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O Choose the correct option in italics. Verb + -ing
1 Could you go to the / a chemist’s and get my prescription? We use a verb + -ing, e.g.I can’t stop yawning:
• after prepositions:
2 The company has bought two new vehicles for its car He’s improved his English by reading extensively.
fleet.The / A luxury,three-litre car is for the / a CEO and
the / a Mini is for her assistant. Note: We also use a verb + -ing after to when to is a
preposition:
3 The IA French and the / a Welsh are very protective of Tm looking forward to receiving a detailed reply to my letter
their national languages. of complaint.
4 The IA window in the / a sittingroom is the / a largest in • as the subject or object of a sentence:
the / a whole house. Correcting mistakes is a crucial part of the learning process.

5 She’s just been awarded a / an university degree in When he was fully recovered after the operation, he decided to
modern foreign languages. take up wrestling.
• after the verbs admit,appreciate, avoid, celebrate, consider,
6 77?e / an / accommodation can be quite cheap in some
-
parts of the / an / - Ireland. delay, deny,dislike, enjoy, finish, imagine,involve,keep, mind,
miss,postpone, practise, regret, risk,stop,suggest:
I considered swapping this task for another one.
She celebrated passing all her exams by going on a trip to
Thailand.
I now regret borrowing money from my grandparents.
INFINITIVE AND VERB + -ING
• after the expressions it s no good,its not worth,it's no use, it s
Infinitive a wasteof time,cant stand,can't bear,can ’ t help:
It’s awaste of timetrying to get rich by winning the lottery.
We use the infinitive: It’s not worth buying expensive ski gear -you can hire it.
• to say why we do something: I can’t bear seeing my best friend making such a fool of herself.
She put a tick to accept the terms and conditions.
He’s taken up long -distance running to improve his health. Verbs followed by either an infinitive or a verb + -ing with
almost the same meaning
• to say why something exists:
'
They ve erected a metal barrier on that sharp bend to reduce I hate criticising people. I hate to criticise people. PDF from sachtienganhhanoi.com
accidents. It continued being foggy all morning. It continued to be foggy all
morning.
• after too and enough:
It was too late to express my opinion because the professor Note:When love,hate, prefer and like are used withwould,
had already moved on to another topic. they are always followed by the infinitive:
We would like to devote more time to our exam preparation.
The image wasn tclear enough to illustrate what it was
'
supposed to depict.
Verbs followed by either an infinitive or a verb + -ing with a
We use the infinitive in the following verb patterns: difference in meaning
verb + to agree, appear, bother, They agreed to verb + infinitive verb + -ing
infinitive decide,demand, fail, hope, vote on the new remember Did you remember to I remember wondering
learn, manage, offer, plan, reform. bring your running if I would ever get down
refuse, seem, be supposed, shoes? (an action you off the summit of the
threaten have to do) mountain.
verb + ask, choose, expect, help, He expected to (a memory of
(somebody/ intend, promise, want do well in the something in the past)
something) + test. forget Don’t forget to I ' ll never forget seeing
to infinitive I expectyou to complete your physics my wife for the first
do well in the presentation, (an action time at my best friend’s
test. you have to do) wedding, (a memory of
verb + advise, allow, enable, My parents something in the past)
somebody/ encourage, forbid, force, forbade me to regret I regret to tell you that I regret not trying
something + invite, order, permit, boast about the room you booked is harder at school. (I’m
to infinitive persuade, recommend, my academic no longer available. (I’m sorry I didn’t do this.)
remind, teach, tell, warn achievements. sorry to give you this
We use the verbs in the lists above to report speech. information.)

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