... succeeded in
135.3
2 to 3 on
4 in 5 to
6 in 7 with
8 into 9 in
10 on 11 into
12 to 13 into
14 on
15 from one language into another
16 happened to spend it on
17 into
18 ... home tonight.
5 walking or in walking.
6 me to phone you this evening?
7 anybody seeing me/being seen.
8 of being a cheat/of cheating.
9 to seeing them again.
10 to do?
1...
...
133.4
2 think about
3 thinks about/thinks of
4 think of
5 think of
6 thinking of/thinking about
7 think of
8 thinking about/thinking of
9 thought about
10 think much of
...
9 on business
10 the whole
126.2
1 in cold weather
2 in pencil
3 in love
4 in block letters
5 in the shade
6 in my opinion
7 in cash
126.3
2 on 3 on 4 at
5...
... ends in ~e, we leave out e before the ending ~ing:
hope/hoping smile/smiling dance/dancing confuse/confusing
Exceptions arc: be/being
and verbs ending in ~ee: see/seeing agree/agreeing
... find them now.
specialize IN
* Helen is a lawyer. She specializes in company law.
succeed IN
* I hope you succeed in finding the job you want.
B. Verb +into
break INTO
* Ou...
... known')
We use get mainly in informal spoken English. You can use be in all situations.
We also use get in the following expressions (which are not passive in
meaning):
get married ... Would you mind ?
6. Please don't interrupt me all the time.
Would you mind?
52.4 Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. Use ~ing.
1. She's a very intere...
... stopped doing some things and started
doing other things:
He stopped studying hard/going to bed early/running three miles e3very morning
He started smoking/going out in the evening/spending a ...
KEVIN: Fine. The match will have finished by then.
B. 'I will be doing something' (future continuous) = I will be in the middle
of doing something. The football match begins a...
...
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9. I of selling my car. (think) Would you be interested in buying it?
10. I you should sell your car. (think) You it very often. (not /use)
11. I used to drink...
... an airline pilot.
5 I wouldn't mind being a tourist guide.
57.4
2 waiting 3 going/to go
4 writing 5 working/being
6 to come to go
7 wearing to wear
8 to sit 9 to get
10 to ... born in 1564.
Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869.
Martin Luther King was born in 1929.
Elvis Presley was born in 1935.
Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452.
William Shakespeire was...
... doing
7 are going/'re going begins
8 does this train get
9 am going /'m going Are you coming
10 is coming is travelling/'s travelling arrives am meeting/'m
meeting ... 6 using
7 travelling/being
8 telling
9 doing/having
59.4
2 I'm looking forward to seeing her.
3 I'm not looking forward to going to the dentist.
4 She's looking forwar...
... will ring somebody tries to break into the house.
8. I've just painted the door. I'll put a WET PAINT notice next to it
somebody doesn't realize it's just been painted. ... very good at repairing things. (not 'good in repairing things')
afraid different interested proud responsible similar sure
1. I think she's arriving this evening but I'm ......
... woman _talking to Tom?_(~ing clause)
The boy _injured in the accident_(~ed clause) was taken to hospital
B. We use ~ing clauses to say what somebody (or something) is doing (or was
doing) at ... (they were waiting)
* I was woken up by a bell ringing. (a bell was ringing)
When you are talking about things (and sometimes people), you can use an ~ing
clause to say what something...