Топик: Грамматика

Practice

1 Open the brackets using a gerund.

1 The windows are very dirty; they need (clean).

2 It's very hot, so you don't need (bring) a coat.

3 The house is old, and it badly wants (paint).

4 The famous man didn't need (introduce) himself.

5 The floor is covered with dust; it needs (sweep).

6 The grass in the garden is very dry; it wants (water) badly.

7 The planners didn't realise they would need (build) so many houses.

8 This shirt is quite clean; it doesn't want (wash) yet.

9 Her shoes have a hole in them; they want (mend).

10 The room was in a terrible mess: it needed (tidy up).

11 The baby's crying; I think he needs (feed).

12 I know my hair wants (cut) but I never have time to go to the hairdresser's.

13 John needed (cheer up) when he heard that he'd failed his exams.

14 You should tidy the garden. - Yes, it needs (tidy). The roses want (water), the peaches want (pick), the grass wants (cut).

2 Open the brackets using a suitable gerund

1 Alter the accident, the injured man recovered consciousness in hospital. He remembered (cross) the road, but he didn't remember (knock down).

2 I am still thirsty in spite of (drink) four cups of tea.

3 This carpet always looks dirty, in spite of (sweep) every day.

4 He didn't return the book he had borrowed after (promise) to do so.

5 He got into the house by (climb) through a window, without (see) by anyone.

6 I think he was foolish to buy a car before (learn) how to drive it.

7 Peter is a much better chess-player than I am, and he was very surprised when I beat him yesterday for the first time. He isn't used to (beat).

8 He went to bed at 9 p.m. in spite of (sleep) all the afternoon.

9 He complained of (give) a very small room at the back of the hotel.

10 The little girl isn't afraid of dogs in spite of (bite) twice.

11 The little girl didn't go near the dog; she was afraid of (bite).

12 The baby went to sleep a few minutes after (feed).