1. Complete the sentences. Use the -ing form of the verbs in the box. Then match the sentences with the pictures.
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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.
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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.
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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
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verb + infinitive |
verb + -ing |
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Write a sentence in your notebook using each verb.
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