verb forms

EXERCISES ON VERB FORMS ……………………………………………………………Teacher: Đỗ Thúc Công
VERB FORMS
Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer among A, B , C, D
1. You can’t stop me _____ what I want.
A. doing B. do C. to do D. that I do
2. I must go now. I promised _____ late.
A. not being B. not to be C. to not be D. I won’t be
3. Do you want _____ with you or do you want to go alone?
A. me coming B. me to come C. that I come D. that I will come
4. I’m sure I locked the door. I clearly remember _____ it.
A. locking B. to lock C. to have locked D. to be locked
5. She tries to be serious, but she couldn’t help _____
A. laughing B. to laugh C. that she laughed D. laugh
6. I like _____the kitchen as often as possible.
A. not cleaned B. clean C. to clean D. that I clean
7. He tried to avoid _____ my question.
A. answering B. to answer C. answer D. how to answer
8. Could you please stop _____so much noise ?
A. to make B. make C. to have made D. making
9. Have you finished _____ your hair yet ?
A. wash B. washing C. washed D. to wash
10. If you walk into the road without looking, you risk _____ knocked down.
A. been B. to be C. be D. being
11. Jim is 65, but he isn’t going to retire yet. He wants to carry on _____
A. to worked B. work C. worked D. working.
12. I really missed _____tennis as I used to.
A. play B. to play C. playing D. played
13. Harry says she doesn’t remember _____ Sally before.
A. meeting B. meet C. meets D. to meet
14. Martin failed _____ the rent on time again.
A. paying B. to pay C. paid D. that she paid

15. It’s not worth _____a return ticket.
A. to buy B. buying C. for buying D. of buying
16. I promise that I won’t forget _____ the cat.
A. to feed B. feeding C. fed D. food
17. We’ve arranged _____ outside the school at about 4.30.
A. to meet B. meeting C. that we meet D. met
18. If you‘ve got a headache, why don’t you try _____ an aspirin?
A. take B. taking C. taken D. took
19. I can’t imagine _____ a car!
A. not to have B. to not have C. not having D. having not
20. The teacher permits us _____ out in a minute.
A. going B. to go C. went D. gone
21. Tell him _____ to see me at once.
A. come B. to come C. coming D. that he came
22. He is tired, so he stopped _____ for a while.
A. work B. works C. to work D. working
23. We can’t help _____ his opinion.
A. consider B. considered C. considering D. to consider
24. She’d rather _____ games than _____ her lessons.
A. play- study B. playing – studying
C. to play – to study D. to play- studying
25. The explanation was _____. I got _____.
A. confusing- confused B. confused- confusing
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EXERCISES ON VERB FORMS ……………………………………………………………Teacher: Đỗ Thúc Công
C. confused – confused D. confusing – confusing
26. Our encouraging words made him _____.
A. please B. pleases C. pleased D. pleasing
27. You had better _____ up too late.
A. not stay B. not staying C. stay not D. staying not

28. He seems to have something _____ you.
A. telling B. to tell C. to be told D. tell
29. _____ English is different from _____ English.
A. speak – write B. spoken – written C. speaking – writing D. spoken - writing
30. She’s always _____ while going out with him.
A. embarrass B. embarrassed C. embarrassing D. embarrasses
31. “Can I give you a lift ?” “No, thanks. I prefer _____”
A. walk B. to walk C. walking D. to have walked
32. Then I saw her _____ to a stranger.
A. talk B. talking C. talks D. talked
33. We don’t allow people _____ in the lecture room.
A. smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoked
34. We are used to _____ to school.
A. walk B. walking C. that we walk D. we should walk
35. The teacher recommends _____ the lesson well before _____ to class.
A. preparing – coming B. preparing – came
C. prepared – coming D. prepare – come
36. She would like _____ books more than _____ television.
A. read- watch B. to read – to watch C. reading – watching D. read – watching
37. Nothing can make me _____ my mind.
A. change B. changing C. changed D. to change
38. Did you use to _____ at that school ?
A. study B. studied C. studying D. the fact that you studied
39. Your windows need _____ , would you like me _____ them for you ?
A. clean – to do B. cleaning – to do C. to clean – doing D. clean – do
40. You don’t need _____ his permission every time you want _____ the room.
A. ask – leave B. to ask – to leave C. asking – leaving D. ask – leaving
41. I tried _____ him _____ with your proposal.
A. to persuade – to agree B. persuade – agree
C. persuading – agreeing D. persuading – agree

