Verb pattern practice I II and III

Short Answer Questions



1. Type in the correct form of the verb in ( parentheses ). (You must type the sentence exactly.)

John wants (buy) a new car.

2. Mary enjoyed (eat) dinner last night.
Dont' put the parenthesis in your answer.

3. John loves (drink) milk with cookies.
(HINT--You can always use a noun after verbs, but this exercise talks about when you have one verb followed by another verb.)

4. I planned (try) out my new car but couldn't.
(RULE-- the verbs "want, need, learn, plan, and try" use 'to' plus a verb if one comes after them.)

5. Pete had finished (work) on his project.
(RULE-- the verbs 'enjoy, finish, quit, stop, keep, discuss and practice' use an 'ing' verb if one comes after them.)

6. He started (clean) his room immediately.
(RULE--Verbs such as 'like, love, hate start, begin, continue' can use either a 'to' verb OR an 'ing' verb.)

7. He had learned (fly) in the Air Force.
(HINT--The first verb can be in ANY tense; the rule stays the same about whether you use 'to' or 'ing.'

8. I will stop (play) basketball when I am tired.

9. I needed (see) my advisor yesterday.

10. Joe will start (swim) on the team this year.

11. Harry quit (smoke) for good last January.

12. I want (learn) (fly) an airplane.
(HINT--no matter how many verbs you have in a sentence, you still follow the same rules for the 'to' and 'ing' verbs.)

13. Keshan said he enjoys (practice) basketball.

14. Keshan enjoys (practice) and (play) basketball.

15. Harriet planned (discuss) (go) on her vacation in June.

16. Joan likes (discuss) her homework with a friend.

17. Perry has continued (plan) for his retirement.

18. The old dog learned (quit) (mess) up the rug.
(HINT--just follow the rule; don't get confused by two or three verbs--each has its own rule.)

19. I used to like (eat) pizza everyday

20. Jerry quit (drink) for good last night.
(This is the last one--enjoy your day.)