EXERCISES ON VERB FORMS ……………………………………………………………Teacher: Đỗ Thúc Công VERB FORMS Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer among A, B , C, D 1. You can’t stop me _____ what I want. A. doing B. do C. to do D. that I do 2. I must go now. I promised _____ late. A. not being B. not to be C. to not be D. I won’t be 3. Do you want _____ with you or do you want to go alone? A. me coming B. me to come C. that I come D. that I will come 4. I’m sure I locked the door. I clearly remember _____ it. A. locking B. to lock C. to have locked D. to be locked 5. She tries to be serious, but she couldn’t help _____ A. laughing B. to laugh C. that she laughed D. laugh 6. I like _____the kitchen as often as possible. A. not cleaned B. clean C. to clean D. that I clean 7. He tried to avoid _____ my question. A. answering B. to answer C. answer D. how to answer 8. Could you please stop _____so much noise ? A. to make B. make C. to have made D. making 9. Have you finished _____ your hair yet ? A. wash B. washing C. washed D. to wash 10. If you walk into the road without looking, you risk _____ knocked down. A. been B. to be C. be D. being 11. Jim is 65, but he isn’t going to retire yet. He wants to carry on _____ A. to worked B. work C. worked D. working. 12. I really missed _____tennis as I used to. A. play B. to play C. playing D. played 13. Harry says she doesn’t remember _____ Sally before. A. meeting B. meet C. meets D. to meet 14. Martin failed _____ the rent on time again. A. paying B. to pay C. paid D. that she paid 15. It’s not worth _____a return ticket. A. to buy B. buying C. for buying D. of buying 16. I promise that I won’t forget _____ the cat. A. to feed B. feeding C. fed D. food 17. We’ve arranged _____ outside the school at about 4.30. A. to meet B. meeting C. that we meet D. met 18. If you‘ve got a headache, why don’t you try _____ an aspirin? A. take B. taking C. taken D. took 19. I can’t imagine _____ a car! A. not to have B. to not have C. not having D. having not 20. The teacher permits us _____ out in a minute. A. going B. to go C. went D. gone 21. Tell him _____ to see me at once. A. come B. to come C. coming D. that he came 22. He is tired, so he stopped _____ for a while. A. work B. works C. to work D. working 23. We can’t help _____ his opinion. A. consider B. considered C. considering D. to consider 24. She’d rather _____ games than _____ her lessons. A. play- study B. playing – studying C. to play – to study D. to play- studying 25. The explanation was _____. I got _____. A. confusing- confused B. confused- confusing 1 EXERCISES ON VERB FORMS ……………………………………………………………Teacher: Đỗ Thúc Công C. confused – confused D. confusing – confusing 26. Our encouraging words made him _____. A. please B. pleases C. pleased D. pleasing 27. You had better _____ up too late. A. not stay B. not staying C. stay not D. staying not 28. He seems to have something _____ you. A. telling B. to tell C. to be told D. tell 29. _____ English is different from _____ English. A. speak – write B. spoken – written C. speaking – writing D. spoken - writing 30. She’s always _____ while going out with him. A. embarrass B. embarrassed C. embarrassing D. embarrasses 31. “Can I give you a lift ?” “No, thanks. I prefer _____” A. walk B. to walk C. walking D. to have walked 32. Then I saw her _____ to a stranger. A. talk B. talking C. talks D. talked 33. We don’t allow people _____ in the lecture room. A. smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoked 34. We are used to _____ to school. A. walk B. walking C. that we walk D. we should walk 35. The teacher recommends _____ the lesson well before _____ to class. A. preparing – coming B. preparing – came C. prepared – coming D. prepare – come 36. She would like _____ books more than _____ television. A. read- watch B. to read – to watch C. reading – watching D. read – watching 37. Nothing can make me _____ my mind. A. change B. changing C. changed D. to change 38. Did you use to _____ at that school ? A. study B. studied C. studying D. the fact that you studied 39. Your windows need _____ , would you like me _____ them for you ? A. clean – to do B. cleaning – to do C. to clean – doing D. clean – do 40. You don’t need _____ his permission every time you want _____ the room. A. ask – leave B. to ask – to leave C. asking – leaving D. ask – leaving 41. I tried _____ him _____ with your proposal. A. to persuade – to agree B. persuade – agree C. persuading – agreeing D. persuading – agree 42. He postponed _____ a decision till it was too late _____ anything. A. make – do B. to make – to do C. making – to do D. to make – doing 43. When _____ nothing to do, he often visits his friends’ houses. A. have B. has C. had D. having 44. The house _____ last year is now for rent. A. build B. building C. built D. to build 45. Your hair is rather long. I think you should have it _____ A. cut B. cutting C. be cut D. to cut 46. Please go on _____. I don’t mind _____ A. write – wait B. writing – waiting C. writing – to wait D. write – waiting 47. Uncle Ho spent all his lifetime _____ for the independence of his peoples. A. to struggle B. struggling C. struggle D. struggled 48. _____ in the river is one of his free time activities. A. swim B. swam C. swum D. swimming 49. You are endangering your life by _____ a lot. A. smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoked 50. It takes us a long time _____ a foreign language. A. to study B. studying C. studied D. for studying 2 EXERCISES ON VERB FORMS ……………………………………………………………Teacher: Đỗ Thúc Công Exercise 2: Put the verbs in brackets into their correct forms 1. Do stop ____________ (talk). I am trying ____________ (finish) the report. 