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Do, swim, fly, play, run, try, travel, lie, get, ride

1.1b) Fill in the gaps with gerunds from the above box. Use each verb once only:

1. She likes ___________ every morning before breakfast.

2. After ___________ my homework, I usually watch TV.

3. I enjoy ___________ on the beach.

4. She doesn't like ___________ with other children.

5. ___________ is a fast way of ___________.

6. She likes sport, especially ___________ horses and ___________.

7. After ___________ several times, I finally passed my exams.

8. I lay in bed and thought about ___________ up.

NOTE 1: some verbs are always followed by the gerund: stop, delay, fancy, consider, admit, miss, involve, finish, postpone, imagine, avoid, deny, risk, practice (Appendix 3).

1.2 Complete each sentence with one of these verbs:

Answer, apply, be, be, listen, make, see, try, use, wash, work, write

1. He tried to avoid answering my question.

2. Could you please stop ______ so much noise?

3. I enjoy ______ to music.

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

5. Have you finished ______ your hair yet?

6. If you walk into the road without looking, you risk ______ knocked down.

7. Jim is 65 but he isn't going to retire yet. He wants to carry on ______.

8. I don't mind you ______ the phone as long as you pay for all your calls.

9. Hello! Fancy ______ you here! What a surprise!

10. I've put off ______ the letter so many times. I really must do it today.

11. What a stupid thing to do! Can you imagine anybody ______ so stupid?

12. Sarah gave up ______ to find a job in this country and decided to go abroad.

NOTE 2: the gerund is used after prepositions (Appendix 6): e.g. Before going out I phoned Sarah.

1.3 Complete these sentences, putting the verbs into the gerund and using one of the following prepositions. Some of them are used more than once:

About, of, in, to, after, by, for, on, at, without

e.g. We talked about going (go) to France for our holiday.

1. I look forward ______ (see) you again next year.

2. She's tired ______ (work) for the company.

3. I'm very happy ______ my parents ______ (come) home.

4. ______ (open) the front door, I walked slowly through it.

5. We got into the house ______ (climb) through a window.

6. I'm looking forward ______ (work) with you.

7. Are you interested ______ (join) the committee?

8. I'm tired ______ (come) to the same place every week.

9. He's very keen ______ (swim) at the moment.

10. I'm worried ______ Jane _____ (get) to the airport on time.

11. I'm not interested ______ (hear) your excuses.

12. She's very good ______ (listen) to what people say.

13. This is used ______ (cut) metal.

14. The car drove off ______ (stop).

1.4 * Complete each sentence using only one word:

1. Our neighbours apologised for making so much noise.

2. I feel lazy. I don't feel like ______ any work.

3. I wanted to go out alone but Joe insisted on ______ with me.

4. I'm fed up with my job. I'm thinking of ______ something else.

5. We have decided against ______ a new car because we can't really afford it.

6. I hope you write to me soon. I'm looking forward to ______ from you.

7. The weather was extremely bad and this prevented us from ______ out.

8. The man who has been arrested is suspected of ______ a false passport.

9. I think you should apologise to Sue for ______ so rude to her.

10. Some parents don't approve of their children ______ a lot of television.

11. I'm sorry I can't come to your party but thank you very much for ______ me.

NOTE 3: preposition + -ing: special cases

We use by ...ing to say how – by what method or means – we do something. We use for ...ing to give the purpose of something – to say what it is used for. On doing something (formal) means 'when / as soon as you do something'.

e.g. You can find out somebody's phone number by looking in the directory. e.g. He made his money by buying and selling houses.

e.g. I've bought some special glue for mending broken glass. e.g. 'What's that funny knife for?' ‘Opening letters.'

e.g. On hearing the fire alarm, go straight to the nearest exit. e.g. On arriving at the office, she noticed that her secretary was absent.

1.5 Find the answers in the box; write them with by ...ing: