Exercise of Gerunds I Use the correct form of verbs The children prefer ( watch) TV to ( read) books The boys like ( play) games but hate ( do) lessons Would you like ( go) now or shall we wait till the end? I can't find my favorite book You ( see) it? We used ( dream) of a television set when we (be) small Would you mind ( show ) me how ( send) an e-mail? He always think about (go) swimming She dislikes (do) a lot of housework 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 Could you please stop so much noise? He tried to avoid _ my question Have you finished _ your hair yet? I considered for the job but in the end I decided against it Tim suggested _ for a while I like _ on the beach I always spend my holidays sunbathing I hate letters I can never think what to write Caroline dislikes uniform at work 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 The little boy denied ( going/ to go/ surfing/ to surf) the net during the class Tommy suggested( to visit/ visit/ visiting/ visited) the shrine on the mountain How much time you spend ( posting/ responding/ surfing/ using) the web a day? When I was on holiday, I enjoy(not having to/not have to/no have to/have to no)get up early I finally finished (to cook/being cooked/cooking/to be cooked)at 7.00 pm and served dinner Sam always remembers ( to park/ parking/ being parked/ to be parked in the garage so that the drieway is free for other cars He still denies ( murder/ to murder/ murdering/ to have murderd) his wife I really dislike ( asking/ to ask/ being asked/ to asked) to answer questions in class 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 I am reading I'm interested He likes going swimming He always thinks about of it The children want to go to the circus They insist on it I a lot of housework to help mum I don't mind it She has to that awful work She dislikes it My children read books They enjoy it She is cooking She is busy with it I want to see you I look forward to it * Keys: I 1.watching - reading playing - doing to go have …seen to dream - were showing - to send 7.going doing 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 surfing visiting surfing not having to cooking to park murdering being asked to have 10 establishing IV.1 I'm interested in reading He always thinks about of going swimming They insist on going to the circus I don't mind doing a lot of housework to help mum She dislikes doing that awful work My children enjoy reading books She is busy with cooking I look forward to seeing you ... 1.watching - reading playing - doing to go have …seen to dream - were showing - to send 7.going doing reading 10 seeing 11.preparing 12 working - finishing 13 to give up - smoking 14.talking to eat 15... j trying III surfing visiting surfing not having to cooking to park murdering being asked to have 10 establishing IV.1 I'm interested in reading He always thinks about of going swimming They