B2
English Vocabulary Exercises for B2 – Introduction – Verb patterns
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1. Choose the correct verbs to complete the sentences.
- 1)Our teacher wondered / insisted / encouraged us to take part in the contest.
- 2)The student blamed / denied / managed taking the money from his classmate.
- 3)We all reminded / persuaded / agreed to meet in town at 8 p.m.
- 4)Did you mention / spend / tell the idea of going out for a pizza to Jessica?
- 5)Sean always denies / offers / mentions to help his friends.
- 6)If you keep / expect / agree trying, you will finally succeed!
2. Complete the sentences with the correct infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.
- When I go shopping for clothes, I spend time 1) (think) about what I’m going to buy. I usually can’t afford 2) (buy) the brands I really like. If I spend all my money on one piece of clothing, I end up 3) (regret) it. However, if I really like something, I do occasionally decide 4) (do) that. I enjoy 5) (look) around the shops for cheaper clothes and I always ask the shop assistants 6) (give) me a discount. They usually refuse 7) (offer) me one, but occasionally I’m lucky and I manage 8) (get) one!
3. Match 1-6 with a-f to make sentences.
- 1)Kate always begs
- 2)Jake blamed
- 3)Anna suggested
- 4)This ice cream reminds
- 5)Tom won’t
- 6)Our neighbour didn’t thank us
- a)revising for the exams together.
- b)for finding his cat.
- c)his sister for their late arrival.
- d)mind waiting for us at the bus station.
- e)me to help her with her homework.
- f)me of our holiday in Italy.
4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below.
- accuse apologise beg blame insist thank want warn
- 1)Amy and Ewan don’t to go to the concert.
- 2)Our parents us against swimming in the river when we were on holiday.
- 3)Chloë on using her mobile phone in the cinema even though she was asked not to.
- 4)Alex didn’t for arriving late.
- 5)We them to take us on holiday.
- 6)Lucy always other people for her problems.
- 7)I Tom for helping me with my homework.
- 8)They the students of lying.
5. Complete the sentences with to do or doing.
- 1)He admitted badly in the exam.
- 2)Lucy has always enjoyed exercise.
- 3)My dad persuaded me the course.
- 4)The organisers thanked us for the clearing up.
- 5)Mark insisted on his homework alone.
- 6)Amy has promised the washing-up.
6. Complete the text with the correct infinitive or -ing form of the verbs below. Sometimes both forms are correct.
- be fall go snow spend take turn into
- I prefer 1) on holiday in the winter rather than in the summer, so I’ll never forget 2) in the mountains on a skiing holiday last year. I was really excited when it started 3) during our first night at the hotel. However, the following morning, the snow hadn’t stopped 4) The coach from the hotel tried 5) us to the ski station, but the road was in a dangerous condition. The snow on the road had started 6) ice and we had to return to the hotel. I remember 7) my time looking out of the hotel window, hoping that they would clear the road!
7. Complete the sentences with the infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.
- 1)Our teacher first taught us some vocabulary and then went on (explain) the meaning of the tenses.
- 2)Please remember (take) your keys with you when you go out tonight.
- 3)Jack will always remember (score) his first goal for the school football team.
- 4)We’ll stop (have) a break at 11 a.m. and then we’ll return to working on the project.
- 5)We’ll never forget (meet) our favourite actor at the airport.
- 6)I’m afraid that I forgot (buy) bread.
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