The Following Verbs Are Usually Followed by the -Ing Form

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Truth or Dare

Grammatik und Übungen

Verbs followed by – ing

The following verbs are usually followed by the -ing form:

admit avoid deny

fancyfinish go

on hate imagine

keep like love

mind remember stop

My old boyfriends keepphoning me.
He admitted stealing the phone.
I can't imagine living in the country.

A. Choose one of the verbs in the language box to complete these sentences.

1. Do you ___ fancy ______going to the cinema later?

2. I __ _ hate______eating seafood! It makes me sick!

3. Why do they __ __keep_ ____ calling you? What do they want?

4. I know where we are. I ___remember__ going to that beach when I was a child.

5. Can you __ _imagine______living in a palace? I can't.

6. Do you __ _mind_ __ opening the window? It'svery hot in here.

Verbs followed by the infinitive

The following verbs are usually followed by the infinitive form:

agree dare manage

promise arrange expect

need stay choose

hope offer want

They agreed to lend us their car.
Nick dared to take off his clothes.
We hope to visitThailand next year.
She managed to open the door without a key.

A. Choose the correct forms of the verbs in these sentences.

1. Hector promised (take) ___ _to take______Annie to Argentina one day.

2. We decided (leave) _ _to leave______the bar at about midnight.

3. Tom never studies, but he managed (pass) ____to pass______his exams.

4. Why does Ben keep (ring) ___ringing__ ___ when he knows Claire doesn't want (talk)_ _ to talk______to him?

5. I need (change) ___to change___ some money so I can finish (pay for) _ paying for______the tickets.

Contact clauses

In these sentences, the object of the first verb is the subject of the second verb.

I'm talking to a man who lives in Milan.
I'm writing down things that are important to me.

In these sentences, the object of the first verb is also the object of the second verb.

I'm talking to a man who I met in Milan.
I'm writing down things that I don't like about Hector.

If the object of the first verb is also the object of the second verb, we can leave out the relative pronoun.These are called contact clauses.

I'm talking about a man I met in Milan.
I'm writing down things I don't like about Hector.

A. Make one sentence from the two sentences. Leave out the relative pronoun if you can.

I'm writing a letter to a girl. I met her in Sweden.

I'm writing a letter to a girl I met in Sweden.

1. I met a boy. He lives in Rome.

______I met a boy who lives in Rome.______

2. What happened to that ring? You bought it in Peru.

______What happened to that ring you bought in Peru? ______

3. There's a man at the TV station. Bridget wants to go out with him.

______There’s a man at the TV station who Bridget wants to go out with. ______

4. Bridget has an ex-boyfriend called Kevin. He called her this morning.

______Bridget has an ex-boyfriend called Kevin who called her this morning. ______

5. Hector comes from a country in South America. I visited it last year.

______Hector comes from a country in South America that I visited last year. ______