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PRACTICAL ENGLISH USAGE
( 2012-05-18 )



      Infinitive and -ing 
      Revision Exercise(複習)
      Put the verb in the correct form, -ing or to-infinitive. (Sometimes either form is possible.) If you are not sure about the answers, please refer to Part 1 or Part 2.
      填上正確的動詞形式-ing或不定式(有些地方兩者皆可)。如對答案不肯定,可參考第一或第二部份。
      Example: Please remember___________(shut) the windows before you leave.
      I clearly remember___________(shut) the windows before I left.

      A: "My calculator is not working."
      B: "Have you tried___________(change) the batteries?"
      You must try___________(see) things from other people's point of view.
      Your car needs___________(repair).
      Do you needs___________(buy) such an expensive car?
      Would you like___________(join) us?
      The Prime Minister denied___________(make) that remark.
      Grandmother said she dislike___________(travel) by air.
      I don't understand how you cold enjoy___________(listen) to that kind of music.
      You mustn't postpone___________(make) a decision.
      She loves___________(sing).
      When we saw the mess he was in, we couldn't help___________(laugh).
      I regret___________(inform) you that your application has not been successful.
      How I regret___________(tell) her the secret!
      Susan managed___________(get) a pass in Mathematics.
      She asked___________(see) her son's teacher.
      Mary intends___________(study) abroad.
      I wouldn't risk___________(swim) in the sea when a typhoon is approaching.
      They continued___________(talk) despite the teacher's warning.
      I don't mind___________(look after) your children while you go shopping.
      Have you finished___________(read) that book?

 

 

      ANSWERS
      changes
      to see
      repairin / to be repaired
      to buy
      to join
      making / having made
      travelling
      listening
      making
      singing / to sing
      laughing
      to inform
      telling / having told
      to get
      to see
      to stud / studying
      swimming
      to talk or talking
      looking after
      reading

      By Benjamin Ho
      本欄內容取材自 Survival English for New Canadians 新移民英語,星島日報唐人街辦事處有售。