Revision exercises

Ex. 296. Would like (to do) or like (doing)?

Match a question in A with an answer in B

A	B
Do you like sunbathing? Would you like to go for a walk? Do you like visiting museums? Would you like to go out to eat this evening? Do you like traveling? Would you like to work in London?	No, I don’t. I think they’re boring. I don’t like business trips, but I love holidays. No, because I always go red, not brown. No, I wouldn’t. It’s too busy and noisy. Yes, that’s a good idea. I don’t want to cook. Yes, I’d love to. I need some fresh air.

Ex. 297. Here is a story called “A Short Affair with Molly”. Complete the story

matching the first part of each sentence with its correct ending.

Example:

One romantic evening I went to the dance specially a) to be alone.

1. I wanted to ask her b) being alone.

2. She was very happy and said that of course she would c) to meet Molly.

3. So the very next day we went to church d) met Molly.

4. For a short time we enjoyed e) to be married.

5. But one day Molly began closing her door so as f) meeting someone else.

6. Then she started going out and g) to marry me.

7. Soon, I too was sorry I had ever h) marry me.

8. But when she was out I didn’t like i) to meet someone else.

9. So I too went out in order j) being married.

Ex. 298. Put the verb in the right form, using infinitive or gerund.

Ex. 299. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

My mother is an amazing woman. She is 87 years old and she still enjoys 1) __going out____

(go out) for a walk every day. She doesn’t mind 2) ____________(do) all her housework and she’s glad 3) ____________(help) her elderly neighbours when they can’t 4) ___________(go) to the shops. She’s too old 5) _____________ (dig) the garden any more – she stopped 6)_____________ (do) that last year – but she’s still healthy enough 7) _____________(mow) the grass! In the summer she still goes 8) _______________(swim) when it’s warm and she lets her grandchildren 9) ____________(bury) her in the sand. She often says, “It’s no good 10)______________(be) alive if you don’t enjoy yourself.” I’d love 11) ___________(be) like my mother when I’m her age.

Ex. 300. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

Yesterday I went with my sister. 1) ___to buy___ (buy) something for her birthday. She didn’t really know what 2) __________(get) but she seemed 3) ___________(like) the idea of a pet, so we went to the nearest pet shop. She started 4) _____________(look) around at all the animals. The man in the shop let her 5) _____________(pick up) the rabbits and stroke the hamsters, but she saw some puppies 6) _____________(play) in a box, she said that she would like 7) ___________(have) one of them. I didn’t know if we had enough money 8)__________(buy) one and I hoped my mother wouldn’t object to 9) ____________(have) a dog in the house, but my sister promised 10) _______________(look after) it properly and we did have enough money, so we bought a little black dog. The man gave us a special brush for 11)______________(brush) him and some special food. Tomorrow we’re going to take Splash to the beach.