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8 Complete these sentences with the correct form of the words at the end of the sentence. The first sentence is done for you as the example.

1 The _____________ asked us to smile at the camera.

photograph

2 He kept the children amused with his __________ stories.

humour

3 Her new novel is sure to _____________ her readers.

delightful

4 I don’t find jokes about sick people at all _____________.

amuse

5 Paul was ____________ as he skateboarded down the steps.

grin

6 It’s so _____________ to sit by the sea and watch dolphins playing.

peace

7 My idea of perfect ___________ is a shopping trip to Paris.

happy

THE –ING FORM is used:

  • as a noun. Walking is good exercise.

  • after certain verbs: admit, appreciate, avoid, continue, delay, deny, discuss, fancy, finish, forgive, go (for activities), imagine, mention, mind, miss, quit, recollect, report, resist, save, suggest, practice, consider, prevent, understand, etc. Can you imagine winning the lottery?

  • after love, like, prefer, dislike, hate to express general preference. Jamie enjoys talking to his friends on the phone.

  • after expressions such as be busy, it’s no use, it’s (no) good, it’s (not) worth, what’s the use of, can’t help, there’s no point in, can’t stand, have difficulty in, have trouble, in addition to, as well as, etc. There is no point in talking to the boss about it, he never listens to us.

  • after spend, waste, lose (time, money, etc). He spent a lot of time and money repairing his car.

  • after the preposition to with verbs and expressions such as look forward to, be used to, object, prefer (doing smth to smth). He prefers swimming to playing football.

  • after other prepositions. He was thinking of quitting his job.

  • after the verbs hear, listen to, notice, see, watch, and feel to describe an incomplete action. I heard Nicky talking to Chris.

9 Fill in the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 Is there anything in that new magazine worth _________________ (read)?

2 I really must stop __________________ (smoke).

3 Would you mind ___________________ (close) the front door?

4 Do you enjoy ___________________ (teach)?

5 Why have you stopped? Go on ___________________ (read).

6 I can’t help _________________ (think) about that awful accident.

7 The teacher asked us some questions and we went on ____________________ (tell) us about the climate of England.

8 Avoid __________________ (overheat) and you’ll feel better soon.

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