Bài tập về Ving, Vbare và to V

V + V-ing , V+ to V , V + sb + to V ,V + sb + V-bare inf
Cỏc ng t phi cú V-ING theo sau
V + V ing
Cỏc ng t phi cú
TO-V theo sau
V + TO V
Cỏc ng t + O + To
V infinitive
V+ SB + TO V
Sau n động từ chỉ cảm giác thì đt giữ
nguyên thể k chia.
V + sb + V -bare inf
1. avoid (trỏnh )
2. admit (tha nhn )
3. advise (khuyờn nh )
4. appreciate (ỏnh giỏ )
5. complete ( hon thnh )
6. consider ( xem xột )
7. continue(tiep tuc)=go on= keep on( tip tc
8. delay ( trỡ hoón )
9. deny ( t chi ) give up(từ bỏ)
10. discuss ( tho lun )
11. dislike ( khụng thớch )=hate
12. enjoy ( thớch )=like=feel like=love
13. finish ( hon thnh ))
14. mention ( cp )
15. mind ( phin , ngi )
16. miss (nh , b l )
17. postpone ( trì hoón ) stop( dừng lại)
18. practice (luyn tp )
19. quit (ngh , thụi )

20. recall ( nhc nh , nh )
21. recollect ( nh ra )
22. recommend (nhc nh )
23. regret ( tiec rang)Ving =
be sorry about Ving= be sorry sb for Ving
24. resent (bc tc )
25. resist (khỏng c )
26. risk ( ri ro )
27. spend (su dung thoi gian,)
28. suggest ( ngh )
29. tolerate (tha th )
30. understand ( hiu )
31. cant help (ko th trỏnh / nhn c )
32. cant stand ( ko th chu ng c )
33. cant bear ( ko th chu ng c )
34. It is no use / It is no good ( vụ ớch)
35. would you mind(cú lm phin k)
36. to be used to ( quen vi )
37. to be / get accustomed to (dn quen vi )
38. to be busy ( bn rn )
39. to be worth ( xng ỏng )
40. to look forward to (trụng mong )
41. to have difficulty(in)/ fun / trouble
42. to have a difficult (in) time
43. TO GO + V-ING (các hoạt đông,vui chơi)
44. be afraid OF =be frightened OF = be
terrfied OF = be scared OF (sợ)
45. be interested IN = be fond OF
= (v) keen ON (thích,quan tâm)
46. be tired OF (mệt)

47. be bored with=be fed up WITH (chán)
48. be good /bad FOR (tôt /xấu cho)
49. be good/bad AT (giỏi/ dốt về môn)
50. be surprised / shocke /amzaed/astonished /
AT(BY): ngạc nhiên,kinh ngạc
* sau gioi tu(in,on,at ) + Ving .*without/
+ving = no+ving(khong)
1. afford ( kh
nng)
2. agree (ng ý )
3. appear ( xut hin )
4. arrange ( sp xp )
5. ask ( hi , yờu cu )
6. beg ( ni n , vanxin)
7. care ( chm súc )
8. claim (ũi hi,yờu
cu)
9. consent ( bng lũng
10. decide ( quyt nh )
11. demand ( yờu cu )
12. deserve ( xng
ng)
13. expect ( mong i )
14. fail ( tht bi )
15. hesitate (do d )
16. hope (hi vng )
17. learn ( hc )
18. manage (sp xp )
19. mean (ý nh )
20. need ( cn )

21. offer ( ngh )
22. plan ( lờn k hoch )
23. prepare ( chun b )
24. pretend ( gi v )
25. promise ( ha )
26. refuse ( t chi )
27. seem ( dng nh )
28. struggle (u tranh )
29. swear ( xin th )
30. threaten (e do )
31. volunteer ( tỡnh
nguyn
32. wait (i )
33. want ( mun )
34. wish ( mong )
Ex : We agree to
start early
1. advise (khuyờn )
2. allow ( cho phộp )
3. ask ( yờu cu )
4. beg ( van xin )
5. cause ( gõy ra )
6. challenge ( thỏch
thc )
7. convince ( thuyt
phc )
8. dare ( dỏm )
9. encourage ( khuyn
khớch )
10. expect ( mong i )

