grammar · neutral

admit + V-ing

Band 7+speakingtask2

to confess or acknowledge doing something; followed by a gerund.

Examples

“He admitted stealing the document during the investigation.”

“Many participants admitted feeling nervous before the test.”

“She admitted having made a mistake on the report.”

Band 8 sentence

“The company admitted having underestimated the environmental impact of the project.”

Collocations

  • admit making a mistake
  • admit having done something

Word family

admit to + V-ing grammardeny + V-ing grammar

Common mistakes

admit to + to V→admit to + V-ing OR admit + V-ing

admit + to + do→admit + V-ing OR admit to + V-ing

Say it for a higher band

5say sorry→6confess to + V-ing→7+admit + V-ing

Synonyms

confess to + V-ing

acknowledge + V-ing

Easily confused

admit + V-ing vs admit to + V-ing

“She admitted making errors in the final draft.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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