1. Choose the correct verbs to complete the sentences.
1 Our teacher wondered / insisted / encouraged us to take part in the contest.
2 The student blamed / denied / managed taking the money from his classmate.
3 We all reminded / persuaded / agreed to meet in town at 8 p.m.
4 Did you mention / spend / tell the idea of going out for a pizza to Jessica?
5 Sean always denies / offers / mentions to help his friends.
6 If you keep / expect / agree trying, you will finally succeed!
Answer
1 encouraged 2 denied 3 agreed 4 mention
5 offers 6 keep
2. Complete the sentences with the correct infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.
When I go shopping for clothes, I spend time 1……………………….. (think) about what I’m going to buy. I usually can’t afford 2……………………….. (buy) the brands I really like. If I spend all my money on one piece of clothing, I end up 3……………………….. (regret) it. However, if I really like something, I do occasionally decide 4……………………….. (do) that. I enjoy 5……………………….. (look) around the shops for cheaper clothes and I always ask the shop assistants 6……………………….. (give) me a discount. They usually refuse 7……………………….. (offer) me one, but occasionally I’m lucky and I manage 8……………………….. (get) one!
Answer
1 thinking 2 to buy 3 regretting 4 to do
5 looking 6 to give 7 to offer 8 to get
3. Match 1-6 with a-f to make sentences.
1 Kate always begs
2 Jake blamed
3 Anna suggested
4 This ice cream reminds
5 Tom won’t
6 Our neighbour didn’t thank us
a revising for the exams together.
b for finding his cat.
c his sister for their late arrival.
d mind waiting for us at the bus station.
e me to help her with her homework.
f me of our holiday in Italy.
Answer
1 e 2 c 3 a 4 f 5 d 6 b
4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below.
accuse apologise beg blame insist thank want warn
1 Amy and Ewan don’t …………………………… to go to the concert.
2 Our parents …………………………… us against swimming in the river when we were on holiday.
3 Chloë …………………………… on using her mobile phone in the cinema even though she was asked not to.
4 Alex didn’t …………………………… for arriving late.
5 We …………………………… them to take us on holiday.
6 Lucy always …………………………… other people for her problems.
7 I …………………………… Tom for helping me with my homework.
8 They …………………………… the students of lying.
Answer
1 want 2 warned 3 insisted 4 apologise
5 begged 6 blames 7 thanked 8 accused
5. Complete the sentences with to do or doing.
1 He admitted …………………………… badly in the exam.
2 Lucy has always enjoyed …………………………… exercise.
3 My dad persuaded me …………………………… the course.
4 The organisers thanked us for …………………………… the clearing up.
5 Mark insisted on …………………………… his homework alone.
6 Amy has promised …………………………… the washing-up.
Answer
1 doing 2 doing 3 to do 4 doing 5 doing 6 to do
6. Complete the text with the correct infinitive or -ing form of the verbs below. Sometimes both forms are correct.
be fall go snow spend take turn into
I prefer 1…………………………… on holiday in the winter rather than in the summer, so I’ll never forget 2…………………………… in the mountains on a skiing holiday last year. I was really excited when it started 3…………………………… during our first night at the hotel. However, the following morning, the snow hadn’t stopped 4…………………………… . The coach from the hotel tried 5…………………………… us to the ski station, but the road was in a dangerous condition. The snow on the road had started 6…………………………… ice and we had to return to the hotel. I remember 7…………………………… my time looking out of the hotel window, hoping that they would clear the road!
Answer
1 going / to go 2 being 3 snowing / to snow 4 falling
5 to take 6 turning into / to turn into 7 spending
7. Complete the sentences with the infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Our teacher first taught us some vocabulary and then went on …………………………… (explain) the meaning of the tenses.
2 Please remember …………………………… (take) your keys with you when you go out tonight.
3 Jack will always remember …………………………… (score) his first goal for the school football team.
4 We’ll stop …………………………… (have) a break at 11 a.m. and then we’ll return to working on the project.
5 We’ll never forget …………………………… (meet) our favourite actor at the airport.
6 I’m afraid that I forgot …………………………… (buy) bread.
Answer
1 to explain 2 to take 3 scoring 4 to have
5 meeting 6 to buy