Add the gerund or infinitive form of the verb in brackets.

1.We had to stay indoors all day as it wouldn’t stop  ____________ (rain).

2. To get to the zoo from here you need ____________ (take) the number 10 bus and remember ____________ (get off) at the third stop.

3. “Don’t forget ____________ (check) your essays before you hand them in” reminded the teacher.

4. Virginia’s never going to forget ____________ (swim) with sharks in Hawaii. It was a such a thrill.  In fact she’s now trying ____________ (persuade) her husband to go too.

5. “Do you know how this coffee machine works?”- “I’ve no idea. Have you tried ____________ (press) the green button? That might help.”

6. Before catching the train I stopped ____________ (buy) a drink and a doughnut.

7. Your shirt needs ____________ (iron). It’s really creased.

8. Poor Jack! He remembers ____________ (fall) down the stairs but he doesn’t remember anything else.

9. Honey, you need ____________ (stop) ____________ (worry). Everything will be okay.

10. Can you go and play somewhere else? I’m trying ____________ (study)

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Answers

1. raining  2. to take / to get off  3. to check  4. swimming/to persuade  5.pressing  6. to buy  7. ironing  8. falling  9. to stop / worrying  10. to study

Verb Patterns (6) – Special Verbs: Remember, forget, stop, mean, regret


Word Formation Exercises