Verb pattern personalisation guessing game Pre Intermediate

Worksheet 1 Version 1- Guessing game

Write a thing that is true for you for at least 7 of the sentences below

Something you need to do before the end of today:

Something you prefer doing to watching TV:

Something you tried to do but failed:

Something you might do before the end of this year:

Something you have started doing recently:

Something you will do if you get a good mark in your end of term test:

Something you have decided to do but haven’t started yet:

Something you plan to do in the next week:

Something you forgot to do this morning:

Something you can do that one of your parents can’t:

Something you would like to do but you don’t have enough money:

Something you enjoy doing but is bad for you:

Something most of your friends like doing but you hate:

Tell your partner one of the things you have written and see if they can guess which sentence it is for, e.g. Is that something you can do but one of your parents can’t?

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Verb pattern personalisation guessing game Pre Int

Worksheet 1 Version 2- Guessing game with gaps

Write a thing that is true for you for at least 7 of the sentences below

I need to _______________________ before the end of today.

I prefer __________ing ______________ to watching TV.

I tried to ______________________ but I failed.

I might _______________________ before the end of this year

I have started _____________ing _____________ recently

I will ______________________ if I get a good mark in your end of term test

I have decided to ________________________ but haven’t started yet

I plan to __________________________ in the next week

I forgot to ______________________ this morning

I can ____________________ but one of my parents can’t

I would like to ________________________ but I don’t have enough money

I enjoy _________________ing ______________ but I know it is bad for me

Most of my friends like _______________ing _______________but I hate it

Tell your partner one of the things you have written and see if they can guess which sentence it is for, e.g. Is that something you can do but one of your parents can’t?

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Verb pattern personalisation guessing game Pre Int

Worksheet 2- Grammar Practice

Without looking page at Worksheet 1, try to remember which form of the verb comes after each of these verbs

need +

prefer+

tried+

might+

start+

will+

decide+

plan+

forget+

can+

would like+

enjoy+

like+

 Check your answers with Worksheet 1 and put the verbs above into the table below

+ infinitive (do)

 

+ infinitive with to (to do)

 

+ verb+ ing (doing)

 

 

Check your answers with the book and test each other in pairs.

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PDF for easy saving and printing: Verb form personal guessing game Pre Intermediate

Related pages

Verb patterns page

26 EFL sentence completion games (TEFLtastic classics part two)

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