This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Patterns – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Patterns Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Thankfully, my sister's really practical and she managed ..... my bike for me. A) Fix. B) To fix. C) Fixing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To fix. 2. We can't afford ..... a new car. A) Buying. B) Buy. C) Us to buy. D) To buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To buy. 3. I promise ..... more patient in the future. A) Being. B) To be. C) Be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be. 4. We persuaded ..... the job A) Her to do. B) To do. C) Her do. D) To her to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her to do. 5. Can't afford A) To do. B) Doing. C) Do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To do. 6. She ..... do do her homework as soon as she comes back home from school. A) Need to. B) Needs to. C) Needing to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Needs to. 7. My friend helped ..... the best car. A) Me buying. B) Me to buy. C) Me buy. D) To buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me to buy. 8. When I go shopping for clothes, I spend time (1) about what I'm going to buy. I usually can't afford (2) the brands I really like. If I spend all my money on the piece of clothing, I end up (3) it. A) Thinking / buying / regretting. B) Thinking / to buy / to regret. C) To think / to buy / regretting. D) Thinking / to buy / regretting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thinking / to buy / regretting. 9. I couldn't help ..... when he fell A) Laughing. B) Laugh. C) To laugh. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laughing. 10. I would like ..... outside Mexico City A) Live. B) Living. C) To live. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To live. 11. My parents let me ..... video games. A) To play. B) Play. C) Playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Play. 12. I like ..... lot of money. A) To earn. B) Earning. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 13. After a long conversation, we agreed ..... our old house. A) Selling. B) To sell. C) Sell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To sell. 14. Mummy, please let me ..... to the party. A) Go. B) Going. C) To go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go. 15. You should avoid ..... while you're talking. A) Eat. B) Eating. C) To eating. D) To eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating. 16. The newly-appointed Health Secretary promised A) Many news stories are politically biased. B) A forthcoming world tour and hasposted dates on their website. C) The people at the conference that she would increase funding for hospitals. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The people at the conference that she would increase funding for hospitals. 17. My teachers made me ..... hard A) Work. B) To work. C) Working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Work. 18. I would love (to go) to the beach. A) Going. B) To go. C) Go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To go. 19. My parents do not ..... me smoke A) Letting. B) To let. C) Let. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Let. 20. Remember ..... (switch off) the lights when you leave the house. Don't leave them on like the last time. A) To switch off. B) Switching off. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To switch off. 21. I miss ..... to the cinema. A) To go. B) Go. C) Going. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Going. 22. I often get tired ..... answering silly questions. A) Of. B) In. C) With. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of. 23. Jake blamed his sister ..... their late arrival. A) In. B) For. C) Of. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 24. Avoid ..... if you feel tired or sleepy. A) Driving. B) To drive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Driving. 25. You should ..... this book. A) To read. B) Read. C) Reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Read. 26. She wants ..... abroad A) To travel. B) Traveling. C) Travel. D) Is travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To travel. 27. He promised ..... (lend) me some money. A) Lending. B) To lend. C) To lending. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To lend. 28. Angie was too excited ..... after the concert. A) Sleep. B) To sleep. C) Sleeping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To sleep. 29. I finished ..... two years ago. A) Studying. B) To study. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studying. 30. Please don't make me ..... to that song again! A) Listening. B) Listen. C) To listen. D) None of the above. 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