11. forbid ( cm )
12. force ( buc )
13. hire ( thuờ )
14. instruct ( hng dn
15. invite ( mi )
16. need ( cn )
17. order ( ra lnh )
18. permit ( cho phộp )
19. persuade ( thuyt
phc )
20. remind ( nhc nh )
21. require (ũ hi )
22. teach ( dy )
23. tell( bo )
24. urge ( thỳc gic )
25. want ( mun )
26. warn ( bỏo trc )
Ex: She allowed me to
use her car
1 .help (giúp )
2. let (cho phép)
3.find( thấy)
4.seem(dờng nh)
5.make(làm,tạo cho) + V_bare inf
6.feel(cảm thấy)
(feel like+ V-ing)
7.look like(trông có vẻ)
8.hear(nghe)
9.observe(quan sát)
10.had better(tốt hơn là)

11.smell(ngửi)
12.taste(có vị)
13.notice(chú ý)
14.watch( xem)
15.become(tro len)
16.sound(nghe )
17.nothing but(k gỡ
nhng ch)
18.cannot but (k cũn cỏch
no hn l )
*lu ý :
-nếu let/make ở bị động thì V có to(be
let/made +to V)
- S + V ( be, seem, look, feel, )
+ ADJ + to V(nếu có tính từ theo
sau V thì phải có to)
Lu ý: Một số động từ đặc biêt có những trờng hợp khác nhau.
1) to Try(cố gắng, thử): - try (cố gắng ) + to V
- try ( thử) + V-ing
2) to Make (làm) : - make + sb + V_bare inf (k chia)
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-to be made + to V(bÞ b¾t lµm g× )
3) to need ( cÇn) :
-need + V-bare inf (khi need ®ãng vai trß nh mét ®éng tõ khut thiÕu hay trỵ ®éng tõ )
Ex:I need not earn money(t«i k cÇn kiÕm tiỊn) , Need you type this letter?.no,I needn t.(b¹n cã cÇn ®¸nh m¸y bøc th’ nµy k?k t«i k cÇn)
-need +to V (need lµ ®éng tõ thêng)
Ex: I don t need to earn money.(t«i k cÇn kiÕm tiỊn)’
-need + V-ing ( need mang nghÜa ®ỵc cÇn thiªt trong c©u bÞ ®éng)
Ex: this knife needs sharpening.= this knife needs to be sharpened (con dao nµy cÇn ®ỵc lµm s¾c).

our car needs repairing now.(xe cđa chóng ta cÇn ®c sưa ch÷a ngay)
4) to have (cã):
-mÉu c©u: have/get sth done(V-ed) : cho ai ®ã lam g× Ex: I have my car cleaned.(t«i cho ngêi rưa xe cđa t«i)
-mÉu c©u: have sb do sth : nhê ai ®ã lµm g× I have my brother clean my car.(t«i nhê anh t«i rưa xe)
5)to get(lam cho) :
-mÉu c©u:get sth done(V-ed) cho ai ®ã lµm g× Ex: I get my car cleaned.(t«i cho ngêi rưa xe cđa t«i)
-mÉu c©u:get sb to V sth: nhê,khiÕn ai ®ã lµm g×. -Ex: I get my brother to clean my car.(t«i nhê anh t«i rưa xe)
6) to suggest ( ®Ị nghÞ):
-1) suggest + Ving -ex 1: they suggest building a big house.
-2) suggest + sb + V-bare inf -ex 2: the teacher suggests me stay at home.
+ Should V the teacher suggests me should stay at home.
-3) suggested + sb + V-ed -ex 3: my dad suggested me used the red car.
+ should V my dad suggested me should use the red car.
7 ) ( would / ’d) prefer = ( would / ’d) rather :(thÝch h¬n) cã 3 trêng hỵp
1-c©u cã 2 ®éng tõ:-(would)prefer+V-ing+sth+to+V-ing+sth=(would)rather+V(bare inf)+sth+THAN+V(bare inf)+sth:THÝCH LµM G× H¬N LµM
G×. Ex: I ’d preper driving car to riding a bike . I’d rather drive car than ride a bike.(t«i thÝch l¸i «t« h¬n ®i xe m¸y)
2-c©u cã 1 ®«ng tõ:-(would)prefer +to V sth = (would) rather + V(-bare inf) sth: ai ®ã thÝch gi h¬n.
Ex: she would prefer to dance . = she would rather dance. C« Êy thÝch khiªu vò h¬n.
3-c©u cã sb vµ 1 ®éng tõ. -( d) prefer + sb + to V sth’ =(’d) rather + sb + V-ed : thÝch ai ®ã lµm g× h¬n.
Ex: he prefers me to go out now . = he rathers me went out now . anh Êy thÝch t«i ra ngoµi b©y giê h¬n.
Các trường hợp ngoại lệ khác:
 Allow/ permit/ recommend/ advise … + V-ing
+ O + To V
 Stop + to V : dừng lại để….
V-ing: từ bỏ (thói quen)
 Remember + V-ing: nhớ đã làm gì (quá khứ)
To V: nhớ sẽ làm gì (tương lai)
 Forget + V-ing: đã quên làm gì (quá khứ)
To V : Sẽ(không) quên làm gì (tương lai)
 Regret + V-ing: hối hận vì đã…

