English Grammar Exercises for B2 – Verb patterns

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1)
If you arrange (see) a show with a friend but the friend cancels, do you
a risk (go) on your own?
b invite a different friend (go) with you?
2)
If you’re at the cinema with friends and you don’t like the film, do you
a walk out and agree (meet) them afterwards?
b decide (find) out what your friends think first?
3)
If you need (go) shopping to buy a new outfit, do you
a)
go by yourself and expect (find) what you want?
b)
persuade a friend (go) with you and help you to choose?
4)
If you’re with friends and they all fancy (watch) a DVD that you’ve already seen, do you
a encourage your friends (choose) something different?
b say nothing even though you don’t want (watch) it?

1)
a I couldn’t reach the top shelf so I tried to stand / standing on a stool.
b)
Please try to hand / handing your homework in on time.
2)
a I don’t remember to post / posting the letter.
b)
Remember to post / posting that letter for me.
3)
a We stopped to have / having lunch at a service station.
b)
Stop to criticise / criticizing me!
4)
a I regret to tell / telling you that you’ve lost your place in the football team.
b)
I regret not to revise / not revising much before my exams.
5)
a Jason studied French at university and went on to become / becoming a teacher.
b)
He went on to eat / eating even though he wasn’t hungry.
6)
a I’ll never forget to meet / meeting the Queen.
b)
I forgot to buy / buying bread on the way home.
7)
a As I looked out of the window I could see Fran walk / walking up the garden path.
b)
I saw Ben ride / riding down the road and fall / falling off his bike.

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Challenge!
Write true sentences using the verbs in the box followed by another verb in the correct form.
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