EXERCISES ON VERB FORMS

I/ Choose the best option to complete these sentences :

1. Yasu and Sun-Young decided to go (shopping / to shop / shop / for shopping) for a jacket
2. I want to stop (buy / to buy / buying / to buying) some presents, but we didn’t have enough time
3. I remember (meet / to meet / meeting / to meeting) the Queen in London
4. Sun-young avoids (buy / to buy / bought / buying) clothes at the second-hand store
5. The girls agreed (to be divided / to divide / dividing / divide) the cake equally
6. The letter is supposed (delivering / to be delivered / deliver / to deliver) in the afternoon
7. It is expensive (to shop / to shopping / shopping / shop) in department stores
8. She expected (to select / selected / selecting / to be selected) for the job, but she wasn’t
9. Max finished (do / to be done / to do / doing) his homework and then he went to the party with
George and Bill
10. Please don’t forget (feeding / fed / to feed / to be fed) the baby. She needs to eat every two hours
11. Mr Haines wants (that you come / you come to / you come / you to come) to his office
12. What about (go / going / to go / gone) for a walk ?
13. The financial director kept us (to wait / to be waited / waiting / wait) for almost an hour
14. (Looking / To look / Have looking / Look) at the audience, the contestant gave her answer with
confidence
15. The thief admitted (to steal / stealing / have stolen / stolen) the money
16. She decided (to move / moving / have moved / move) to a big city
17. We are very happy (see / to see / seeing / have seeing) you again
18. Do you mind (help / to help / helping / to helping) me to bring this box ?
19. You can’t stop me (doing / do / to do / that I do) what I want
20. I must go now. I promised (not being / not to be / to not be / I won’t be) late
21. Do you want (me coming / me to come / that I come / that I will come) with you or do you want to
go alone ?
22. I’m sure I locked the door. I clearly remember (locking / to lock / to have locked / to be locked) it
23. She tried to be serious, but she couldn’t help (laughing / to laugh / that she laughed / laugh)
24. I like (not clean / clean / cleaning / that I clean) the kitchen as often as possible
25. He tried to avoid( answering / to answer / answer / how to answer) my question
26. Could you please stop (to make / make / to have made / making) so much noise ?
27. I enjoy (listen / to listen/ listening / listened ) to music
28. Have you finished (wash / washed / washing / to wash) your hair yet ?
29. Jim is 65, but he isn’t going to retire yet. He wants to carry on (to work / work / works / working)
30. I don’t mind your (used / using / be using / being used) the phone as long as you pay for all your
calls
31. What a stupid thing to do !Can you imagine anybody (being / be / to be / were) so stupid ?
32. Sarah gave up (apply / to apply / applying / application) to find a job in this countru\y and decided
to go abroad
33. Suddenly he stopped the car in order (smoke / to smoke / smoking / has smoked)
34. I can’t bear (seeing / to see / seen / saw) this dirty room
35. When I’m on holiday, I enjoy (not had / not to have / not have / not having) to the cinema
36. Would you mind (not close / closing / to close / to have closed) the door ?
37. It is too cold for us (went out / go out / to go out / going out)
38. It is not easy (learn / learning / to learn / will learn) English well
39. He made me (do / doing / to do / done) it all over again
40. If the machine doesn’t work, you should (takes / to be taking / taking / take) it straight back to the
shop
41. I would rather (not taken / not take / not to take / not taking) this job
42. You must (to know / knowing / know / known ) a lot of people here
43. Tom hopes (to be found / finds / to find / finding) a solution soon
44. I had my father (repaired / repairing / to repair / repair ) my bike last week
45. I think you should have your room (cleaned / clean / to clean / have cleaned) immediately
46. She spent all her money (to buy / buying / bought / have bought) this house
 47. It often takes us an hour (learn/ to learn /learning / learned ) English words by heart every day
48. Jill did not afford (buy / to buy / buying / bought) a car
49. There was a lot of traffic, but we managed (are gone / going / to go / to be going) to the airport in
time
50. They seem (are having / to have / having / had) plenty of money

