Exercise 1: Provide the correct form of the verbs in brackets

1/ He doesn't enjoy (sit) alone and (do) nothing. Sitting- doing

2/ My brother (give) up (fish) last year. Gave- fishing
3/ Please go on (write). I don't mind (wait). Writing- waitting
4/ Their children (be) afraid of (walk) on the street at night. Are- walking
5/ Do you mind (turn) off the radio ? turning
6/ I'm fond of (swim) in the river. swimming
7/ She (hate) (get) up early. Hates- getting
8/ We are fed up with (eat) the same food everyday. eating
9/ My child is bored with (play) with the same picture. playing
10/ We like (see) people living peacefully. seeing
11/Are you interested in (have) dinner with me this afternoon ? having
12/ Mr Long loves (watch) football on TV. watching
13/ Nam is used to (stay) up late. staying
14/ There's no point in (ask) him for money. He's broke. asking
15/ The bad weather prevented us from (go) on holiday. going
16/ (Have) a talk with a man like him is really interesting. having

Exercise 2: Use the suggestions to write complete sentences

1/ Lan / enjoy / listen / music. Lan enjoys listening to music
2/ brother/ interested / find / new job. Your brother is interested in finding a new job
3/ father / tired / work / his factory. Your father is tired of working at his factory
4/ father / give up / drink coffee / last month. Your father gave up drinking coffee last month
5/ your sister / fond / go swimming ? Is your sister fond of going swimming ?
6/ they / bored / talk / their neighbour. They bored with talking about their neighbour
7/ I / begin / learn / English / last year. I beginned learn English last year
8/ They / stop / argue / when / I / arrive. They stopped arguing when I arrived
9/ The workers / start / widen / road / 1999. The workers started widening the road from 1999
10/ I can't stand / stay / home all day. I can’t stand staying at home today
11/ He / leave / restaurant / without / pay the bill. He leaved restaurant without paying the bill
12/ They / stop / talk/ when / teacher / come in. They stopped talking when the teacher came in
13/ Lan / hate / drink milk. Lan hates drinking milk
14/ I / not mind / work hard. I don’t mind working hard
15/ sister / afraid / be at home / alone. Your sister afraid of being at home alone
16/ We / bored / watch / Vietnamese films / TV. We are bored with watching Vietnamese films
on TV
17/ mother / interested / learn / foreign language. My mother interested in learning foreign
language
18/ favourite pastime / fish. Her favourite pastime is fishing
19/ Play chess / not / pastime. Playing chess isn’t my pastime
20/ I / not used to / work / overtime. I am not used to working overtime
21/ Children / fed / with / water / flowers. Children are fed up with watering to flowers
22/ They / fond / practise English. They are fond of practising English