Revision exercises: Verb Patterns

6/14/2022 5:49:19 PM
The lecturer recommended _____ a number of books before the exam.
  • reading
  • we reading
  • to have read
  • to read
Tom doesn't mind _____ his father mend things around the house.
  • to helping
  • helping
  • help
  • to help

This robber admitted _____ the red mobile phone last week.

  • stealed
  • stealing
  • to steal
  • steal
We need to think of _____ our products to meet the need of potential customers.
  • diverse
  • diversifying
  • diversification
  • diversify

Water pollution in the lake _____ the fish die.

  • has made
  • has caused
  • has resulted in
  • has led to

Choose the best sentence that can be made from the words given.

It / be / difficult / him / quit / smoke.

  • It was very difficult for him to quitting to smoke.
  • It was very difficult for him to quit smoking.
  • It was very difficult with him to quit to smoke.
  • It was very difficult for him quitting smoking.

Choose the correct answer

We drove for two hours and then stopped some lunch.

If the maid comes today, please have her washed all of my shirts.

=> Mistake:

     Correction:

Complete each sentence by putting the words in brackets into the correct form.

The police the car. (command/the driver/stop)

Complete each sentence by putting the words in brackets into the correct form.

After days of pointless fighting, the general . (order/the marines/withdraw)

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do NOT change the word given in brackets in any way.

Tom finally succeeded in opening the jar. (managed)

=> Tom finally the jar.

Give the correct form of the verb in the brackets.

Most scientific reports are impossible for ordinary people (understand).

Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.

We can keep our environment clean by littering. (PREVENT)

Rearrange the words in a correct order to make a complete sentence (kéo từng từ/cụm từ về vị trí đúng để tạo thành câu hoàn chỉnh).

Complete the second sentence using the word given so that it has the same meaning to the first.

Children mustn't go outside after 9 p.m curfew. (ALLOWED)

Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.

Speak English in class regularly.

=> I suggest............