Mixed ability grammar worksheets

Worksheet 14 Student’s Book pages 154-155

Grammar worksheets
Verbs + to-infinitive

1 Circle the most appropriate verb in each sentence.

a. Sarah refuse / refused to help her brother with his homework. She said she was tired.

b. Will they manage / managed to find a way out of this conflict?

c. Geoffrey has been learnt / learning to play the piano since he was six.

d. I prefer / ’d prefer to listen to some CDs than to watch TV tonight.

e. Jim pretend / pretended to be a student in order to pay less for the ticket.

f. My uncle seems / would seem to be recovering well.

2 Choose the most appropriate option to complete each sentence.

a. My cousins expect me to get / come over and say hello to their friends.

b. The judge wanted the witness to shout / speak more loudly and clearly.

c. The teacher helped Judy face / organise her Art portfolio.

d. The children would prefer to eat / keep ice-cream and not birthday cake.

e. Jack asked our neighbours not to listen to / hear their music so loudly at night.

f. The editors expect us to buy / invest the book as soon as possible.

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