II. Supply the correct form of the verbs :

1/ Could I (see) ____see_____ Mr. Brown, please ?
2/ He told me (try) _____to try____ (come) ____to come_____ early.
3/ I wanted her (learn) __to learn _______ English.
4/ Will you (help) ___help______ me (move) ___move______ this desk ?
5/ Please (let) ___let______ me (know) ___know______ your opinion.
6/ Would you like (paint) ___to paint______ your bike or should I (have) ___have______ a painter (do)
____do_____ it for you ?
7/ He warned me (not come) ___not to come______ late.
8/ There’s no (tell) ___telling______ what might (happen) ___happen______.
9/ - Did you (see) ____see_____ Tom (try) ____trying_____ (reach) ___to reach______ the top of the dresser ? -
He’s too short (reach) _to reach________ it.
10/ We had to (ask) ____ask_____ the students (stop) __to stop_______ (make) ____making_____ so much noise.
11/ I can’t understand his (want) __wanting_______ (buy) ___to buy______ such an expensive car.
12/ I couldn’t stand (be) ___being______ alone in the dark room.
13/ They don’t want us (mention) ___to mention______ their (come) ___coming______ late.
14/ You must remember (lock) ___to lock______ the door before (leave) ___leaving______ the house.
15/ After (get) ___getting______ (know) ____to know_____ her at school, he finished by (ask) __asking_______
her address.
III. Use the correct verb form :
1/ The children are busy (collect) ___collecting______ shells on the beach.
2/ The teacher promised (help) ____to help_____ us (prepare) ___prepare______ for the examination.
3/ We regret (say) ___to say______ that the lecture was dull and wasn’t worth (listen) ___listening______ to.
4/ There’s no (deny) __denying_______ that he enjoys (listen) ____listening_____ to his own voice.
5/ Is (boil) ___boiling______ or (fry) ___frying______ the best way of (cook) ___cooking______ this fish ?
6/ It’s no use your (ask) ____asking_____ him (lend) ___to lend______ you any money.
7/ Can you manage(finish) __to finish_____ (write) __writing____ these reports by yourself ?
8/ He advised me( consider) ___to consider______ all the facts before (decide) __deciding_______ (accept) ____to
accept_____ the job.
9/ They refused (allow) _ to allow____ us (go) _ to go____ in without (sign) __signing____ the book.
10/ My uncle used to (show) ___show______ me where (go) ___to go______ and what (buy) __to buy______.
11/ There’s nothing like (walk) __walking_______ as a means of (keep) __keeping_______ fit.
12/ Your doctor advised (go) ___to go______ to bed early, so I really can’t understand your (want)
____wanting_____ (stay) ____to stay_____ up late.
13/ We considered (give) ____giving_____ her a dress for her birthday, but couldn’t help (buy) ___buying______
her some flowers, too.
14/ There’s nothing (be) ____to be_____ done about it now except (tell) _ telling________ the police the truth.
15/ I remember (hear) __hearing____ him (say) _say___ the grass needed (cut) __cutting_____.
16/ - Would you mind (keep) __keeping_______ quiet for a moment ? I’m trying (fill) ___to fill______ in a form.
- It’s no use (ask) ___asking______ children (keep) ____to keep_____ quiet. They can’t help (make)
____making_____ noise.
17/ The miser spent all his time (count) __counting_______ his money and (think) ___thinking______ up new
hiding places. He kept (move) ___moving______ it about because he was terrified of (be) ___being______ robbed.
He used to (get) ___get______ up at night (make) ___to make______ sure it was still there.
18/ They don’t allow (smoke) __smoking_______ in the auditorium; they don’t want (risk) __to risk_______ (set)
____setting_____ it on fire.
19/ - Would you like me (turn) ___to turn______ down the radio a bit ?
- No, it’s all right. I’m used to (work) ___working______ with the radio on.
20/ We couldn’t help (laugh) ___laughing_____ when he was making fun of himself.
IV. Rewrite the following sentences.
1/ Would you close the door, please ?
- Would you mind …………………………………………………………………?
2/ They didn’t allow us to smoke in here.
- They didn’t let …………………………………………………………………
3/ My teacher advised buying that book.
- My teacher advised us …………………………………………………………
4/ The thief forced the bank manager to lie on the ground.
- The thief made …………………………………………………………………
5/ He has studied English for six years.
- He began ………………………………………………………………….
6/ It is necessary to master English.
- Mastering …………………………………………………………………
7/ He spent two hours writing the essay.
- It took …………………………………………………………………
8/ He is too young to ride a motorbike.
- He isn’t ………………………………………………………………….
9/ The bag was so heavy that she couldn’t carry it upstairs.
- The bag was too ………………………………………………………………….
10/ He expects to hear from her as soon as possible.
- He is looking forward …………………………………………………………………
11/ It’s not a good idea to travel during the rush hour.
- It’s better to avoid …………………………………………………………………
12/ Shall we go away tomorrow instead of today ?
- Shall we postpone ……………………………………….until …………………………………?
13/ Please don’t interrupt me all the time.
- Would you mind …………………………………………………………………?
14/ I would like you to help me to put the chairs away ?
- Do you mind …………………………………………………………………?
15/ I’m quite happy to look after the baby for you.
- I don’t mind …………………………………………………………………
16/ “ I haven’t done anything wrong,” Tom said.
- Tom denied …………………………………………………………………
17/ The driver of the car said it was true that he didn’t have a licence
- The driver of the car admitted …………………………………………………………………
18/ I remember someone telling me the news.
- I remember being …………………………………………………………………
19/ Are you sure you paid those bills yesterday ?
- Do you remember …………………………………………………………………?
20/ Don’t forget that you have to do this homework.
- Please remember …………………………………………………………………
21/ She really didn’t want to upset him so she kept quiet.
- She was anxious to avoid …………………………………………………………………
22/ Don’t ask so many questions.
- Please stop …………………………………………………………………
23/ I think we’ve discussed phrasal verbs enough now.
- Let’s stop …………………………………………………………………
24/ He hasn’t smoked for 3 years.
- He stopped…………………………………………………………………
25/ They haven’t played chess for a long time.
- They stopped …………………………………………………………………