42. He postponed _____ a decision till it was too late _____ anything.
A. make – do B. to make – to do C. making – to do D. to make – doing
43. When _____ nothing to do, he often visits his friends’ houses.
A. have B. has C. had D. having
44. The house _____ last year is now for rent.
A. build B. building C. built D. to build
45. Your hair is rather long. I think you should have it _____
A. cut B. cutting C. be cut D. to cut
46. Please go on _____. I don’t mind _____
A. write – wait B. writing – waiting C. writing – to wait D. write – waiting
47. Uncle Ho spent all his lifetime _____ for the independence of his peoples.
A. to struggle B. struggling C. struggle D. struggled
48. _____ in the river is one of his free time activities.
A. swim B. swam C. swum D. swimming
49. You are endangering your life by _____ a lot.
A. smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoked
50. It takes us a long time _____ a foreign language.
A. to study B. studying C. studied D. for studying
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EXERCISES ON VERB FORMS ……………………………………………………………Teacher: Đỗ Thúc Công
Exercise 2: Put the verbs in brackets into their correct forms
1. Do stop ____________ (talk). I am trying ____________ (finish) the report.
2. He tried ____________ (put) on the shirt whether it fit him or not.
3. He wore dark glasses ____________ (avoid) ____________ (be) recognized.
4. I advise you ____________ (start) ____________ (look) for a flat at once.
5. I can’t help ____________ (sneeze); I caught a cold yesterday from ____________ (sit) in a
draught.
6. He had to pay for the ____________ (break) glass.
7. It’s very hot. I’d like ____________ (go) out for a walk.
8. Those boys are very lazy. They feel like ____________ (play) all the time.

9. Most old people would prefer ____________ (live) in the country.
10. I prefer ____________ (drive) to ____________ (be) driven.
11. He has failed in the exam, and he regrets____________ (be) so lazy before.
12. The cat ____________ (lie) on the floor is 3 years old.
13. Don’t forget ____________ (lock) the door before ____________ (go) to bed.
14. Try ____________ (forget) it, it isn’t worth ____________ (worry ) about.
15. At first I enjoyed ____________ (listen) to him but after a while I got tired of ____________
(hear) the same story again and again.
16. I suggest ____________ (telephone) the hospitals before ____________ ( ask) the police
____________ (look) for the boy.
17. I’d love ____________ (have) an opportunity of ____________ (meet) you again.
18. She was the last student ____________ (leave) the room.
19. Our teacher has promised ____________ (help) us ____________ (prepare) for the
examinations.
20. ____________ (learn) a foreign language takes a long time.
21. I have decided ____________ (allow) my friend ____________ (do) as she pleases.
22. They didn’t allow our ____________ (smoke) in the room.
23. On my way home from work I saw him ____________ (go) out with Lan, his girl friend.
24. He spends his free time ____________ (collect) stamps, he has taken up ____________ (do)
this for a long time.
25. I think he is an interesting man for you ____________ (make) friend with.
26. I really miss ____________ (play) tennis as I used to.
27. I’m sorry, I meant ____________ (write) to you , but I’ve been so busy.
28. Harry says she doesn’t remember ____________ (meet) Sally before.
29. Martin failed ____________ (pay) the rent on time yet again.
30. Have you ever considered ____________ (work) as a teacher.
31. If you have got a headache, why don’t you try ____________ (take) an aspirin?
32. I can’t imagine ____________ (not have) a car!
33. We’ve arranged ____________ (meet) out side the school at 4:30.
34. He smelt something ____________ (burn) in the kitchen.

35. ____________ (be) a student, he was interested in books.
36. There is no use ____________ (call) him at this time.
37. Because of the heavy rain, they delayed ____________ (play) the match.
38. I had to ask the boys ____________ (stop) ____________ (make) noise.
39. The man ____________ (sit) next to me on the bus had a good sense of humor.
40. The teacher recommended ____________ (de) more homework but he was too lazy
____________ ( take) his advice.
Exercise 3: Put the verbs in brackets into their proper participles.
1.The explanation was ____________ (confuse). I got ____________ (confuse)
2. Our ____________ (encourage) words made him ____________ (please)
3. His ____________ (amuse) story brought great fun.
4. ____________ (speak) English is different from ____________ (write) English.
5. ____________ (race) horses are fed well.
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EXERCISES ON VERB FORMS ……………………………………………………………Teacher: Đỗ Thúc Công
6. She is always ____________ (embarrass ) while going out with him.
7. It’s a ____________ (bore) job, you’ll soon get ____________ (tire) of it.
8. Are you ____________ (excite) when you see new films?
9.His father’s advice was really __________ ( encourage) to the ___________ (disappoint) boy.
10. Don’t eat too much ____________ (can) food.
11. It’s a ____________ (surprise) piece of news. All of us are ____________ (astonish)
12. It was a very ____________ (tire) meeting.
13. Their story is about a ____________ (trill) adventure.
14. She finds house keeping a ____________ (bore) task.
15. This book is really ____________ (fascinate) . I just can’t stop reading it.
16.Movies are very ____________ ( relax) for many people.
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