Verb patterns B2+/C1

I’m sorry ___ you that the loan you applied for to start a business is not available at the present time.

• tell

• telling

• to tell

The car was making a funny noise, so we stopped ___ what was happening and that’s when we saw the damage

• checking

• to check

• check

I’m happy ___ abroad to finish my studies when I was younger. I learnt so much and I made friends for life.

• to have been sent

• to be sent

• to send

I hope ___ counting this money by the time the shop opens and the customers start to arrive.

• to have finished

• finishing

• to be finishing

    I can’t bear ___ what to do all the time by my boss!

•       to tell

• to have told

• being told

I expected ___ to do some menial tasks, but I didn’t think I’d be making tea and coffee every day.

• to be asked

• to ask

• being asked

    My mum made me ___ in bed because I looked so ill.

• staying

• stay

• to stay

My ambition is ___ in a nice apartment in the centre of New York, somewhere near Central Park, by the time I’m thirty.

• to be living

• living

• live

Complete using the words in brackets. Change the form of the words given or add other words if necessary. Use up to six words including the words given. Do not change the order of the words in brackets.

My manager was lucky (be / promote) (a)   at the very start of his career, back in 2010.

Complete using the words in brackets. Change the form of the words given or add other words if necessary. Use up to six words including the words given. Do not change the order of the words in brackets.

I (not / bear / get up) (a)   so early in the morning.