English Grammar Exercises for B1- Verb patterns

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Kate I’m fed up! I spent all last night 1) (study) for today’s exam.
Jenny Did you manage 2) (learn) everything?
Kate More or less. But I don’t feel like 3) (do) the same again tonight.
Jenny No, I don’t enjoy 4) (study) either, but we’ve nearly finished.
Kate I want 5) (go out) for a change. We’ve been studying for weeks.
Jenny Well, there’s no way we can avoid 6) (take) exams. Let’s plan a trip for when we finish.
Kate That’s a good idea! Where do you suggest 7) (go)?
Jenny I fancy 8) (lie) on a beach somewhere doing absolutely nothing.
Kate Excellent idea. Let’s go it.

As a child, Naomi Campbell always wanted 1) (be) famous, but she never expected 2) (become) a supermodel. She enjoyed 3) (appear) in public and joined a drama school at the age of five. When she was fifteen, the head of the modelling agency spotted her and insisted on 4) (give) her a contract. Despite discrimination in the field, she became an instant success and even magazines like Vogue agreed 5) (use) her photo on their front cover. In the 1990s, Naomi decided to 6) (launch) her singing career, but she failed 7) (impress) the critics. However, she has spent over two decades 8) (work) as a model and on the catwalk she is still as popular as ever.

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Challenge!
Look up these verbs in a learner’s dictionary and put them in the correct column.
Write sentences using each verb.
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