Unit 2 Grammar
Uses of gerund & infinitive
1 Correct any mistakes. Two sentences are
correct.
1 Paul left without saying goodbye.
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2 Do you feel like to come for a walk this
afternoon?
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3 She keeps posting embarrassing photos online.
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4 I think to read is one of my greatest pleasures.
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5 I learned my verb tenses by to record them and
then to listen to them as I went to sleep.
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6 Liam ran down the road catching up with Celine.
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Verb with gerund or infinitive
2 Rewrite the sentences with the verbs in the box
and a gerund or infinitive.
stop forget try regret
1 I wish I had done more revision.
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2 I make an effort to visit my grandparents every
week.
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3 I only remembered I was meant to read the book
this morning.
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4 Jude hasn't eaten meat for three years.
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Verb + object + infinitive or base form
3 Complete the email opposite with the verbs in
the box with or without to.
discover choose know find out finish chime
4 PHOTOCOPIABLE © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Dear Professor Graham,
As you are an expert on clocks, I was wondering if
you could possibly help me (1) ______________
my project? The topic is: Clocks around the world.
My parents inspired me (2) ______________ this
topic because we visited the large garden clock in
Surat in India last year, which was amazing.
Unfortunately, we didn’t hear it (3) _____________
because it wasn’t working. But it made me want
(4) ______________ more about these fascinating
enormous clocks, and in my project I’m trying
(5) ______________ if there are any clocks in the
world which are bigger than the one in Surat. I know
that clock is very big, but perhaps you could let me
(6) ____________ if it is in fact the largest clock in
the world, and if not, which clocks are bigger?
Many thanks,
Katie
Future perfect
4 Complete these sentences in your own words
using the future perfect simple or continuous.
1 By 2030, _______________________________
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2 By the time I get home tomorrow, ____________
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3 In three years’ time, ______________________
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Consolidate
5 Rewrite the conversation as reported speech.
1 Izzy Last year went so quickly.
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2 Jared
Yes, that’s true. I was going to do so
many things, but I hardly
managed any of them.
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