This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Patterns – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Patterns Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. They blamed us ..... that vase. A) For breaking. B) To break. C) Breaking. D) Break. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For breaking. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. We offered ..... for the meal. A) To pay. B) Pay. C) Paying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To pay. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. Tom is excited ..... you. A) Meeting. B) To meet. C) Meet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To meet. 11. I don't want ..... yet. A) Leaving. B) To leave. C) Leave. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To leave. 12. 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. 13. I always agree ..... my brother. A) Helping. B) Help. C) Helps. D) To help. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To help. 14. 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. 15. She offered ..... me. A) To help. B) Helping. C) Help. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To help. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. We're planning ..... a vacation this summer. A) To take. B) Taking. C) To taken. D) Tooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To take. 19. "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. 20. ..... up late is harmful for skin. A) Staying. B) To stay. C) Stayed. D) Have stayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Staying. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. 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. 28. 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. 29. My mum can't stand ..... (cook). A) Cooking. B) To cook. C) Cook. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooking. 30. 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. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books