To V: thông báo một tin xấu
 Try + V-ing: thử làm gì đó
To V: cố gắng làm gì đó
 Need: nếu chủ ngữ chỉ người: S + need, require, want + to V
Nếu chủ ngữ chỉ vật: S + need, require, want + V- ing or to be V(pp)
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Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. Many young people are fond of football and other kinds of sports.
A. play B. to play C. playing D. played
2. They couldn’t help when they heard the little boy singing a love song.
A. laughing B. to laugh C. laugh D. laughed
3. Your house needs .
A. redecorated B. redecorating C. being redecorated D. to redecorate
4. I remember them to play in my garden.
A. to allow B. allow C. allowing D. allowed
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5. It was a nasty memory. Do you remember both of us wearing sunglasses to avoid by the supervisors?
A. to recognize B. to be recognized C. recognizing D. being recognized
6. I can’t bear thinking back of that time. I’d rather equally.
A. treat B. be treated C. have treated D. treating
7. Did you accuse Nam of a plate? Well, I saw him it off the table with his elbow.
A. break/ knock B. breaking/ knocking C. to break/ to knock D. breaking/ knock
8. We found it very difficult with Gamma.
A. to work B. work C. working D. worked
9. I can’t read when I am traveling. It makes me sick.
A. feel B. to feel C. felt D. feeling
10. I need what’s in the letter. Why don’t you let me it?
A. to know/ to read B. know/ read C. to know/ read D. knowing/ read
11. I suggest some more mathematical puzzles.

A. do B. to do C. doing D. done
12. We regret you that we cannot approve your suggestion.
A. inform B. to inform C. informing D. informed
13. The driver stopped a coffee because he felt sleepy.
A. have B. to have C. having D. had
14. Have you ever considered a pharmacist?
A. become B. becoming C. to become D. became
15. You had better at home until you feel better.
A. staying B. stayed C. to stay D. stay
16. I remember my mother said the grass in the garden needed
A. to hear/cutting B. hear/cut C. heard/to cut D. hearing/ cutting
17. Peter sometimes help his sister
A. do homework B. to do homework C. with homework D. all are correct
18. I would rather at home than out with you.
A. staying/going B. to stay/ to go C. stay/go D. stayed/went
19. I would rather you
A. drive B. to drive C. drove D. driven
20. She didn’t say a word and left the room.
A. She left the room without saying a word B. She leaving the room without saying a word
C. She left the room saying a word D. She left the room to say a word.
21. My father wanted me a pilot.
A. become B. to become C. becoming D. became
22. Please wait a minute. My boss is busy something.
A. write B. writing C. to write D. to writing
23. My teacher doesn’t allow us while he is explaining the lesson.
A. talk B. to talk C. talking D. talked
24. We have plenty of time. We needn’t
A. hurry B. to hurry C. hurrying D. hurried
25. I promised on time. I mustn’t late.
A. be/be B. to be/to be C. to be/ be D. be/to be

