) Revise. D) Revise me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revising. 16. The policeman made ..... the litter they had dropped. A) The teenagers to pick up. B) The teengaers picking up. C) The teenagers pick up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teenagers pick up. 17. John suggested ..... the latest Batman film. A) To watch. B) Watching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watching. 18. I hate ..... to clubs. I don't like ..... in places where there are lots of people and noise (go, be). A) Going/be. B) To go/being. C) Go/be. D) Going/being. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Going/being. 19. After the verb "have" we use ..... A) -ing form. B) Infinitive. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive. 20. After the teacher explained the topic, we started ..... questions. A) To ask. B) Asking. C) Both are possible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both are possible. 21. Do you remember (eat) steak in that little restaurant in Rome? A) Eatting. B) To eating. C) Eating. D) To eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eating. 22. He says he feels a lot better since he stopped ..... so much bread. A) To eat junk food. B) Eating junk food. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating junk food. 23. Can you let me ..... the TV for an hour? There's a film on. A) To watch. B) Watch. C) Watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watch. 24. We're planning ..... a new pub. A) Opening. B) To open. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To open. 25. Oh! I'd love ..... to Gina's party. A) Going. B) To go. C) Go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To go. 26. My brother ..... for an hour at the restaurant last night. A) Kept me wait. B) Kept me waiting. C) Kept me to wait. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kept me waiting. 27. I don't regret ..... the new TV. A) Buying. B) To buying. C) To buy. D) Buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buying. 28. She expected ..... him outside the jazz club. A) To see. B) Seeing. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To see. 29. Did your parents make you ..... the piano when you were a child? A) To play. B) Play. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Play. 30. Lucy needs to ..... the emails. A) Talk. B) Run. C) Check. D) Pass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Check. 31. Remember ..... her the message.( an action at the same time reference) A) Giving. B) To give. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To give. 32. Could you remember ..... (lock) the door on your wayout this morning, please? A) To lock. B) Locking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To lock. 33. Will you remember ..... me up from school early today? A) Pick. B) To pick. C) Picking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To pick. 34. Chris wants ..... sushi, but I'd prefer ..... pizza for dinner A) Having, eating. B) To have, eating. C) To have, to eat. D) Having, to eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To have, to eat. 35. At school we were made ..... a uniform A) Wear. B) Wearing. C) To wear. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To wear. 36. Did anyone watch us ..... the money? A) Steal. B) To steal. C) Stealing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steal. 37. My parents made ..... my room. A) Cleaning. B) Me to clean. C) Me clean. D) To clean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Me clean. 38. Complete the sentence. We're going to Taiping ..... my uncle. A) For visit. B) To visit. C) Visit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To visit. 39. Tim-learn-scuba dive A) Tim scuba dive to learned. B) Tim learned scuba dive. C) Tim learned to scuba dive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tim learned to scuba dive. 40. .... asked me my name. A) Him. B) His. C) He. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He. 41. I know it's difficult but try ..... more exercise! A) To do. B) Doing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To do. 42. Kate decided ..... (come) to school. A) Coming. B) To come. C) Come. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To come. 43. On her way to Belgrade she stopped in Ljig ..... her aunt. A) Visit. B) Visiting. C) To visit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To visit. 44. He refused ..... A) Me to help. B) Helping me. C) To help me. D) His helping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To help me. 45. You seem ..... your holiday. A) To enjoy. B) Enjoing. C) To enjoying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To enjoy. 46. They tolerate to smoke but they prefer people not to. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 47. Have you ever considered ..... divorced? A) Getting. B) To get. C) Get. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Getting. 48. They tried ..... over the fence, but they couldn't. A) To jump. B) Jumping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To jump. 49. Which verb is NEVER followed by an infinitive? A) Love. B) Begin. C) Deny. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deny. 50. I'm looking forward ..... you. A) Seeing. B) To see. C) See. D) To seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To seeing. 51. Alice doesn't mind ..... with nurses A) Worked. B) Working. C) Work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Working. 52. Mike doesn't want to get fat, so he stopped ..... chocolate during work. A) To eat. B) Eat. C) Eating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eating. 53. I need ..... some exercise, because I'm running a marathon soon. A) To doing. B) To do. C) Do. D) Doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To do. 54. If she ..... the phone, it would have been just another ordinary day. A) Hadn't answered. B) Answered. C) Has answered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't answered. 55. CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERBI never remember ..... the door, and my mum gets really angry! A) To lock. B) Locking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To lock. 56. She kept (talk) during the film. A) Talk. B) To talk. C) Talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Talking. 57. The teacher told me to avoid ..... informal words in my essay. A) Use. B) To use. C) Using. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using. 58. If you ..... your homework, you ..... your teacher the right answer. A) Had did/would have told. B) Had do/would have told. C) Had done/would have told. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had done/would have told. 59. She waited ..... (buy) a drink. A) TO BUY. B) BUYING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TO BUY. 60. Try ..... your laptop off and then on again. That might fix the problem. A) Turn. B) To turn. C) Turning. D) None of the above. 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