2. He tried ____________ (put) on the shirt whether it fit him or not. 3. He wore dark glasses ____________ (avoid) ____________ (be) recognized. 4. I advise you ____________ (start) ____________ (look) for a flat at once. 5. I can’t help ____________ (sneeze); I caught a cold yesterday from ____________ (sit) in a draught. 6. He had to pay for the ____________ (break) glass. 7. It’s very hot. I’d like ____________ (go) out for a walk. 8. Those boys are very lazy. They feel like ____________ (play) all the time. 9. Most old people would prefer ____________ (live) in the country. 10. I prefer ____________ (drive) to ____________ (be) driven. 11. He has failed in the exam, and he regrets____________ (be) so lazy before. 12. The cat ____________ (lie) on the floor is 3 years old. 13. Don’t forget ____________ (lock) the door before ____________ (go) to bed. 14. Try ____________ (forget) it, it isn’t worth ____________ (worry ) about. 15. At first I enjoyed ____________ (listen) to him but after a while I got tired of ____________ (hear) the same story again and again. 16. I suggest ____________ (telephone) the hospitals before ____________ ( ask) the police ____________ (look) for the boy. 17. I’d love ____________ (have) an opportunity of ____________ (meet) you again. 18. She was the last student ____________ (leave) the room. 19. Our teacher has promised ____________ (help) us ____________ (prepare) for the examinations. 20. ____________ (learn) a foreign language takes a long time. 21. I have decided ____________ (allow) my friend ____________ (do) as she pleases. 22. They didn’t allow our ____________ (smoke) in the room. 23. On my way home from work I saw him ____________ (go) out with Lan, his girl friend. 24. He spends his free time ____________ (collect) stamps, he has taken up ____________ (do) this for a long time. 25. I think he is an interesting man for you ____________ (make) friend with. 26. I really miss ____________ (play) tennis as I used to. 27. I’m sorry, I meant ____________ (write) to you , but I’ve been so busy. 28. Harry says she doesn’t remember ____________ (meet) Sally before. 29. Martin failed ____________ (pay) the rent on time yet again. 30. Have you ever considered ____________ (work) as a teacher. 31. If you have got a headache, why don’t you try ____________ (take) an aspirin? 32. I can’t imagine ____________ (not have) a car! 33. We’ve arranged ____________ (meet) out side the school at 4:30. 34. He smelt something ____________ (burn) in the kitchen. 35. ____________ (be) a student, he was interested in books. 36. There is no use ____________ (call) him at this time. 37. Because of the heavy rain, they delayed ____________ (play) the match. 38. I had to ask the boys ____________ (stop) ____________ (make) noise. 39. The man ____________ (sit) next to me on the bus had a good sense of humor. 40. The teacher recommended ____________ (de) more homework but he was too lazy ____________ ( take) his advice. Exercise 3: Put the verbs in brackets into their proper participles. 1.The explanation was ____________ (confuse). I got ____________ (confuse) 2. Our ____________ (encourage) words made him ____________ (please) 3. His ____________ (amuse) story brought great fun. 4. ____________ (speak) English is different from ____________ (write) English. 5. ____________ (race) horses are fed well. 3 EXERCISES ON VERB FORMS ……………………………………………………………Teacher: Đỗ Thúc Công 6. She is always ____________ (embarrass ) while going out with him. 7. It’s a ____________ (bore) job, you’ll soon get ____________ (tire) of it. 8. Are you ____________ (excite) when you see new films? 9.His father’s advice was really __________ ( encourage) to the ___________ (disappoint) boy. 10. Don’t eat too much ____________ (can) food. 11. It’s a ____________ (surprise) piece of news. All of us are ____________ (astonish) 12. It was a very ____________ (tire) meeting. 13. Their story is about a ____________ (trill) adventure. 14. She finds house keeping a ____________ (bore) task. 15. This book is really ____________ (fascinate) . I just can’t stop reading it. 16.Movies are very ____________ ( relax) for many people. 4 . EXERCISES ON VERB FORMS ……………………………………………………………Teacher: Đỗ Thúc Công VERB FORMS Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer among. studying 2 EXERCISES ON VERB FORMS ……………………………………………………………Teacher: Đỗ Thúc Công Exercise 2: Put the verbs in brackets into their correct forms 1. Do stop ____________