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