Verb patterns warm-up – part 1

Choose the correct form of the verb to complete each sentence

. N1. I wish it would stop raining/ to rain

. N2. Charles wants talking/to talk to you

. N3. He kept glancing/to glance at his watch

. N4. I tried remembering/to remember the man’s name, but I couldn’t

. N5. She hopes studying/to study law at university

. N6. He admitted stealing/ to steal the boat and was fined

? N7. Have you considered getting/to get a new car

. N8. I knew he was lying but I pretended believing/ to believe him

? N9. Do you remember coming/to come here when you were a child

. N10. It’s her birthday next week. I must remember buying/to buy her a card

: Answers

N1. raining
N2. to talk
N3. glancing
N4. to remember
N5. to study
N6. stealing
N7. getting
N8. to believe
N9. coming
N10. to buy