Bài tập về Gerund(đầy đủ)

The children prefer watch TV to read books 2.. My children enjoy read books 10.. I like think carefully about things before make decision 17.. Complete each sentence with one of the

Exercise of Gerunds

I Use the correct form of verbs

1 The children prefer ( watch) TV to ( read) books

2 The boys like ( play) games but hate ( do) lessons

3 Would you like ( go) now or shall we wait till the end?

4 I can't find my favorite book You ( see) it?

5 We used ( dream) of a television set when we (be) small

6 Would you mind ( show ) me how ( send) an e-mail?

7 He always think about (go) swimming

8 She dislikes (do) a lot of housework

9 My children enjoy ( read) books

10 She looked forward to (see) you

11 They are used to (prepare) new lessons

12 By ( work) day and night , he succeeded in ( finish) the job in time

13 His doctor advised him ( give) up ( smoke)

14 Please stop (talk) We will stop (eat) lunch in ten minutes

15 Stop ( argue) and start( work)

16 I like ( think) carefully about things before ( make) decision

17 Ask him ( come) in Don't keep him ( stand) at the door

18 Did you succeed in ( solve) the problem?

19 Don't forget ( lock) the door before (go) to bed

20 Don't try ( persuad) me Nothing can make me ( change) my mind

II Complete each sentence with one of these verbs: answer, apply, lie, make, try, walk, wash, wait, write, wear Use -ing form

1 Could you please stop so much noise?

2 He tried to avoid _ my question

3 Have you finished _ your hair yet?

4 I considered for the job but in the end I decided against it

5 Tim suggested _ for a while

6 I like _ on the beach I always spend my holidays sunbathing

7 I hate letters I can never think what to write

8 Caroline dislikes uniform at work

9 Andrew doesn't mind _ home

10 Sandra gave up _ to find a job in this country and decided to go abroad III Choose the best answer

1 The little boy denied ( going/ to go/ surfing/ to surf) the net during the class

2 Tommy suggested( to visit/ visit/ visiting/ visited) the shrine on the mountain

3 How much time do you spend ( posting/ responding/ surfing/ using) the web a day?

4 When I was on holiday, I enjoy(not having to/not have to/no have to/have to no)get up early

5 I finally finished (to cook/being cooked/cooking/to be cooked)at 7.00 pm and served dinner

6 Sam always remembers ( to park/ parking/ being parked/ to be parked in the garage so that the drieway is free for other cars

7 He still denies ( murder/ to murder/ murdering/ to have murderd) his wife

8 I really dislike ( asking/ to ask/ being asked/ to asked) to answer questions in class

9 We can drive half the distance before we stop ( having/ to have/ having had/ for having) lunch

10 Mai often think of ( establish/ establised/ establishing/to estabish) a charity

organization

IV Combine two sentences into one, using gerunds

Model:

He made a mistake He was surprised

-> He was surprised at making a mistake

1 I am reading I'm interested

2 He likes going swimming He always thinks about of it

3 The children want to go to the circus They insist on it

4 I do a lot of housework to help mum I don't mind it

5 She has to do that awful work She dislikes it

6 My children read books They enjoy it

7 She is cooking She is busy with it

8 I want to see you I look forward to it

* Keys:

I 1.watching - reading 2 playing - doing 3 to go 4 have …seen 5 to dream

- were 6 showing - to send 7.going 8 doing 9 reading 10 seeing

11.preparing 12 working - finishing 13 to give up - smoking 14.talking -

to eat

15 arguing - to work 16 to think - making 17 to come - standing 18 solving

19 to lock - going 20 to persuad - change

II a making b answering c washing d applying e waiting

f lying g writing h wearing i walking j trying

III 1 surfing 2 visiting 3 surfing 4 not having to 5 cooking

6 to park 7 murdering 8 being asked 9 to have 10

establishing

IV.1 I'm interested in reading

2 He always thinks about of going swimming

3 They insist on going to the circus

4 I don't mind doing a lot of housework to help mum

5 She dislikes doing that awful work

6 My children enjoy reading books

7 She is busy with cooking

8 I look forward to seeing you