26. Mary and I are looking forward you.
A. of seeing B. for seeing C. to seeing D. to see
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27. I’m sure that he knows this new machine.
A. to use B. using C. how using D. how to use
28. Psychiatrists and doctors have failed people not to drink.
A. to tell B. telling C. tell D. told
29. The students are used to in the school library.
A. working B. work C. to work D. worked
30. Our room needs up.
A. tidied B. to tide C. tidy D. tidying
31. Mercury’s low gravity makes you very light in a spaceship.
A. feel B. feeling C. to feel D. felt
32. “ Was the test long?”. “ Yes, John was the only one it”
A. to finish B. finishing C. finished D. finish
33. A lots of needs to the house before anyone can move in.
A. be done B. doing C. to do D. done
34. It is about time you harder for the next exam.
A. worked B. working C. work D. to work
35. If he really doesn’t feel like now, I suggested that he should go out for some fresh air.
A. work B. to work C. worked D. working
EXERCISES
1. Passing the kitchen, he stopped to drink a large glass of water. (drink)
2. When the car broke down, she started ( put)
3. Here's the money I owe you. I meant (give)
4. To lose weight, I'd advise you (cut out)
5. 1 found that my back stopped when ( ache)
6. To help me get to sleep, I tried (think)
7. The orchestra was just beginning (play)

8. Please don't hesitate (call)
9. When he found that he couldn't walk he began (shout)
10. The handle came off when I tried ( lift)
1 Choose one of the verbs in brackets

complete each sentence. (1-4)
1. a. I taught Jim to drive a car before the age of 18. (hoped/ taught)
b. I hoped to drive a car before the age of 18.
2.a. We him to go to the party. (allowed/ agreed)
b. We to go to the party.
3.a. They for the kittens to go to good homes. (wanted/ arranged)
b. They the kittens to go to good homes.
4.a. He the children to stay away. (warned/ threatened)
b. He to stay away.
5.a. The police for his protectors to give him up. (appealed/ forced)
b. The police him to give himself up.
6.a. She him to visit the exhibition before it ended. (promised/ told)
b. She to visit the exhibition before it ended.
7.a. Did you for the bed to be delivered or shall I collect it? (need/ arrange)
b. Did you the bed to be delivered or will you collect it yourself?
8.a. I my mother to buy a new car. (decided/ persuaded)
b. I to buy a new car.
2 There is at least one mistake in each sentence. Suggest appropriate corrections (t×m lçi vµ söa). (1-6)
1. She longed the holidays to come so that she could be with her family again.
2. I overheard say that he's thinking of moving to Manchester.
3. We watched to play football until it started to rain.
4. Very reluctantly, he consented her to lend the money to Janet.
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5. My parents always encouraged work hard at school.

6. For years the group has been campaigning an inquiry to hold into the accident.
7.1 think we should let them to stay until the weekend.
8. Sam promised me to show me how to fish for salmon, but he never had the time.
9. Hospital workers had to make them to do with a 1.5% pay increase this year.
10. 1 hear her tell that she's got a new job. (= someone told me about it)
11. This card entitles to take an extra person with you free.
12. They let me to borrow their car while they were on holiday.
3 Report these sentences using one of these verbs and a to-infinitive. Use each verb once only.(viÕt l¹i c©u dùa vµo tõ
gîi ý)
agr ee en coura ge inv ite o rder p romis e refuse v olunte er wa rn
1.You can't borrow the car! He refused to lend me the car.
2. You really should continue the course. He
3. I'll phone you soon. He
4. Okay, I'll come with you. He
5. Stop the car. He
6. Would you like to go out for dinner? He
7. I’ll work late at the weekend. He
8. Don’t go out without an umbrella. He
+ to-infinitive
+ -ing
come
to talk about a gradual change to say that someone moves in the
way that is described
After some years, they came to
accept her as an equal.
•He came hurrying up the path.
go on to mean that something is done af
to say that someone moves in the
ter something else is finished way that is described
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* After the interval, Pavarotti went
on to sing an aria from
* Although she asked him to stop,
he went on tapping his
Tosco.
pen on the table.
mean
to say that we intend(ed) to do
something
to say that something has some- thing
else as a result
*I meant to phone you last week. *If we want to get there by 7.00,
that means getting up before 5.00.
regret
* to say that we are about to do
something we are not happy about
*to say we have already done some thing
that we are not happy about .
* I regret to inform you that your
application has been unsuccessful.
*It's too late now, but I'll always
regret asking John to do the work
remember
to mean that remembering comes before
the action described.
to mean the action comes before
remembering.
*Remember to take your hat when you
go out. (first remember and then

take it.)
* I remember going to the bank,
but nothing after that. (I remember that I
went there.

