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3rd YEAR – Activities

VERBS PATTERNS 7A
Bare infinitive
Match the sentence halves.
After some verbs
1. Be ready  to show your passport at check
in. After adjectives

2. Do we need  to buy some dollars at the After question words

airport?
To give the reason why
3. In some countries it's important  to dress
correctly in public.

4. l know you're tired, but try  not to fall asleep during the film!

5. We were late, so Simon offered  to give us a lift to the station.

6. It's difficult  not to forget people's names in a big class.

a- to give us a lift to the station.

b- to show your passport at check-in.
c- not to forget people's names in a big class.
d- to dress correctly in public.
e- to buy some dollars at the airport?
f- not to fall asleep during the film!

7B

Uses of the -ing form

 As subject or object of the sentence
 After some verbs
 After prepositions

Complete the sentences with a verb in the list in the -ing form.

Be – do – practice – remember – study – swim – teach – text – travel

1. I really enjoy doing exercise. It makes me feel great!

2. One thing that always makes me happy is swimming in the sea.

3. You can't learn to play a musical instrument well without practicing regularly.

4. My mother's very bad at remembering names.

5. Teaching teenagers is very hard work.

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6. My sister spends hours on the phone texting her friends.

7. I hate being the first to arrive at parties.

8. Travelling by train is usually cheaper than by plane.

9. I'll go on studying for as long as I can - I love being a student!

Vocabulary bank

Verbs forms

1. Verb + infinitive

Complete the to + verb column with to + a verb from the list.

Be bring buy catch drive find get married go (x2) help pay rain see turn off

TO + VERB

1. Decide We´ve decided to France for our holiday. ______________

2. Forget Don´t forget ________ all the lights. ______________

3. Hope We hope _________ you again soon. ______________

4. Learn I´m learning ________. My test´s next month. _______________

5. Need I need ______ to the supermarket. We don´t have any milk. _________

6. Offer He offered _______ me with my CV. _____________

7. Plan They´re planning _____ soon. _____________

8. Pretend He pretended ______ ill, but he wasn´t really. _____________

9. Promise He´s promised ______ me back when he gets a job. _____________

10. Remember Remember*_____ your dictionaries to class tomorrow. ____________

11. Start It was very cloudy and it started* _______.

_________________

12. Try I´m trying* ___________ a job, but it´s very hard.
_________________

13. Want I want _______ the six o´clock train. __________________

14. Would like I´d like ______ a new car next month. ________________

2. Verbs + gerund (verb + ing)

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Complete the gerund column with a verb from the list in the gerund.

Be cook do have make rain read talk tidy wake up work

Gerund

1. Enjoy I enjoy _______ in a bed. _________________

2. Finish Have you finished _______ your room? __________________

3. Go on I want to go on ________until I´m 60. ___________________

4. Hate I hate ______ late when I´m meeting someone. ______________

5. Like I like _______ breakfast in a café. ___________________

6. Love I love ___ on a sunny morning. ___________________

7. (don´t) mind I don´t mind ____ the ironing. It´s quite relaxing. ____________

8. Spend (time) She spends hours ____ on the phone. _________________

9. Start* It started ________at 5.30 in the morning. ________________

10. Stop Please stop _____- such a noise. I can´t think. _______________

11. Feel like I don´t feel like _____ today. Let´s go out for lunch. __________

*start can be used with a gerund or infinitive, e. g. It started raining. It started to rain.

Verb + to inf Verb + verb-ing

Want Go on

Decide Like

Would like love

Put the verbs in the -ing form or infinitive.

1. I like __________ to the radio in the mornings. (listen)

2. ___________ Pilates is good for your health. (do)

3. We've decided ____________ a holiday this year. (not have)

4. We won't take the car. It's impossible (adj) ______. (park)

5. I'm not very good at _____ map. (read)

6. You can borrow the car if you promise ____ slowly. (drive)

7. Has it stopped ______? (rain)

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8. I don't mind ______, but I don't like ____ the washi ng-up. (cook, do)

9. I hate _____ early in the morning. (get up)