Verb Patterns

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We may _____ a visit from head office today.

I'll take care of ______ if you take care of the snow-boarding.

Which of the following questions is NOT possible?
a) Help lift this.
b) Help me lift this.
c) Help me to lift this.
d) Help me so I lift this.

Which sentence is correct?
a) He congratulated me to win.
b) He congratulated me on winning.

Which is sentence is correct?
a) I got fixed my car.
b) I got my car fixed.

Which of the following is NOT correct?
a) Need you do that?
b) I need to paint the house.
c) I need that you find him.
d) I need you to work on this project.
e) The house needs painting.

Which of the following is NOT correct?
a) I demand that something be done.
b) I want that something be done.
c) It is vital that something be done.
d) I insist that something be done.

Which sentence is NOT correct?
a) If I were I rich man, I'd buy a Lamborgini.
b) I were a rich man in the 1980's so I bought a Lamborgini.

Rewrite the following using the word "let" and up to
four other words so that the meaning is the same:
Most children are allowed to stay up until midnight on New year's Eve.

Most parents ___________________ until midnight on New Year's Eve.

Which sentence is correct?
a) You are sorry, are you?
Do that again and you may find yourself appologising to the police.
b) You are sorry, are you?
Do that again and you may find apologising to the police.

Which sentence is correct?
a) The surgeon pinpointed where to make the incision.
b) The surgeon pinpointed where making the incision.

Which sentence is correct?
a) He said me that he was sorry.
b) He told me that he was sorry.

Which sentence is NOT correct?
a) Fred promised to be here providing his boss didn't ask him to do overtime.
b) Fred promised that he would be here providing his boss didn't ask him to do overtime.
c) Fred promised be here providing his boss didn't ask him to do overtime.
d) Fred promised he would be here providing his boss didn't ask him to do overtime.

Which sentence is wrong?
a) I saw Fred to take the money.
b) I saw Fred taking the money.
c) I saw Fred take the money.

Which of the following are correct?
a) Try and be a bit more sensitive.
b) Try to be a bit more sensitive.
c) Try being a bit more sensitive.