The children prefer watch TV to read books 2.. My children enjoy read books 10.. I like think carefully about things before make decision 17.. Complete each sentence with one of the
Trang 1Exercise of Gerunds
I Use the correct form of verbs
1 The children prefer ( watch) TV to ( read) books
2 The boys like ( play) games but hate ( do) lessons
3 Would you like ( go) now or shall we wait till the end?
4 I can't find my favorite book You ( see) it?
5 We used ( dream) of a television set when we (be) small
6 Would you mind ( show ) me how ( send) an e-mail?
7 He always think about (go) swimming
8 She dislikes (do) a lot of housework
9 My children enjoy ( read) books
10 She looked forward to (see) you
11 They are used to (prepare) new lessons
12 By ( work) day and night , he succeeded in ( finish) the job in time
13 His doctor advised him ( give) up ( smoke)
14 Please stop (talk) We will stop (eat) lunch in ten minutes
15 Stop ( argue) and start( work)
16 I like ( think) carefully about things before ( make) decision
17 Ask him ( come) in Don't keep him ( stand) at the door
18 Did you succeed in ( solve) the problem?
19 Don't forget ( lock) the door before (go) to bed
20 Don't try ( persuad) me Nothing can make me ( change) my mind
II Complete each sentence with one of these verbs: answer, apply, lie, make, try, walk, wash, wait, write, wear Use -ing form
1 Could you please stop so much noise?
2 He tried to avoid _ my question
3 Have you finished _ your hair yet?
4 I considered for the job but in the end I decided against it
5 Tim suggested _ for a while
6 I like _ on the beach I always spend my holidays sunbathing
7 I hate letters I can never think what to write
8 Caroline dislikes uniform at work
9 Andrew doesn't mind _ home
10 Sandra gave up _ to find a job in this country and decided to go abroad III Choose the best answer
1 The little boy denied ( going/ to go/ surfing/ to surf) the net during the class
2 Tommy suggested( to visit/ visit/ visiting/ visited) the shrine on the mountain
3 How much time do you spend ( posting/ responding/ surfing/ using) the web a day?
4 When I was on holiday, I enjoy(not having to/not have to/no have to/have to no)get up early
5 I finally finished (to cook/being cooked/cooking/to be cooked)at 7.00 pm and served dinner
6 Sam always remembers ( to park/ parking/ being parked/ to be parked in the garage so that the drieway is free for other cars
7 He still denies ( murder/ to murder/ murdering/ to have murderd) his wife
8 I really dislike ( asking/ to ask/ being asked/ to asked) to answer questions in class
Trang 29 We can drive half the distance before we stop ( having/ to have/ having had/ for having) lunch
10 Mai often think of ( establish/ establised/ establishing/to estabish) a charity
organization
IV Combine two sentences into one, using gerunds
Model:
He made a mistake He was surprised
-> He was surprised at making a mistake
1 I am reading I'm interested
2 He likes going swimming He always thinks about of it
3 The children want to go to the circus They insist on it
4 I do a lot of housework to help mum I don't mind it
5 She has to do that awful work She dislikes it
6 My children read books They enjoy it
7 She is cooking She is busy with it
8 I want to see you I look forward to it
* Keys:
I 1.watching - reading 2 playing - doing 3 to go 4 have …seen 5 to dream
- were 6 showing - to send 7.going 8 doing 9 reading 10 seeing
11.preparing 12 working - finishing 13 to give up - smoking 14.talking -
to eat
15 arguing - to work 16 to think - making 17 to come - standing 18 solving
19 to lock - going 20 to persuad - change
II a making b answering c washing d applying e waiting
f lying g writing h wearing i walking j trying
III 1 surfing 2 visiting 3 surfing 4 not having to 5 cooking
6 to park 7 murdering 8 being asked 9 to have 10
establishing
IV.1 I'm interested in reading
2 He always thinks about of going swimming
3 They insist on going to the circus
4 I don't mind doing a lot of housework to help mum
5 She dislikes doing that awful work
6 My children enjoy reading books
7 She is busy with cooking
8 I look forward to seeing you