Verb Patterns
Q1 (100): He denied ___ the money.
A) to take
B) taking
C) take
D) taken
B) taking
Q4 (100): He apologized for ___ so late.
A) to arrive
B) arriving
C) arrive
D) arrived
B) arriving
Q7 (100): I stopped ___ when I saw the accident.
A) to drive
B) driving
C) drive
D) driven
B) driving ✅
Q10 (100):
A) I enjoy to swim in the ocean
B) I enjoy swimming in the ocean
C) I enjoy swim in the ocean
D) I enjoying swimming in the ocean
B) I enjoy swimming in the ocean ✅
mind / don’t / sharing / you / opening / window / the / do / ?
👉 Answer: Don’t you mind opening the window?
(trap: question form + gerund after “mind”)
Q2 (200): She suggested ___ earlier next time.
A) to leave
B) leaving
C) leave
D) left
B) leaving
Q5 (200): She is worried about ___ her job.
A) to lose
B) losing
C) lose
D) lost
B) losing ✅
Q8 (200): She stopped ___ a call.
A) making
B) to make
C) make
D) made
B) to make ✅
Q11 (200):
A) She suggested to go home
B) She suggested go home
C) She suggested going home
D) She suggested goes home
C) She suggested going home ✅
remember / meeting / I / him / having / before
👉 Answer: I remember having met him before.
(advanced perfect gerund)
Q3 (300): They postponed ___ the meeting until Friday.
A) to have
B) having
C) have
D) had
B) having
Q6 (300): They succeeded in ___ the problem.
A) solve
B) solving
C) to solve
D) solved
B) solving ✅
Q9 (300): He remembers ___ the door before leaving.
A) to lock
B) locking
C) lock
D) locked
B) locking ✅
Q12 (300):
A) He is interested to learn Spanish
B) He is interested learning Spanish
C) He is interested in learning Spanish
D) He interested in learning Spanish
C) He is interested in learning Spanish
ry / noise / making / avoid / to / any / they / at night
👉 Answer: They try to avoid making any noise at night.
(two patterns: try + infinitive, avoid + gerund)