Exercise 1. Give the correct form of the word in brackets.

1. They are used to (prepare) _ preparing______ new lessons.

2. By (work) _working______ day and night , he succeeded in ( finish) _finishing______

3. His doctor advised him (give) ___to give____up (smoke)__smoking_____.

4. Please stop (talk)__talking_____. We will stop (eat) _to eat______lunch in ten

5. Stop (argue) _arguing______and start (work) _working______.

6. I like (think) _thinking______carefully about things before (make)

7. Ask him (come) _to come______in. Don't keep him (stand) _standing______at the
door.

8. Did you succeed in (solve) _solving______the problem?

9. Don’t forget (lock)_ to lock______ the door before (go)___going____ to bed.

10. Don’t try (persuade) _to persuade ______ me . Nothing can make me
(change)_change______ my mind.

Exercise 2: Chia các động từ trong ngoặc sau đây thành dạng To V hoặc V-ing

1. Nam suggested _talking_______ (talk) the children to school yesterday.

2. They decided ____to play_____ (play) tennis with us last night.

3. Mary helped me __repair______ (repair) this fan and ___clean____ (clean) the house.

4. We offer ____to make____ (make) a plan.

5. We required them __to be______ (be) on time.

6. Kim wouldn’t recommend him __going_____ (go) here alone.

7. Before __going______ (go) to bed, my mother turned off the lights.

9. This robber admitted __stealing____ (steal) the red mobile phone last week.

10. Shyn spends a lot of money ___repairing_____ (repair) her car.

11. It took me 2 hours ___to buy____ (buy) the clothes and shoes.

12. Do you have any money ___to pay_____ (pay) for the hat?

13. Would you like ____visiting____ (visit) my grandparents in Paris?

14. Don’t waste her time __complaining_________(complain) about her salary.

15. That questions need ____to reply_______ (reply).

16. Viet is used to _crying_______ (cry) when he faces his difficulties.

17. It’s time they stopped ___working___ (work) here.

18. Will she remember __to collect_____ (collect) his suit from the dry – cleaners or
shall I do it?

19. Jim forgot __sending______ (send) this message last night.

20. Hung stopped _eating_____ (eat) meat yesterday.

Exercise 3: Tìm và sửa lỗi sai trong câu dưới (nếu có)
1. Yesterday, Minh didn’t want to coming to the theater with them because he had
already seen the film.
Coming -> Come
2. My brother used to running a lot but he doesn’t do it usually now.
Running -> Run
3. They’re going to have a small party celebrating their house at 7 p.m tomorrow.
Celebrating -> to celebrate
4. Wind tried to avoiding answering her questions last night.
Avoiding -> avoid
 5. Khanh don’t forget post that letter that his mother gave him this evening.
Post -> to post
Exercise 4: Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa không đổi
1. It isn’t necessary to play football with my best friends today.
➔ You don’t _need to play football with your best friends today______________.
2. “Why don’t we visit her parents next week?”
➔ You suggested_visiting her parents next week___________________________.
3. Thanh spends 3 hours a day doing the homework.
➔ It takes Thanh 3 hours a day to do the homework…
➔ Thanh wastes 3 hours a day doing the homework…
4. Hanh said to him: “Remember to close all the window and turn off the lights before
going out”.
➔ Hanh reminded _him to close all the window and turn off the lights before going out
______.
5. Linh told him: “Don’t forget to repair my bicycle”.
➔ Linh told him _not to forget to repair her bicycle________________________.
Exercise 5. Choose the correct answer.
1. I do not have enough money _________ this book.
A. buy
B. to buy
C. buying
D. bought
2. It is no use _________ to school if you _________ to work hard.
A. going / do not ready
B. to go / do not ready
C. going / are not ready
D. go / are not ready
3. They spent all day _________ and _________ on the beach.
A. to swim / sunbathing
B. to swim / to sunbathe
C. swimming / to sunbathe
D. swimming / sunbathing
4. We were made _________ all the cleaning in the house.
A. to do
B. do
C. doing
D. done
5. We regret _________ you that you have exceeded your overdraft facility.
A. to inform
B. informing
C. to tell to
D. telling
6. Why don’t you try _________ the key anti-clockwise?
A. to turn
B. on turning
C. turning
D. turn
7. We don’t allow _________ in the classrooms.
A. that students smoke
B. smoke
C. students to smoke
D. to smoking
8. I really must _________ on with my work now.
A. to get
B. getting
C. get
D. to getting
9. Why don’t you do what you’re told, instead of _________ such a song and dance about
it?
A. to make
B. making
C. made
D. make
10. I rashly posted the parcel without _________ it.
A. weighing
B. weigh
C. weighed
D. to weigh
11. Can you please _________ me a little about yourself?
A. to tell
B. telling
C. tell
D. going to tell
12. How can you waste all that money on _________?
A. gamble
B. to gamble
C. gambling
D. the gamble
13. “My watch is broken. ” “Why don’t you _________”
