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Grammar Exercises

Grammar Exercise: Verb Patterns (4): Verb + Gerund or Infinitive?

Suzanne

GRAMMAR EXERCISE

Add the gerund or infinitive form of the verb in brackets.

  1. I really enjoyed ________ (meet) your parents.
  2. Did you manage ________ (get) an appointment?
  3. I’m so pleased that you’ve given up ________ (smoke).
  4. I don’t feel like ________ (go out) tonight.
  5. We’re hoping ________ (go) to Italy this year.
  6. We decided ________ (eat) in the garden.
  7. He suggested ________ (ask) an expert.
  8. Please can you stop ________ (shout)!
  9. I would prefer ________ (sit) over there.
  10. I meant ________ (buy) a newspaper but I forgot.
  11. For some reason the dog kept ________ (look at) the tree.
  12. I miss ________ (live) in London sometimes.
  13. We’re really looking forward to ________ (go) home.
  14. He pretended not ________ (hear) me.
  15. Do you mind ________ (wait) outside?
  16. We promised ________ (get) there early.
  17. What do you fancy ________ (do) tonight?
  18. I asked Steve ________ (join) us for dinner.
  19. Jeff spent the day ________ (work) on his new website.
  20. I’d really like ________ (see) you again.
  21. They used ________ (live) in New York so they know it pretty well.

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  1. I really enjoyed MEETING your parents.
  2. Did you manage TO GET an appointment?
  3. I’m so pleased that you’ve given up SMOKING. (smoke)
  4. I don’t feel like GOING OUT tonight.
  5. We’re hoping TO GO to Italy this year.
  6. We decided TO EAT in the garden.
  7. He suggested ASKING an expert.
  8. Please can you stop SHOUTING!
  9. I would prefer TO SIT (sit) over there.
  10. I meant TO BUY a newspaper but I forgot.
  11. For some reason the dog kept LOOKING AT the tree.
  12. I miss LIVING in London sometimes.
  13. We’re really looking forward to GOING home.
  14. He pretended not TO HEAR me.
  15. Do you mind WAITING outside?
  16. We promised TO GET there early.
  17. What do you fancy DOING tonight?
  18. I asked Steve TO JOIN us for dinner.
  19. Jeff spent the day WORKING on his new website.
  20. I’d really like TO SEE you again.
  21. They used TO LIVE in New York so they know it pretty well.

Similar exercises
Verb Patterns (5) : Verb + Object + Infinitive (eg. I want you to go)
Verb Patterns (2): Remember, forget, need, stop, try

English Speaking Skills: Conversation Questions


Practice is progress! To speak English or any foreign language confidently, there’s no two ways about it, you have to speak it. A LOT!!

Click on a topic for a list of conversation questions you can use in class, a language exchange or for self-study.

I really encourage you to ALSO use the questions for writing practice. It’s a fast and effective way to become aware of the vocabulary you are lacking or the grammar structures that are still rather wishy-washy. What’s more you don’t have the pressure of someone waiting for your answer!!

Don’t be afraid to look up words or expressions you don’t know, as this is a powerful way to expand your vocabulary skills.

Past Simple and Present Perfect

Conditionals (Second Conditional)

Books and Reading

Films and Cinema

Football / Soccer (with printable PDF)

The Weather

Food, Cooking and Eating Out

Animals and Nature

Social Media (with printable PDF)

Music

Family and Friends

Travel and Holidays

vocabulary exercise

I Love Idioms! (2) – Animals

Suzanne
Download Printable: I Love Idioms! (2)

Fill the gaps with a word from the list. There are two extra words.

bull    butterflies    cat    dog    donkey    goat    horse    pig    oyster    starfish

1. We can’t all stay at Hugo’s flat. It’s tiny. There isn’t enough room to swing a __________.

2. I’m sure I’ve failed my exam. I made a right _____’s ear of it.

3. You’re young. You can do anything or go anywhere. The world is your __________.

4. Polly is feeling very nervous before her first date with Michael. She has __________ in her stomach.

5. It really gets my __________  that Gavin is always late for everything.

6. This is such a one-__________ town! I can’t wait to move somewhere bigger and livelier.

7. I’m not lending you any more of my books. You always return them all _____-eared.

8. I love this song. I haven’t heard it in _____’s years. Turn up the radio!

butterflies love idioms

Answers

1. cat  2. pig  3. oyster  4. butterflies  5. horse  6. goat  7. dog  8. donkey

Free resources for learning and teaching English as a foreign language:

I Love Idioms! (1) – Parts of the Body

I Love Idioms! (3) – Clothes

I Love Idioms! (4) – Numbers

More vocabulary exercises

A list of all my grammar exercises