20503 gerund

Name: .......................................................... Class:

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Date:

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Complete the sentences below with the –ing-form of the verbs in the box.

…………… for clothes and accessories in boutiques and big department stores is
something that most women enjoy ……………
…………… what to buy is a serious
business and takes times. Most women and girls like …………… from one shop to
another. They love just …………… around from one display to another and ……………
at interesting new clothes. For most women and girls …………… prices and ……………
different things to see how they look is a pleasant leisure activity.
…………… hours in shops isn’t what most men would prefer to do. But many
husbands and boyfriends don’t have a choice. At the weekend the city centre
stores are full of men with long faces …………… their women from shop to shop
and …………… three or four plastic bags. Many shopping centres now have
“comfort zones” for men with benches and seats. There are usually several men
there just …………… quietly or …………… a book or a newspaper and ……………
patiently for a wife or a girlfriend to collect them.


KEY:
1. shopping
2. doing
3. deciding
4. going

5. walking
6. looking
7. comparing
8. trying on
9. spending
10. following
11. carrying
12. sitting
13. reading
14. waiting
15.