CHAPTER 13. GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES (2) FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHAPTER 13. GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

 

EXERCISE 2. Verb + gerund. Directions: Complete the sentences in the dialogues. Use the expressions in the list or your own words. Be sure to use a gerund in each sentence. buy a new car do my homework do things get a Toyota go to the zoo on Saturday help him rain read a good book tap your fingernails on the table smoke repeat that try   1 A: Would you like to go for a walk? B: Has it stopped ____ raining* _______ ? A: Yes. B: Let's go. 2 A: I've been having a lot of trouble with my old Volkswagen the last couple of months. It's slowly falling apart. I'm thinking about __________________________________. B: Do you think you'll get another Volkswagen? A: No. I'm considering __________________________________. 3 A: What do you usually do in your free time in the evening? B: I enjoy__________________________________. 4 A: Good news! I feel great. I don't cough any more, and I don't run out of breath when I walk up a hill. B: Oh? A: I quit __________________________________. B: That's wonderful! 5 A: I've been working on this math problem for the last half hour, and I still don't understand it. B: Well, don't give up. Keep __________________________________. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. 6 A: Are you a procrastinator? B: A what? A: A procrastinator. That's someone who always postpones __________________________________. B: Oh. Well, sometimes I put off __________________________________. 7 A: What are you doing? B: I'm helping Teddy with his homework. A: When you finish __________________________________, could you help me in the kitchen? B: Sure. 8 A: Could you please stop doing that? B: Doing what? A: Stop __________________________________. It's driving me crazy! 9 A: Do you have any plans for this weekend? B: Henry and I talked about __________________________________. 10 A: I didn't understand what you said. Would you mind __________________________________? B: Of course not. I said, "Three free trees."

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