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#2 (permalink) Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:22 am Forms of the Infinitive |
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Fiil the gaps with a preposition and an - ing form.
*about,like without,by,with,of,at,for
*having,making,buying,asking,remembering,being stung,arriving,going,doing,coming
a)I got into trouble ______ _______ at school late.
b)You can lose weight ______ ______ exercise
c)How _______ _________ out for a meal tonight?
d)How dare you take my money ________ ___________ me ?
e)I'm fed up ________ ________ no money.
f)This machine is used _______ ________ pasta.
g)I'm hopeless _________ __________ people's names.
h)I'm thingking _________ _________ of a new car.A Renault,maybe
j)Yuk' Monday morning! I don't feel _________ ________ to work!
k)I'm always afraid ________ _________ by a wasp. |
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#3 (permalink) Mon Jul 09, 2007 13:01 pm Forms of the Infinitive |
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Hi,
I think that the idea is that you do the exercises and one of us will correct if necessary.
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#4 (permalink) Mon Jul 09, 2007 16:05 pm Forms of the Infinitive |
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Ok for first exercise
a) forget/must have forgetten "maybe"
b) to be selected
c) paying
d) meet
e) to have
f) to distrub
h) be working
j) recognizing
k) told
l) handed |
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#5 (permalink) Mon Jul 09, 2007 21:36 pm Forms of the Infinitive |
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Hi Volcano1985
I've noted the ones you got right with "OK". Would you like to try again on the others?
a)have forgotten OK
b) to be selected OK
c)
d)
e) The verb you were supposed to use here was 'dry-clean', not 'have'. So what form of 'dry-clean' do you think you need?
f) to have This is possible, but 'to be having' would be more typical
g) to distrub OK
h) be working OK
j)
k)
l) |
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#6 (permalink) Mon Jul 09, 2007 21:56 pm Forms of the Infinitive |
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c) to pay
d) to meet
j) recognized
k) have told (i have no idea for this )
l) to hand |
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#7 (permalink) Mon Jul 09, 2007 22:31 pm Forms of the Infinitive |
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| Volcano1985 wrote: |
c) to pay Good!
d) to meet Good!
j) to be recognized
k) have told Good!
l) to be handed |
Great! You got some more right and I gave you the correct answers for the ones that were not correct. Now, what about sentence (i)?
i) I'd like _____________(see) her face when you told her the news! . |
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#8 (permalink) Mon Jul 09, 2007 22:32 pm Forms of the Infinitive |
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| i) to see ? |
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#9 (permalink) Mon Jul 09, 2007 22:34 pm Forms of the Infinitive |
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Hi Volcano
You need 'to have seen' for that one because you are referring to the past.
"I would like to see" would be a reference to a possible future activity. . |
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#10 (permalink) Mon Jul 09, 2007 22:38 pm Forms of the Infinitive |
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| Yes sorry i didn't see it |
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#11 (permalink) Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:11 am Forms of the Infinitive |
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| Volcano1985 wrote: |
Fiil the gaps with a preposition and an - ing form.
*about,like without,by,with,of,at,for
*having,making,buying,asking,remembering,being stung,arriving,going,doing,coming
a)I got into trouble ______ _______ at school late.
b)You can lose weight ______ ______ exercise
c)How _______ _________ out for a meal tonight?
d)How dare you take my money ________ ___________ me ?
e)I'm fed up ________ ________ no money.
f)This machine is used _______ ________ pasta.
g)I'm hopeless _________ __________ people's names.
h)I'm thinking _________ _________ of a new car.A Renault,maybe
i)Thank you _______ ________ to see me.
j)Yuk' Monday morning! I don't feel _________ ________ to work!
k)I'm always afraid ________ _________ by a wasp. |
a) by arriving
b) by doing
c) about going
d) without asking
e) with having
f) for making
g) at remembering
h) about buying
i) for coming
j) like going
k) of being stung |
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#12 (permalink) Wed Jul 11, 2007 18:20 pm Forms of the Infinitive |
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| My answers for the second exercise are right ? |
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