1. Complete the sentences. Use the -ing form of the verbs in the box. Then match the sentences with the pictures.
eat out feel get go play wear |
1 Tom can’t stand ……………………… a jacket and tie.
2 Beth avoided ……………………… her hair wet.
3 Mia can’t help ……………………… nervous about the exam.
4 Zack suggested ……………………… that evening.
5 Henry doesn’t mind ……………………… football in the rain.
6 Jo fancies ……………………… on safari next year.
Answer
1 wearing 2 getting 3 feeling 4 eating out 5 playing 6 doing
1 d 2 a 3 c 4 b 5 e 6 f
2. Complete the sentences. Use the infinitive form of the verbs in the box.
answer be carry come go hear pass tell |
1 I hope ………………… all my exams next year.
2 I offered ………………… the suitcase.
3 Try ………………… all the questions in the test.
4 Mark pretended not ………………… the teacher.
5 Jan refused ………………… me where he was going.
6 They decided ………………… skiing this winter.
7 Sam didn’t want to come to my party on his own, so his sister agreed ………………… with him.
8 He promised not ………………… late for school.
Answer
1 to pass 2 to carry 3 to answer
4 to hear 5 to tell 6 to go 7 to come 8 to be
3. Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Joanna decided not ………………… volleyball after school as she was feeling tired. (play)
2 Carry on ………………… . I’ll be back in a minute. (work)
3 I look forward to ………………… you again. (meet)
4 I can’t help ………………… that he is lying to me. (think)
5 Sally broke my MP3 player, but she refused ………………… me a new one. (buy)
6 I don’t mind ………………… you with your homework. (help)
7 Suzi offered ………………… me a lift into town. (give)
8 I can’t stand ………………… in the school canteen. (eat)
9 Toby suggested ………………… to a CD. (listen)
10 Max is pretending ………………… asleep, but he isn’t really. (be)
11 Do you fancy ………………… to eat this evening? (go out)
12 He promised ………………… me before 10. (phone)
Answer
1 to play 2 working 3 meeting 4 thinking
5 to buy 6 helping 7 to give 8 eating 9 listening
10 to be 11 going out 12 to phone
4. Write five sentences using the phrases in the chart.
can’t imagine can’t stand don’t mind hope look forward to refuse |
do the washing-up live in a foreign country get up before 6 a.m. get a good job go out in the rain eat out do homework go home this afternoon tidy my room be twenty years old |
Answer
Possible answers:
I can’t imagine getting up before 6 a.m.
I can’t stand going out in the rain.
I don’t mind tidying my room.
I hope to live in a foreign country.
I’m looking forward to going home this afternoon.
I refuse to do the washing up.
Challenge!
Look up these verbs in a learner’s dictionary and put them in the correct column.
dare deny imagine manage wish
verb + infinitive |
verb + -ing |
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Write a sentence in your notebook using each verb.
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