Verb patterns

Infinitive or -ing form? - 1

100

I want _________ more careful with your homework in the future.

A) you be
B) you to be
C) that you are

B) you to be

200

My parents refuse ______ me a new laptop.

A) to buy

B) buying

C) not to buy

A) to buy

300

Why did I promise _______with the painting? I hate it!

A) help
B) to help
C) helping

B) to help

400

I tried_______you that you were making a mistake, but you wouldn't listen.

A) tell
B) to tell
C) telling

B) to tell

500

I'm looking forward _______to Sydney next year

A) go
B) to go
C) to going

C) to going

Infinitive or -ing form? - 2

100

My father let me _______driving lessons when I was seventeen.

A) having
B) to have
C) have

C) have

200

She pretended _____ him.

A) not seeing

B) not see

C) not to see

C) not to see

300

I finished _______ that film on TV and then I went to bed.

A) watching
B) to watch
C) watch

A) watching

400

I hate _______ in a queue. It's such a waste of time.

A) stand
B) to stand
C) standing

C) standing

500

Can you imagine _____ a fridge?

A) not have

B) not having

C) not to have

B) not having

Infinitive or -ing form? - 3

100

Can you remember _______ up the car with petrol? It's nearly empty!

A) fill
B) to fill
C) filling

B) to fill

200

I'd love _______ Dave and Maggie round for a meal some time.

A) invite
B) to invite
C) inviting

B) to invite

300

I couldn't sleep last night. I tried _______ sheep, but that didn't help.

A) count
B) to count
C) counting

C) counting

400

He suggested ______ at a new restaurant.

A) to eat

B) eating

C) to eating

B) eating

500

They agreed _____ out late.

A) not staying

B) not to stay

C) not stay

B) not to stay

Infinitive or -ing form? - 4

100

Stop _______ my hair! It hurts!

A) pull
B) to pull
C) pulling

C) pulling

200

We avoid _______ to London in the rush hour.

A) driving

B) to drive

C) drive

A) driving

300

Would you mind _______our cat while we're away on holiday?

A) feed
B) to feed
C) feeding

c) feeding

400

When you go round a museum, you aren't allowed _______anything.

A) touch
B) to touch
C) touching

B) to touch

500

Did you manage _______ what you were looking for?

A) find
B) to find
C) finding

B) to find