inf and gerund

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>THE INFINITIVE OR THE GERUND * Note: - allow / permit/ advise / recommend + O + to-inf She allowed me to use her pen. - allow / permit / advise / recommend + V-ing She didn’t allow smoking in her room I/ Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets : 1.Tom regrets ( spend ) ………………… too much time ( play )………………. computer games 2. Students stopped ( make ) ………………………… noise when the teacher came in . 3.He’ll try ( not make)…………………………….. the same mistake again. 4.Would you mind ( turn )…………………………. off the radio ? 5.When you see Tom, remember ( give )……………………….. him my regards. 6.They postponed ( build )………………….. an elementary school for lack of finance. 7.It’s no use ( advise )………………. him. He never allows anybody (give) …………….. advice. 8.Is there anything here worth ( buy )……………………………….. ? 9.We would rather ( watch )…………………………… a football match tonight . 10.The principal tells him ( come )……………………………… in . 11.My parents decided ( take )……………………………….. a taxi because it was late. 12.Do you agree ( lend )……………………………. me some money ? 13.Tom refused (give) ……………………………… me his address . 14.You’ll be able ( do )………………………….. it yourself when you are older . 15. I didn’t know how ( get )……….. to your house , so I stopped ( ask )……………… the way . 16.We found it very difficult ( reach )………………………………….. a decision . 17. I will remember ( give )………………………………. Mr. Brown your message . 18.She remembers ( be )……………………………… taken to the zoo by her mother . 19.Do you feel like ( go )……… to the concert or would you like ( stay )…………. at home ? 20.My family can (take)…………………………………….. a trip to the USA next year. 21.The police didn’t permit us ( camp )………………………. in this wood for security reasons 22.We don’t allow people ( smoke )……………………………. in the lecture room. 23.The teacher advised us ( review) ……………….. the grammatical structures carefully . 24.She is looking forward to ( see )………………….. her friends . 25.Sometimes students avoid ( look ) …………..at the teacher if they don’t want (answer )………… a question. 26.You should try ( wear )………………………. any shirts you want to buy. 27.The teacher recommends us ( prepare) …………………. the lessons well before ( come ) ……………………… to class. 28.There are people can’t help ( laugh )……………………..when they see someone ( slip ) …………………on a banana skin 29.He went to bed and forgot ( lock )………………………… the doors . 30. They don’t have enough patience ( wait )…………………………… for him . 31. Gravity makes water ( run )……………………………… downhill . 32. This man let me ( use ) ……………………………. his phone yesterday. 33.Are we allowed ( go )……………………………. out with Tom ? 34.The teller was made ( raise )……………………………. his hands . 35.Mary was advised ( stay )…………………………… out of the crowd . 36.She prefers ( eat ) ………………………….. to ( prepare ) ………………………… meals . 37.When the rainy season comes , you need ( repair ) ………………. the roof of the house . 38.The flowers need ( water )……………. but you needn’t ( water )……………….. them now. 39. My brother helped me (do)…………………..my homework. 40.My sister is interested in( listen) ………………………to pop music. It takes/took + object + khoảng thời gian + to verb…. = somebody spend/spent(waste/save) + khoảng thời gian(tiền bạc) + V-ing…: mất bao lâu để ai đó làm việc gì. Ví dụ: It takes me 15 minutes to go to school by bike. = I spend 15 minutes going to school by bike. It took him a year to study English = He spent a year studying English. 1.She spent 2 hours typing this document.……………………………………………………………..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> 2. We spent 5 hours getting to London. –> ………………………………. 3. it took him a long time to finish his work. ……………………………………………… 4. It takes three days to repair this printer.………………………………………………………… 5.It takes a long time to get to her house.…………………………………………………………… 6. My mother spent three hours making a dress……………………………………………….. 7.My brother spend three hours surfing the internet everynight. ……………………………………………………………………. 8. I read a book for 2 hours everyday.it takes………………………………………………. I spend…………………………………………………………………… 9. It takes me a long time to do my homework everyday.…………………………………………… 10. My husband will spend a long time starting the machine. ……………………………………………………………………… TRÌNH ĐỘ B - BÀI 1 1. You can join the club when you ________ a bit older. (A) will have got (B) will get (C) get (D) are getting 2. If you ________ your money to mine, we shall have enough. (A) add (B) combine (C) join D) unite 3. I'll phone as soon as I ________ to London. (A) make B) get C) reach D) got 4. We decided ________ at home this afternoon. (A) staying B) stayed C) stay D) to stay 5. He kept ________ the same thing again and again. (A) repeat B) to repeat C) repeat to D) repeating 6. They ________ our party about eleven. (A) leave B) left C) leaves D) have left 7. Paul ________ with us for about nine days by now. (A) have lived B) has lived C) had lived D) lived 8. Last year I ________ all of my books in my office. (A) keep B) kept C) have kept D) has kept 9. I'm afraid I ________ my gloves when I was walking home. (A) lost B) will loose C) has lost D) have lost 10. Mark prefers cycling ________ driving. (A) than B) for C) to D) as 11. Your sister used to visit you quite often, ________? (A) didn't she B) doesn't she C) wouldn't she D) hadn't she 12. After the way she treated you, if I ________ in your place, I wouldn't return the call. (A) be B) am C) was D) were 13. I think that you had better ________ earlier so that you can get to class on time. (A) to start to get up B) started getting up C) start getting up D) to get up 14. I have finished typing all ________ the last page. (A) until B) but C) to D) for 15. There is no reason to ________ the man simply because you do not agree with him. (A) insult and defame B) enhance and defame C) insult and deput D) animate and destroy 16. I'm a sharp cookie. There's no way anybody can pull the wool over my ________. (A) tissue B) eyes C) truth D) grass 17. If that firm wants to attract workers, it must ________ the pay. (A) lower B) raise C) spread D) rise 18. The lung transplant operation was ________ complicated and the doctors had to take special care to ensure its success. (A) broadly B) immediately C) extremely D) slightly 19. Anne's boss is sometimes forgetful ________ the promises he has made. (A) at B) with C) to D) of 20. I am glad so many people have passed the test. In fact, there were ________ who haven't. (A) little B) a little C) few D) a few.

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