A. have it repair
B. have it repairing
C. have it for repair
D. have it repaired
14. Yesterday we did nothing but _________
A. talking
B. talked
C. talk
D. had talked
15. Instead of _________ a new car, she'll have her old one _________.
A. to buy / repaired
B. buying / to repair
C. buying / be repaired
D. buying / repaired
16. I tried _________ the bus, but I missed it.
A. catching
B. to catch
C. catch
D. catch up
17. I'm sorry I haven't got any money _______ you. Why don't you try _________ Peter?
A. to lend / to ask
B. lending / asking
C. to lend / asking
D. lending / to ask
18. After _________ asleep, I saw a strange person at the foot of the bed.
A. fall
B. falling
C. fell
D. fallen
19. After all this time, John should take the bull by the horns and ask Mary _________
him.
A. to marry
B. marry
C. marrying
D. married
20. He told me _________ early.
A. to try to come
B. to try coming
C. try to come
D. try coming
Exercise 6. Give the correct form. Gerund or Infinitive?
1. Do you feel like (go)__going_____ to the theatre on Friday?
2. I spent a lot of time (make)___making____ a birthday cake for him.
3. He agreed (see)__to see_____ me at ten o'clock
4. They promised (read) _to read______my report today
5. I suggest (pay) ___paying____by check, it's safer than cash
6. He offered (make) __to make_____dinner for us.
7. He put off (see) __seeing_____her until very late in the afternoon.
8. I refused (pay) _to pay______for the repairs.
9. I've finished (read)___reading____ that book at last!
10. We decided (go)___to go____ to the cinema instead
11. I enjoyed the play. The (act)__acting_____ was very good.
12. I love going to her class, her (teach) _teaching______is never boring.
13. He's my favourite writer, his (write) __writing_____is wonderful.
14. His (complain)__complaining_____ is getting on my nerves. He's never happy.
15. They have terrible debts. Their (spend) _spending______is out of control
16. It's a very fit team. Their (train)_training______ is very intensive.
17. I can still remember (visit)_visiting______ my grandparents fifty years ago.
18. Please, remember (feed)_to feed______ the dog while I'm away
19. I'll never forget (see)_seeing______ that van Gogh exhibition in New York
20. Don't forget (post) _to post______my letters, please.
21. I regret (lend)__lending_____ him the money. He never paid it back.
22. We regret (inform)_to inform______ you that your application has been refused.
23. I'll just finish (clean) __cleaning_____the kitchen then I'll stop.
24. She suggested (have)___having____ dinner at her house.
25. She doesn't mind (do)____doing___ the boring jobs.
26. He keeps (ask)_asking_____ me to go out with him.
27. He has given up (smoke)__smoking_____.
28. He's very good at (get)__getting_____ me to do what he wants
29. He insisted on (be)__being_____ refunded immediately.
30. He failed. He's very bad at (do)___doing____ exams.
Exercise 7. Put the verb into the gerund or the infinitive
1) It appears (be)__to be____ raining.
2) We intend (go) __to go____ to the mountain this Sunday.
3) I pretended (be) __to be____ sick so I didn't have to go to school.
4) Can you imagine (live) _living_____ without internet?
5) They tolerate (smoke) smoking______ but they prefer people not to.
6) I anticipate (arrive) _arriving_____ on Saturday.
7) A party involves (negotiate) __negotiating____ with everyone in the family.
8) He denies (steal) _stealing_____ the purse.
9) Tom claims (be) __to be____ a billionaire but I don't believe him.
10) I expect (be) _to be_____ there about eight.
11) Julia reported (see) ___seeing___ the boys to the police.
12) It tends (rain) __to rain____ a lot in Da Lat.
13) Do you recall (meet) _meeting_____ her at the party last night?
14) She mentioned (go) __going____ to the cinema, but I don't know what she decided to
do in the end.
15) The teenager refused (go) __to go____ on holiday with his parents.
Exercise 8. Gerund or Infinitive – Fill in the correct form.
1. _____Fishing___________ is not allowed here. (fish)
2. I heard the TV set _____exploding___________ . (explode)
3. She appeared _______to be_________ very nervous. (be)
4. I keep _____telling___________ you - it was an accident. (tell)
5. Jack is good at _______painting_________ ceilings. (paint)
6. She wondered who ____ask____________ . (ask)
7. It is difficult _____to understand___________ him. (understand)
8. She did not know what _______expecting_________ from them. (expect)
9. My wife warned us ____not to touch____________ the table. (not touch)
10. He refused ___to tell_____________ me what all the fuss was about. (tell)
11. There’s no sense in ____visiting____________ him. He’s not at home. (visit)
12. Elephants are known _________having_______ a fantastic memory. (have)
13. I let her _______get_________ on with her work. (get)
14. Colin had no idea of how _______to get_________ into the house. (get)
15. I’d rather _____be___________ in bed than go to work. (be)