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Grammar Exercises for Learners

- The document discusses gerunds and infinitives and how the first verb determines the form of the second verb. When the first verb is "enjoy" it asks for a gerund ("listening") and when the first verb is "want" it asks for an infinitive ("to talk"). - It provides examples of verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives such as "I enjoy listening to music" and "I want to talk to you".

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Grammar Exercises for Learners

- The document discusses gerunds and infinitives and how the first verb determines the form of the second verb. When the first verb is "enjoy" it asks for a gerund ("listening") and when the first verb is "want" it asks for an infinitive ("to talk"). - It provides examples of verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives such as "I enjoy listening to music" and "I want to talk to you".

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Gerund and infinitive

- When a verb is followed by another verb, the first verb


determines the form of the second
I enjoy listening to music (the verb enjoy asks for the gerund)
I want to talk to you (the verb want asks for the infinitive)
File 6
EX 1
1 – to set
2 – didn’t call
3 – sleeping
4 – to stay
5 – to give
6 – waking
7 – speak
8 – chatting
9 – to practice
10 – cleaning

EX 4
1 – fast
2 – snores
3 – oversleeping
4 – insomnia
5 – keep
6 – pillow
7 – nap
8 – yawning
Unit 7
Verbs of senses: look, smell, taste, feel, sound
VS + adjective
You look beautiful
VS + like + noun
You look like your mom
VS + as if + clause
You look as if you worked all day

File 7
EX 3
1 – sounds like
2 – as if
3 – like
4 – feel
5 – seems
6 – old socks
7 – though
8 – smells
EX 4
1 – lend
2 – noticed
3 – advise
4 – discuss
5 – robbed
6 – remind
7 – risen
8 – refuses
9 – prevent
10 – mind

EX 5
1 – shoulders
2 – comb
3 – thumb
4 – hand
5 – blow
6 – wrinkles
7 – point
8 – stretch
9 – neck
10 – scratched
UNIT 8
Passive voice
Aux verb (in the correct tense) + verb in the participle
(be, have)
I invented the pen in 1932 → active voice (the person who does
the action is important)
The pen was invented in 1932 by me → passive voice (the agent of
the action can be omitted)
*Passive voice with continuous forms: The house is being rebuilt
*Passive voice with infinitive: She asked to be reminded of the test
*Passive voice for future tenses: The house will be rebuilt
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EX 1
1 – not to give up
2 – me to try
3 – buying
4 – to post
5 – not asking
6 – on paying

EX 2
1 – be fined
2 – be wrapped
3 – is thought
4 – to be beaten
5 – is said
6 – being followed
7 – was shown
8 – is being redecorated / will be redecorated
EX 3
1 – We’re having our new solar panels installed in two weeks.
2 – I had my car fully checked before I bought it.
3 – Will you have your kitchen painted exactly the same color?
4 – We decided to get the jewelry appraised by an expert.
5 – Why would anyone want to become a police officer?
6 – I had my photo taken in front of the Eiffel Tower.
EX 4
1 – acquitted
2 – judge
3 – blackmailed
4 – witness
5 – hacked
6 – guilty
7 – stalking
8 – punishment
9 – committed
10 – verdict

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