Verb patterns

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Open Ended

I’m interested in finding out about …

Open Ended

I need to go …

Open Ended

I enjoy seeing …

Objectives

To talk about competitions and to discriminate -ing forms and infinitive collocations

Multiple Choice

The original poems need_______ a sense of immediacy that touches everyone.

• create

• to create

• creating

Multiple Choice

It could involve _______ yourself to several days of play.

• commit

• to commit

• committing

Multiple Choice

You’ll try __________ each other.

• distract

• to distract

• distracting

Multiple Choice

Don’t let a negative reaction ________ you from entering another slam.

• prevent

• to prevent

• preventing

Language is full of patterns.

1. Fixed verb patterns.

2. Common uses of -ing and to + infinitive patterns.

3. Verb patterns with both -ing and to + infinitive forms.

4. Other uses of the to + infinitive form.

Multiple Choice

avoid, consider, deny, end up, fancy, imagine, recall, risk

• These verbs are followed by an -ing form

• These verbs are followed by an infinitive

• These verbs are followed by an -ing form and an infinitive

Multiple Choice

aim, claim, dare, endeavour, pretend, struggle, tempt, tend, vote

• These verbs are followed by an -ing form

• These verbs are followed by an infinitive

• These verbs are followed by an -ing form and an infinitive