This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Patterns – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Patterns Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I can't imagine ..... alone. A) Live. B) Living. C) To live. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Living. 2. I'm sorry for ..... your new watch. Will you forgive me? A) Break. B) Breaking. C) To break. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breaking. 3. Imagine ..... to a wild place! A) To travel. B) Travelling. C) Is travelling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Travelling. 4. She asked me where I ..... from. A) Come. B) Coming. C) Came. D) To come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Came. 5. "How long have you known him?" she asked. A) She asked me how long I had known him. B) She asked me how long had I known him. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked me how long I had known him. 6. Choose the correct form to the sentence:Pablo told his sister to take out the garbage. A) Verb + object + V. B) V + to + object. C) Verb + object + to + V. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb + object + to + V. 7. The verb "I'd like" is used in the sentence "I'd like to take a minute" . The same verb pattern is used in: A) But I'd liking to being by your side. B) But I'd like to be by your side. C) But I'd like to being by your side. D) But I'd like be by your side. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But I'd like to be by your side. 8. I gave up (to look) for my keys. A) Look. B) Looking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Looking. 9. I don't mind ..... away my old toys A) Give. B) Giving. C) To give. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giving. 10. He'll never forget ..... so much money on his first computer. A) Spending. B) Spend. C) To spend. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spending. 11. He told me that he couldn't stand ..... his siblings. A) Look after. B) Looking after. C) To look after. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Looking after. 12. I would like ..... Shakira, she's my favourite singer A) Meeting. B) Meet. C) To meet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To meet. 13. My parents promised ..... me to Spain if I pass that exam. A) Take. B) To take. C) Taking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To take. 14. David promised ..... on time. A) To arrive. B) Arriving. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To arrive. 15. Which one is right: A) To Sophie Tucker to the Island managed swim. B) Sophie Tucker managed to swim to the Island. C) Island to Sophie Tucker swim managed the to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sophie Tucker managed to swim to the Island. 16. Do you mind (give) me a hand? A) Give. B) To give. C) Giving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving. 17. We hope ..... you soon! A) To visit. B) Visiting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To visit. 18. My parents can't afford ..... a car this year. A) Buying. B) To buy. C) Buy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To buy. 19. My mum made me ..... in bed because I looked so ill. A) Staying. B) Stay. C) To stay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stay. 20. The manager blamed A) The redundancies on the recession. B) What evidence the journalist had gathered. C) That government spending is currently out of control. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The redundancies on the recession. 21. Which of these sentences with 'bring up' is INCORRECT? A) The delivery man brought the order up to the 10th floor. B) They brought up after dating for seven years. C) He was brought up by his aunt. D) I hate to bring up business at lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They brought up after dating for seven years. 22. Which verb cannot fill in the blank below? We ..... to sit at the table by the window. A) Asked. B) Prefer. C) Enjoy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asked. 23. Read this sentee:We stopped to have a coffee.Does it mean we were having coffee and we stopped doing that? A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO. 24. They blamed us ..... that vase. A) Breaking. B) Break. C) For breaking. D) To break. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For breaking. 25. I'm interested in ..... my own costume for a comic con A) Make. B) To make. C) Making. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making. 26. I don't mind him ..... so much; he has other ways of expressing what he feels. A) Not to talk. B) Not talking. C) Not talk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not talking. 27. It's a great honor ..... awarded with this prize to night A) Being. B) To be. C) Being. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be. 28. I regret ..... you that you have not been given the job. A) Inform. B) Informing. C) To inform. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To inform. 29. We offered ..... for the meal. A) To pay. B) Pay. C) Paying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To pay. 30. After the verb "recommend" we use ..... A) -ing form. B) Infinitive. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ing form. 31. She didn't stop ..... (insult) me all evening. A) Insulting. B) To insult. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insulting. 32. Tom is excited ..... you. A) Meeting. B) To meet. C) Meet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To meet. 33. My parents never encouraged ..... (me/ sing) when I was young. A) Me to sing. B) Me singing. C) Me sing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Me to sing. 34. I always agree ..... my brother. A) Helping. B) To help. C) Help. D) Helps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To help. 35. If Peter ..... a more skillful player, he would score more points. A) Were. B) Would be. C) Is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 36. She offered ..... me. A) To help. B) Helping. C) Help. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To help. 37. You promised ..... the children to the cinema. A) Taking. B) To take. C) Take. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To take. 38. We don't go to concerts anymore. A) We've given up going to concerts. B) We've given up to go to concerts. C) We've given up go to concerts. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We've given up going to concerts. 39. We're planning ..... a vacation this summer. A) To take. B) Tooking. C) To taken. D) Taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To take. 40. "How often do you come here?" she asked. A) She asked me how often do I go there. B) She asked me how often I went there. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked me how often I went there. 41. ..... up late is harmful for skin. A) Staying. B) Have stayed. C) Stayed. D) To stay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Staying. 42. Please, remember ..... the document by 5 pm. A) Hand in. B) To hand in. C) Handing in. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To hand in. 43. Steve and I decided (1) to get / getting married when we were eighteen. A) Get. B) Getting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get. 44. You should practise ..... in front of a mirror before you give your presentation. A) Speaking. B) To speak. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaking. 45. He denies to steal the money. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 46. The boy's mum made him ..... up his room. A) Tidy. B) To tidy. C) Tidying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tidy. 47. Do you ..... play basketball with us? A) Wanted to. B) Want to. C) Want. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Want to. 48. After months of hard work and dedication, she was finally able to finish ..... her novel. A) Writing. B) To write. C) Write. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writing. 49. By ..... 1.500.000 tons of insects a year, birds greatly help American farming. A) Eat. B) To eat. C) Eating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eating. 50. My mum can't stand ..... (cook). A) Cooking. B) To cook. C) Cook. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooking. 51. Matt promised ..... his bedroom last week, but he hasn't done it. A) To tidy. B) Tidying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To tidy. 52. Those kind of incidents always make me ..... angry. A) To feel. B) Feeling. C) Feels. D) Feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feel. 53. My mother often makes me ..... horrible clothes. A) To wear. B) Wear. C) Wearing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wear. 54. My parents won't let me ..... school unless I'm really sick. A) Miss. B) Missing. C) To miss. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miss. 55. Many people were angry when a UK shopping centre decided ..... people wearing hoodies. A) To ban. B) Banning. C) Ban. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To ban. 56. "What have you been doing?" A) He asked me if I had been doing. B) He asked me what I had been doing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked me what I had been doing. 57. They have been planning (to go) to Venice for two years. A) To go. B) Going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To go. 58. She ..... to help me paint the kitchen. A) Enjoying. B) Enjoyed. C) Enjoy. D) To enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enjoyed. 59. I can't bear ..... what to do all the time by my boss! A) To tell. B) To have told. C) Being told. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being told. 60. You shouldn't let her ..... to you like that. A) Speak. B) To speak. C) Speaking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speak. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesVerb Patterns Quiz 1Verb Patterns Quiz 2Verb Patterns Quiz 3Verb Patterns Quiz 5Verb Patterns Quiz 6Verb Patterns Quiz 7Verb Patterns Quiz 8Verb Patterns Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books