7. Choose the correct way of completing each sentence.

1. Has she told you about her decision to go/of going?

2. I have difficulty to read/in reading quickly.

3. We have no hope to arrive/of arriving in time.

4. I hate the idea to leave/of leaving you.

5. Is there any need to tell/of telling Peter?

6. She has a plan to spend/of spending three days studying.

7. I won’t get married: I dislike the idea to lose/of losing my freedom.

8. It’s time to go/for going home.

9. I have no wish to meet/of meeting him again.

8. Do you know which verbs are followed by – ing forms and which are followed by infinitives? Make two lists.

agree avoid can’t help dare decide deny expect (can’t) face fail fancy feel like finish give up happen hope imagine keep (on) manage mean mind miss offer postpone practice prepare pretend promise put off refuse risk seem spend time (can’t) stand suggest wish
verb +- ing form	verb + infinitive

9. Put the correct forms of the verbs (-ing forms or infinitive).

1. You can’t help ……….. (like) him.

2. We decided ……….. (stay) at home.

3. We expect ……….. (hear) from Ann soon.

4. I don’t feel like ……….. (cook).

5. When do you finish ……….. (study)?

6. I’ve given up ……….. (smoke).

7. I managed ……….. (fix) my car.

8. Would you mind ……….. (pass) the bread?

9. She pretended ……….. (be) ill.

10. Don’t put off ……….. (see) the doctor!

11. He spends ages ……….. (talk) on the phone.

12. I want ……….. (see) the manager.

10. Choose the correct forms of the verbs. Sometimes two answers are possible.

1. Do you remember meeting/to meet her last year?

2. Sorry – I forgot posting/to post your letters.

3. I regret not visiting/not to visit her when she was ill.

4. We discussed the budget and then went on talking/to talk about sales.

5. Do you want to go on learning/to learn English?

6. He doesn’t allow us making/ to make phone calls.

7. The hospital only allows visiting/to visit at weekends.

8. I like watching/to watch TV in the evenings.

9. Would you like spending/to spend the weekend with us?

10. Remember locking/to lock the garage door tonight.

11. If nothing else works, try reading/to read the instruction.

12. I’ll try repairing/to repair your car tomorrow.

13. We’ll have to stop getting/to get petrol.

14. He stopped working/to work when he was sixty-five.

11. Supply an appropriate form of the gerund for each verb in brackets (Active, Passive or Past forms).

1. I don’t enjoy ………………. (laugh) at by other people.

2. I’m angry at him for ………………. (not, tell) me the truth.

3. Jack has a narrow escape. He was almost hit by a car. He barely avoided ………………. (hit) by the spending automobile.

4. You must tell me the truth. I insist on ………………. (tell) the truth.

5. Dear Jim, I feel guilty about ………………. (not, write) to you sooner, but I have been terribly busy lately.

6. Martha doesn’t like to have her pictures taken. She avoids ………………. (photograph).

7. You know Jim Black, don’t you? – Jim Black? I don’t think so. I don’t recall ………………. (ever, meet) him.

8. Sally is very smart. She doesn’t need ………………. (tell) twice.

9. Keep on ………………. (do) whatever you were doing. I didn’t want to interrupt you.

10. Last year I studied abroad, I appreciate ………………. (have) the opportunity to live and study in a foreign country.

11. Alice didn’t expect ………………. (ask) to the party.

12. I’m not accustomed to ………………. (drink) coffee with my meals.

13. Matthew left without ………………. (tell) anyone.

14. ………………. (live) in a city has certain advantages.

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