Verb Patterns – ING or TO?By j.e.boydell@gmail.com / September 18, 2024 Welcome to your Verb Patterns - ING or TO? She suggested__________________for a walk after dinner to go go going None I can't imagine____________________in a big city. live living to live to be living None He agreed_____________the report by the end of the day to finish to finishing finish finishing None They avoided______________ about the difficult topic. talking to talk talk to talking None We hope _______________ a holiday next month. to have having have to having None She denied ______________ the problem. causing having to cause to cause cause None I pretended ______________ interested, but I wasn't. to be being be None He risked _________________________his job by telling the truth. losing to lose lose None We plan________________________ the new project next month. to start starting start None I can't help ____________________________ when I watch sad movies. crying cry to cry None She managed _____________________ the exam with flying colours! (i.e. she got a great mark) to pass passing to have passed pass None He kept ____________________ it even though he knew it ws wrong. doing to do do to have done None We look forward __________________________ from you soon. to hearing to hear hearing to have heard None They considered ________________________the house before they moving in. painting to paint to have painted to be painting None She encouraged me ______________________ the job offer to accept accepting accept to be accept None He postponed _______________________ the meeting until next week. holding to hold hold to have held None I didn't mean ____________________ you uncomfortable. to make making make to have made None We couldn't help ________________________ the last piece of cake. eating to eat to have eaten having eaten None He tends _____________________ too much in meetings. to talk talking talk to have talked None They failed ________________________ the deadline to meet meeting meet to be meeting None I remember __________________________ him last year. meeting to meet meet to have met None She appears ____________ difficult things easily. to manage managing to be managing to have managed None I regret ____________________ you have failed the test. to say saying say to have said None They practiced _________________________ before the concert singing sing to sing to have sung None She refused __________________ the new contract until her lawyer had reviewed it. to sign signing to have signed to be signing None I miss _________________ time with my old friends. spending to spend spend to be spending None He seems __________________________ a lot at the moment to be spending to have spent to spend spend None He spends a lot _________________________ watches. collecting collect to collect to have collected None I can't afford _______________________ a new car right now. to buy buying to have bought buy None He proposed __________________________ more in technology. investing to invest invest to have invested None Time's up
