Exercise 1: Supply an appropriate form for each verb ( passive or active/ gerund or infinitive).
1. I don’t enjoy (laugh) …………….. at by other people.
2. I want ( see) …………………. the house where our president was born
3. You must tell me the truth. I insist on ( tell) ……………. the truth.
4. I can’t stand ( work) ……………….. with such a rude man.
5. It is easy ( fool) ……………….. by his lies.
6. Don’t all of us want (love) …………… and (need) ……………. by other people?
7. Susan considers ( look) ……………….. for another job.
8. Sometimes adolescents complains about not (understand) ……………….. by their parents.
9. Your compositions are supposed ( write) ………….. in ink.
10.Tracy promised ( help) ……………….. Owen with his packing.
11. Ms. Thompson is always willing to help if there is a problem in the office, but she doesn’t want ( call) …………….. at home unless there is an emergency.
12. Jack Wells has a good chance of (elect) ………………. I know I am going to vote for him.
13. What a mess! This room needs ( clean) ………………. up. We need ( clean) ………………….. it up before the company arrives.
14. Alice didn’t expect ( ask) ……………………. to Bill party.
15. If you eahr any news, I want (tell) …………….. immediately.
16. I don’t like ( force) ……………….. to leave the room to study when my roommates feel like having a party.
17. My children enjoy ( allow) ………………. to stay up late when there’s something special on TV.
18. Jane is looking forward to ( see) ………………….. her boyfriend again
19. John admitted (surprise) ……………. by the unexpected birthday party last night.
20. The witness to the murder asked not ( identify) ………………… in the newspaper.
21. Will you help me ( cut) ……………… the grass today?
22. . Martha doesn’t like t have her picture taken. She avoids ( photograph) …………………….
23. This letter needs ( send) …………………… immediately.
24. The company seems ( make) ………………… good progress this year
Exercise 2: Rewrite each sentences using passive gerund or passive infinitive
1. I don’t like people shouting at me. …………………………………………………… …………………………………
2. I hate people staring at me. ……………………………………………………………………………………..
3. We need to redecorate the living room. ……………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Someone may recognize her. She is wearing glasses to avoid that.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. People criticize him, but he doesn’t mind that. ……………………………………………………………………………….
6. People ask her about her past, she hates that. …………………………………………………………………………………
Exercise 3: Error Identification
1. My parents made me to promise to write them once a week. ………………………………..
2. I don’t mind to have a roommate. ………………………………..
3. Most students want return home as soon as possible………………………………..
4. When I went to shopping last Saturday, I saw a man to drive his car onto the sidewalk. ……………
5. I asked my roommate to let me to use his shoe polish. ………………………………..
6. To learn about another country it is very interesting. ………………………………..
7. I don’t enjoy to play card games. ………………………………..
8. I had my friend to lend me his car. ………………………………..
9. I tried very hard to don’t make any mistakes. ………………………………..
10. Some people prefer to save their money to spend it. ………………………………..
11. The task of find a person who could help us wasn’t difficult. ………………………………..
12. All of us needed to went to the cashier’s window. ………………………………..
13. I am looking forward to go to swim in the ocean. ………………………………..
14. Please promise not telling anybody about my secret. ………………………………..
15. Lillian deserves to be tell the truth about what happened last night. ………………………………..
16. Barbara makes me laughing. She has a great sense of humor………………………………..
Exercise 4. Combine each pair of sentences into one sentence using Gerund
1. Alice made a mistake in her homework. She remembered it.
à Alice remembered………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Tom asked me to remind him to buy a new shirt. I forgot it.
à I forgot ………………………………………………….………………………………………………
3. Mr Pike taught John several years ago. He doesn’t remember it.
à Mr Pike doesn’t remember………………………………………………………………………………
4. This work must be done before we go home. We mustn’t forget.
à We mustn’t forget………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Peter lived in this city when he was a boy. He doesn’t remember it.
à Peter doesn’t remember…………………………………………………………………………………………
Exercise 5. Rewrite the following sentences using Gerund:
1. A good way of keeping fit is to swim everyday.
à Swimming…………………………………………………………………………………………
2. It takes a long time to learn a foreign language.
à We spend…………………………………………………………………………………………
3. It is not easy to change money here on a Sunday.
à Changing…………………………………………………………………………………………
4. It is impossible to park your car during office hours.
à Parking……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Exercise 6. Rewrite the following sentences using the words in the blanket.
1. “Yes I did drive too fast through the town.”, she said (admitted)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. “I’ll lend you some money, if you like” he said to me (offered)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. “I haven’t smoked for three years, she said” (stopped) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. We needed petrol, so we went to a service station (stopped) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. I didn’t buy food for dinner so we had to go out. (forgot) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. Jack said that he hadn’t cheated in the exam. (denied) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. It was difficult for me not to laugh at Wendy’s letter. (help) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. I am sorry but you have not been appointed to the post. (regret) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
9. My neighbor said he would call the police. (threatened)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Exercise 7. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D:
1. The new students hope ……………in many of the school’s social activities.
a. including b. being included c. to include d. to be included
2. Paul didn’t mind ……………….by his fortieth birthday party held by his friends.
a. surprising b. being surprising c. to surprise d. to be surprised
3. I finally finished……………..at 7.00 p.m and served dinner.
a. to cook b. to be cooked c. cooking d. being cooked
4. Although younger than the other children, she demanded………….….in the game.
a. to include b. to be included c. including d. being including
5. The driver was so tired of ………… the same route every day that he asked for a transfer.
a. to drive b. being driven c. driving d. drive
6. Ms Brown expects ………………..about any revisions to her story before it is printed.
a. consulting b. being consulted c. to consult d. to be consulted
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