This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Patterns – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Patterns Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He could ..... here with us. A) Be. B) To be. C) Being. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be. 2. Jane ..... him a car. A) Wrote. B) Faxed. C) Bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 3. I've finished ..... (cook). Come and eat! A) TO COOK. B) COOKING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) COOKING. 4. Do you remember ..... you when you were ill? A) Us to visit. B) Us visit. C) Us visiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Us visiting. 5. Dad promised ..... us to the zoo. A) To take. B) Took. C) Taking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To take. 6. CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERBWhy don't you try ..... Jenny? She might be at home at this time. A) To call. B) Calling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calling. 7. He'd like ..... to the cinema with us. A) To go. B) Him to go. C) Going. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To go. 8. Tourists will be obliged ..... a special tax to fund conservation projects. A) Funding. B) To fund. C) Both are possible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To fund. 9. Last night Monika (decide/not/participate) in the race in France. A) Decided not participate. B) Decided not participating. C) Decided to not participate. D) Decided not to participate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decided not to participate. 10. Kate agreed ..... me prepare the party. A) Help. B) Helping. C) To help. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To help. 11. I'd like ..... you about this math problem. A) To ask. B) Ask. C) Asking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To ask. 12. Lissa is planning ..... in shape this summer. A) To go. B) To clean. C) To get. D) To play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To get. 13. We were tired so we decided ..... at home. A) To stay. B) Stayed. C) Staying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To stay. 14. She avoids ..... any work on Sunday to make time for practising the piano. A) Do. B) Doing. C) To do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doing. 15. They don't mind ..... now. A) To start. B) Start. C) Starting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Starting. 16. I expect to be there about seven. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 17. Do we NEED ..... a lot about computers? A) Know. B) Knowing. C) Know no. D) To know. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To know. 18. "What is the best way to cook the fish?""Try ..... it. A) Grilling. B) Grill. C) To grill. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grilling. 19. I am just trying ..... out what the truth is. A) Find. B) To find. C) Finding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To find. 20. Julia wants ..... her flat with an English boy. A) To share. B) Share. C) Sharing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To share. 21. My sister blamed ..... (me/ break) her laptop. A) Me for breaking. B) Me to break. C) Me to breaking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Me for breaking. 22. I forgot ..... my homework yesterday A) Do. B) To do. C) Doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To do. 23. I can't ..... without my pets. A) Imagine / living. B) Imagine / to live. C) Imaged / living. D) To imagine / living. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagine / living. 24. 'Are you going to the party?' John asked me ..... A) If were I going to the party. B) If I was going to the party. C) If I were going to the party. D) If I went to the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If I was going to the party. 25. The angry look on her face stopped me from ..... my mind. A) Speaking. B) To speak. C) Speak. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaking. 26. Don' t forget ..... the film on TV this evening. A) Watch. B) Watching. C) To watch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To watch. 27. We expected ..... men wearing kilts in Scotland, but we were disappointed. A) To see. B) Seeing. C) See. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To see. 28. His girlfiend told ..... lying. A) To stop. B) Him stop. C) Him to stop. D) Stopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Him to stop. 29. She ..... her purse if the waiter ..... her. A) Would have forgotten /had not told. B) Would have forgot /had not told. C) Would have forget /had not told. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would have forgotten /had not told. 30. "I am sorry I tore your trousers, " said Joseph. (apologise) A) Joseph apologised about tearing my trousers. B) Joseph apologised to having torn my trousers. C) Joseph apologised for tearing my trousers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joseph apologised for tearing my trousers. ← 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