This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Patterns – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Patterns Quiz 25 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mary managed ..... healthy last month. A) Stay. B) To stay. C) Staying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To stay. 2. You look tired but, anyway, try ..... on your work. A) Concentrating. B) To concentrate. C) Concentrate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To concentrate. 3. She waited ..... before calling her mother. A) Him leaving. B) For him to leave. C) Him to leave. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For him to leave. 4. I clearly remember ..... (switch off) the lights before leaving the house. A) To switch off. B) Switching off. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Switching off. 5. The minister admitted ..... a bribe. A) To take. B) Taking. C) Both/different meaning. D) Both/no difference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taking. 6. I stopped ..... (buy) the ticket because I didn't have any. A) Buying. B) To buy. C) Buy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To buy. 7. My neighbor accused ..... (me/steal) her pet cat. A) Me to stealing. B) Me of stealing. C) Me to steal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me of stealing. 8. We arranged meeting at four. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 9. I understand that you need ..... it over carefully. A) Think. B) Thinking. C) To think. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To think. 10. Vegetarians always avoid ..... meat or any other animal product A) Buying. B) To buy. C) Buy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buying. 11. He decided ..... the world. A) To travel. B) Traveling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To travel. 12. My parents didn't let me ..... last night because I didn't clean up my room. A) Go out. B) To go out. C) Going out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go out. 13. They demanded to see A) What evidence the journalist had gathered. B) The people at the conference that she would increase funding for hospitals. C) To set up an inquiry to look into the latest attack. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What evidence the journalist had gathered. 14. Don't run-there's ice on the ground! You must ..... more careful! A) To be. B) Be. C) Being. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be. 15. "What do you do?" he asked. A) He asked me what I do. B) He asked me what I did. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked me what I did. 16. Eve doesn't mind ..... hard. A) To work. B) Working. C) Work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Working. 17. I can't stop ..... this book. A) To read. B) Read. C) Reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reading. 18. I need ..... my car. A) Wash. B) To wash. C) Washing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To wash. 19. He could ..... here with us. A) Be. B) To be. C) Being. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be. 20. Jane ..... him a car. A) Wrote. B) Faxed. C) Bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. He'd like ..... to the cinema with us. A) Going. B) Go. C) To go. D) Him to go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To go. ← 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