1. Choose the correct verbs to complete the sentences.
1) Our teacher wondered / insisted / encouraged us to take part in the contest.
2) The student blamed / denied / managed taking the money from his classmate.
3) We all reminded / persuaded / agreed to meet in town at 8 p.m.
4) Did you mention / spend / tell the idea of going out for a pizza to Jessica?
5) Sean always denies / offers / mentions to help his friends.
6) If you keep / expect / agree trying, you will finally succeed!
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1) encouraged 2) denied 3) agreed 4) mention
5) offers 6) keep
2. Complete the sentences with the correct infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.
When I go shopping for clothes, I spend time 1) _____. (think) about what I’m going to buy. I usually can’t afford 2) _____. (buy) the brands I really like. If I spend all money on one piece of clothing, I end up 3) _____. (regret) it. However, if I really like something, I do occasionally decide 4) _____. (do) that. I enjoy 5) _____. (look) around the shops for cheaper clothes and I always ask the shop assistants 6) _____. (give) me a discount. They usually refuse 7) _____. (offer) me one, but occasionally I’m lucky and I manage 8) _____. (get) one!
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1) thinking 2) to buy 3) regretting 4) to do
5) looking 6) to give 7) to offer 8) to get
3. Match 1-6 with a-f to make sentences.
1) Kate always begs
2) Jake blamed
3) Anna suggested
4) This ice cream reminds
5) Tom won’t
6) Our neighbour didn’t thank us
a revising for the exams together.
b for finding his cat.
c his sister for their late arrival.
d mind waiting for us at the bus station.
e me to help her with her homework.
f me of our holiday in Italy.
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1) e 2) c 3) a 4) f 5) d 6) b
4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below.
accuse apologise beg blame insist thank want warn
1) A and Ewan don’t ______________ to go to the concert.
2) Our parents ______________ us against swimming in the river when we were on holiday.
3) Chloë ______________ on using her mobile phone in the cinema even though she was asked not to.
4) Alex didn’t ______________ for arriving late.
5) We ______________ them to take us on holiday.
6) Lucy always ______________ other people for her problems.
7) I ______________ Tom for helping me with homework.
8) They ______________ the students of lying.
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1) want 2) warned 3) insisted 4) apologise
5) begged 6) blames 7) thanked 8) accused
5. Complete the sentences with to do or doing.
1) He admitted ______________ badly in the exam.
2) Lucy has always enjoyed ______________ exercise.
3) dad persuaded me ______________ the course.
4) The organisers thanked us for ______________ the clearing up.
5) Mark insisted on ______________ his homework alone.
6) A has promised ______________ the washing-up.
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1) doing 2 doing 3) to do 4) doing 5) doing 6) to do
6. Complete the text with the correct infinitive or -ing form of the verbs below. Sometimes both forms are correct.
be fall go snow spend take turn into
I prefer 1) _________ on holiday in the winter rather than in the summer, so I’ll never forget 2) _________ in the mountains on a skiing holiday last year. I was really excited when it started 3) _________ during our first night at the hotel. However, the following morning, the snow hadn’t stopped 4) _____ The coach from the hotel tried 5) _________ us to the ski station, but the road was in a dangerous condition. The snow on the road had started 6) _________ ice and we had to return to the hotel. I remember 7) _________ time looking out of the hotel window, hoping that they would clear the road!
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1) going / to go 2) being 3) snowing / to snow 4) falling
5) to take 6) turning into / to turn into 7) spending
7. Complete the sentences with the infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.
1) Our teacher first taught us some vocabulary and then went on ______________ (explain) the meaning of the tenses.
2) Please remember ______________ (take) your keys with you when you go out tonight.
3) Jack will always remember ______________ (score) his first goal for the school football team.
4) We’ll stop ______________ (have) a break at 11 a.m. and then we’ll return to working on the project.
5) We’ll never forget ______________ (meet) our favourite actor at the airport.
6) I’m afraid that I forgot ______________ (buy) bread.
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1) to explain 2) to take 3) scoring 4) to have
5) meeting 6) to buy
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