tailieunhanh - Grammar practice for elementary students_4

Tham khảo tài liệu 'grammar practice for elementary students_4', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | STAGE 2 Gerunds and infinitives 55 Do you like working here verb gerund I go swimming at the weekends. They enjoy eating out in the evenings. See Stage 1 exercise 28 on the gerund after like love hate. FORM infinitive ingt . swimming eating. See Appendix 2 for spelling rules. USE The gerund acts like a noun in a sentence. We can say I enjoy tennis. verb noun or I enjoy playing tennis. verb gerund We can use the gerund in place of a noun after certain verbs including enjoy hate like love start stop suggest finish give up miss. Practice 55 Complete the sentences using a verb from the box. Put the verbs into the gerund. go cry live stay read work take smoke get up be 1 He loves . working. in the garden. 2 I really enjoy .staying. in bed on Sunday mornings. 3 Are you going to give up . 4 Joe school by bike last week. 5 Sylvia train to Scotland as it s faster than the car. 6 I in the morning. 7 The baby her mother came home. 8 She s enjoying university but she her old friends. 9 Do they their new home 10 I m going to book tonight. 86 Gerunds and infinitives STAGE 2 56 I want to stay here verb to-inf initive We tried to phone you. Jamie wants to leave his job. See Stage 1 exercise 29a on the to-infinitive after would like. We can use the to-infinitive after certain verbs including forget plan remember start try want hope decide offer learn agree. The verb start is also in the list of verbs taking the gerund. Start can have a noun a gerund or an infinitive after it. . She started crying. Practice 56 Complete the sentences using the verbs from the box. Use the to-infinitive. have pay help sleep de post leave ge visit drive 1 I forgot. my homework last night. 2 She s hoping .. to university next year. 3 He but I said no because I didn t really need any help. 4 Did you letters 5 She decided .her job because the pay was so bad. 6 Are you learning. 7 We .