stop
to say why we stop doing some-
thing
to say what it is that we stop doing
• She stopped to make a cup of tea.
• They stopped laughing when
Malcolm walked into the room.
try to say that we attempt to do some thing.
to say we test something to see if it
improves a situation.
• I tried to get the table through the
door, but it was too big.
* I tried taking some aspirin, but the
pain didn't go away.
EXERCISES
1. Complete these sentences with either a to-infinitive or an -ing form. Choose an appropriate verb. Sometimes more
than one verb is possible. (2)
admire buy check enjoy introduce race say smoke spend talk tell
tear turn down live notify put
1. a. Although it was hard at first, she came to

enjoy working for the airline.
b. As I walked through the gate, the dog came towards me.
c. After working with her for so long, I came her patience and efficiency.
d. Yesterday, Tom was so late he came downstairs, grabbed a cup of coffee and left.

2. a. The children were shouting and screaming, but he went on to Frank.
b. We've tried to persuade her to stop, but she just goes on .
c. Dr Harris welcomed the members of the committee and went on
the subject of the meeting.
d. Then, in her letter, she goes on that most of her family have been ill.
3. a. I regret you that the model you want is out of stock.
b. We regret you that your request for a tax refund has been rejected.
c. Almost as soon as I had posted the letter, I regretted the job.
d. It cost me a fortune, but I don't regret a year travelling around the
world.
4. a. Bill was very young when they left, and he could no longer remember
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in the house.
b. Did you remember a newspaper on the wa
y
home?
c. Remember your answers before handing in your exam paper.
d. I remember the money in the top drawer, but it's not there now.
EXERCISES
1 Complete the sentences with one of these verbs and, if necessary, an appropriate object, as in 1. If it is possible
to have an object or no object, include an object but write it in brackets, as in 2.
1. Through the bedroom window, I spotted my sister

leaving the house.
2. I remembered (him) borrowing the book, but not returning it.
3. The evidence seemed overwhelming, but Mason _________committing the murder.
4. We can't___________ buying a new car any longer. The one we've got now just doesn't start in the morning.
5. We searched the house, and eventually ____________reading a book in her bedroom.
6. I__________ calling my name, so I went outside to see who was there.

7. I closed my eyes and ___________ lying on a deserted beach in the sunshine.
8. As the sun set, we _________ appearing in the sky.
9. Mark was a good guitarist, and after he went home we __________playing in the garden in the evenings
2. Bill Brown was arrested for stealing a car. Here are some of his answers to questions during his trial. Report what he
said with the verbs given + an -ing form.
admit consider deny notice recall regret
"Yes, I was certainly in town around midnight______ .I saw two men looking into all the parked cars ______ now you
mention it, I think I did hear a car being driven away_______ I didn't think about telling the police______ .I certainly
didn't steal the car_______ I wish I hadn't gone out that night!"
Example: He admitted being in town around midnight.
Which of your sentences could be rewritten with having + past participle with little difference in meaning? (4)
3. If Possible, rewrite these sentences using the possessive form of the object, as in 1. If it is

not possible, write X. (5)
1. I disapproved of him smoking in the house. I disapproved of his smoking
2. We discovered the children hiding the chocolates under their beds.
3. The plan envisages Tony becoming Director next year.
4. If the authorities catch anyone breaking the rules, the punishment is severe.
5. I could imagine the car failing its annual inspection.
6. We objected to the company building a petrol station in our road.
7. It amuses me to think of him sitting at a desk in a suit and tie.
8. My mother disapproved of the cat sleeping in my bedroom.
4. Consider which verb form is more likely and why). (6)
1. I heard the baby cry / crying for most of the night.
2.I felt the snake bite / biting me and saw it slither off into the bushes.
3. When you came out of the station, did you notice the children play / playing musical instruments across the street?
4. I noticed her quickly slip / slipping the necklace inside her coat and leave the shop.
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