Verbs with Gerund or Infinitive
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GERMAN TRANSLATION
Exercise 1
(1) You must avoid spending more money than you have on your account.
(2) Tell the children to stop making that noise!
(3) Have you considered applying for the post?
(4) Susan decided to do something for her health and give up / gave up smoking.
(5) Can you imagine moving to an old farmhouse?
(6) I have put off learning the words too long already, I don’t want to delay
tackling them any longer.
(7) Have you finished washing your hair yet?
(8) I can’t imagine working as a nurse but I would consider training
to be a social worker.
(9) Fritz wants to go on working on his job although he was 65 last month.
(10) I don’t want to miss watching the film on Saturday night.
(11) Silvia keeps asking the same questions. Why doesn’t she remember the answers?
(12) I have always enjoyed listening to jazz.
(13) I don’t fancy leaving the house when it is so cold.
(14) When Fritz asked Susan what they might do, she suggested going to a disco.
(15) Preparing a talk may involve consulting books from various libraries.
(16) The police didn’t question the boy long before he admitted stealing the bicycle.
Verb list: admit - avoid – consider – consider - delay – enjoy – fancy - finish – give up – go on –
imagine – imagine - involve - keep – miss – put off – stop – suggest.
Exercise 2:
Use the list below to find verbs followed by to and infinitive and fill the gaps in the right form :
(1) I mustn’t forget to answer this inquiry from Messrs. Clark & Simpson.
(2) We have decided not to go on holiday this year.
(3) Three students have failed to pay their fees so far.
(4) The innkeeper threatened to send the three men away unless they behaved.
(5) Patrick is still looking for a situation but he hopes to find something soon.
(6) The boys offered to help us with the packing.
(7) The two business men agreed to negotiate a contract on Friday afternoon.
(8) The owner of the guest house arranged to have the luggage of the travellers fetched
at the station.
(9) Sheila deserved to win the first prize for her plans in the competition last year.
(10) Our suppliers promised to deliver the glass wool by the end of this week.
(11) I am planning to attend a language school in Germany for three months
to improve my German.
(12) The railway company refused to make a refund for the ticket because
the passenger was not able to prove that he had returned from London by car.
(13) As Simon had lost his credit card, I agreed to lend him some money.
(14) Mary has to work hard but she doesn’t seem to mind.
(15) Robert heard all we said although he pretended to be asleep.
(16) I left the house before nine so I managed to do all the shopping before eleven o’clock.
Verb list: agree – agree - arrange - decide – deserve - fail – forget – hope - manage – offer – plan – pretend – promise – refuse - seem – threaten.
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