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GerundorInfinitiveaftertheVerbExercise1

1Fillthegapswiththeverbinbracketsintheappropriateform.

1 Lioneladmitted..............................mychocolatemousse.(toeat)

2 Ican'tstand..............................inqueues.(towait)
3 Intheendwedecided..............................in.(tostay)
4 Everybodyreallyenjoyed..............................thechachacha.(todance)

5 Ohno!Iforgot..............................milk.(tobuy)
6 Tonygaveup..............................yearsago.(tosmoke)
7 Ihate..............................theshoppingonSaturday.(todo)

8 Myparentslike..............................forlongwalksattheweekend.(togo)
9 Jimloves..............................inThailand.(towork)
10 Doyoumindnot..............................?(tosmoke)

11 Ineed..............................someinformationaboutPortugal.(tofind)
12 MrsLeithoffered..............................ustotheairport.(totake)
13 Clarerefused..............................cleanupaftertheparty.(tohelp)

14 Iwanted..............................andseeafilmbutnooneelsewasinterested.(togo)
15 Iwouldn'tlike..............................inhisshoes.(tobe)

2Checkyouranswersandputtheverbsinboldintotherightcolumns.Translatetheverbs.

VERB+GERUND VERB+TO+INFINITIVE

Translation Translation
admit ............................... ............................... ...............................
............................... ............................... forget ...............................
............................... ............................... ............................... ...............................
give up ............................... ............................... ...............................
............................... ............................... refuse ...............................
............................... ............................... ............................... ...............................
............................... ............................... ............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................

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Answers

1 Ican'tstandwaitinginqueues.(towait)
2 Iwouldn'tliketobeinhisshoes.(tobe)
3 JimlovesworkinginThailand.(towork)
4 IhatedoingtheshoppingonSaturday.(todo)
5 Blast!Iforgottobuymilk.(tobuy)
6 Intheendwedecidedtostayin.(tostay)
7 IneedtofindsomeinformationaboutPortugal.(tofind)
8 Myparentslikegoingforlongwalksattheweekend.(togo)
9 Tonygaveupsmokingyearsago.(tosmoking)
10 IwantedtogoandseeTroybutnooneelsewasinterested.(togo)
11 MrsLeithofferedtotakeustotheairport.(totake)
12 Clarerefusedtohelpcleanupaftertheparty.(tohelp)
13 Itriedtopersuadehimtocomebutitwasnouse.(topersuade)
14 Doyoumindnotsmoking?(tohelp)
15 Everybodyreallyenjoyeddancingthechachacha.(tohelp)
16 Lioneladmittedeatingmychocolatemousse.(tohelp)

VERB+GERUND VERB+TO+INFINITIVE
admit decide
can'tstand forgot
enjoy need
giveup offer
hate refuse
like try
love want
mind wouldn'tlike

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