CURSO ACTIVIDAD SOPORTE Nº FICHA

Departamento de Educación
3º ‡ 18
y Ciencia
INGLÉS GRAMÁTICA
Escuela Oficial de Idiomas nº 2
de Zaragoza

AULA DE
AUTOAPRENDIZAJE

VERBS+ING/ VERBS+(TO)+INF
Put in the correct form of the verb in brackets:
e.g. Bob wants …………………………………… (help) them.
Bob wants to help them.
e.g. I can't imagine ………………………………. (live) in the countryside.
I can't imagine living in the countryside.

1. We've decided ……………………………. (go) to the beach.

2. I stopped ………………………………….. (travel) when I got married.
3. Did you promise ………………………….. (take) the children to the cinema?
4. Have the men finished ………………………… (repair) the roof yet?
5. I'd love ……………………………………. (visit) India.
6. Would you prefer ………………………… (pay) now or later?
7. Why does John keep ………………………… (talk) about his mother?
8. I couldn't afford …………………………… (live) in Paris
9. You should give up ………………………… (smoke).
10. Bill hopes …………………………………… (go) to Greece next month.
11. Cathy´s thinking of ………………………… (write) a book.
12. He learnt …………………………………… (speak) by talking to his German friends.
13. She doesn´t mind …………………………… (cook) She really likes it.
14. You forgot ……………………………… (water) the plants while she was on holiday.
15. They spend most of the morning ………………………. (read) the newspaper and
…………………………….. (eat) pancakes.

From Grammar Spectrum 3, by Norman Coe, O.U.P.

© O.U.P. This material may only be used for individual study; multiple copying and distribution are prohibited.
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1. We´ve decided to go to the beach.

2. I stopped travelling when I got married.
3. Did you promise to take the children to the cinema?
4. Have the men finished repairing the roof yet?
5. I´d love to visit India.
6. You should give up smoking.
7. Why does John keep talking about his mother?
8. I couldn´t afford to live in Paris
9. Would you prefer to pay now or later?
10. Bill hopes to go to Greece next month.
11. Cathy´s thinking of writing a book.
12. He learnt to speak by talking to his German friends.
13. She doesn´t mind cooking. She really likes it.
14. You forgot to water the plants while she was on holiday.
15. They spend most of the morning reading the newspaper and eating pancakes.

Other books you can use as reference:

- Norman Coe, Grammar Spectrum 3, O.U.P.
- Michael Vince, Intermediate Language Practice, MacMillan-Heinemann.
- R. Murphy, English Grammar in Use Intermediate, C.U.P.