VERB PATTERNS:a wordsearch

TO BE OR –ing, THAT IS THE QUESTIONBy Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová

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WORDSEARCH: HIDDEN VERBS

Find 35 verbs in the wordsearch below and categorize them into the proper column in the chart below.After you find all 35 verbs, the solution will show you a famous tongue twister. How many times will you be able to repeat it without a mistake?

E G A R U O C N E A A D M I T

T B D I G B L A T N E V E R P

N C A N C K E B T C E P X E U

A O G F E B Y U I I T A B F I

W M G B F P L D G L A C K F B

A P I E A O E R M R L E T O A

R L D S E T R D P L A N H R E

N A E H S B I D E N J O Y D Z

E I N S I S T E T B L A M E I

N N G I B L S E A A C I A R G

I K B N D E E C T A N R K D O

G B L I A E G C I D P E E I L

A D B F R L G U S E U N E O O

M B L R E F U S E O Y O D V P

I N V I T E S K H E E R G A A

- TO infinitive GERUND (- ing) NO - TO infinitive With PREPOSITION

       

For students who can’t find all 35 verbs on their own, there is a list of them, not in any particular order:

 AFFORD/ RELY/ SUCCEED/ ORDER/ DECIDE/ AVOID/ ENJOY/ WARN / ENCOURAGE/ OFFER/ WANT / REFUSE/ KEEP/ DARE/ LET/ HESITATE/ ARGUE / BLAME / PLAN / INVITE/ ADMIT/ PREVENT/ FINISH/ MIND/ MISS/ MAKE/ DENY/ IMAGINE/ SUGGEST/ COMPLAIN/ DEPEND/ INSIST/ AGREE / EXPECT/ APOLOGIZE

- TO infinitive GERUND (- ing) NO - TO infinitive

With PREPOSITION

 

AFFORDAGREE OFFERWANT REFUSEHESITATEPLAN INVITE EXPECTORDERDECIDEWARN ENCOURAGE

 

AVOID ENJOY ADMIT DENYIMAGINE SUGGESTFINISHMINDMISSKEEP

 

DARELETMAKE

 

COMPLAIN (about) -ingARGUE (about) -ingBLAME sb. (for) -ingPREVENT sb (from) –ingDEPEND (on) –ingINSIST (on) –ingRELY (on) –ingSUCCEED (in) –ingAPOLOGIZE (for) –ing

Solution: A tongue-twister

A big black bug bit a big black bear,

made the big black bear bleed blue blood.