Infinitive or -ing? (2)

(intermediate level)

Find the best answer(s):

  1

I've never enjoyed ____ the washing up.

  2

What I enjoy most in life is ____ in the shade with the Sunday paper.

  3

Dora dislikes ____ cakes but she always bakes one on Tony's birthday.

  4

I think I'd ____ to have a glass of tomato juice now.

  5

I wouldn't ____ to do that job if I were you.

  6

What she dislikes most is ____ the floor in the kitchen.

  7

Would you like ____ an ice-cream?

  8

Would you mind ____ the room before you leave?

  9

Do you like ____ your clothes washed at the cleaner's? It's so expensive.

10

Was it difficult ____ your old dish-washer? Did it work at all?

11

____ lottery tickets is not a very exciting job.

12

It wasn't easy ____ the plumber to replace our old kitchen sink.

13

However hard she tried she couldn't persuade her boss ____ her another day off.

14

Do you hope ____ to finish typing all those letters in an hour?

15

I hope ____ you soon.

16

I've never managed ____ at the meeting on time.

17

Let's stop ____ for a moment.

18

You're upsetting me with your stupid stories. Please stop ____ nonsense.

19

They had been painting the walls for two hours when they stopped ____ a drink.

20

I look forward ____ from you soon.

21

Dora and Tony went to Paris ____ French.

22

I think your boss wants you ____ how they use computers in teaching languages.

23

I'm sorry but I don't see what you mean ____ . Couldn't you explain it to me?

24

Sheila said she meant ____ with us for a fortnight.

25

We missed the last bus – and this meant ____ home on foot.

26

This man says he remembers ____ you steal the old lady's umbrella.

27

Please remember ____ the dog for a walk before you set off to work.

28

She said she knew me but I couldn't remember ____ her before.

29

Mrs Tuck sent the delivery boy for some coconuts but she forgot ____ him money.

30

I wonder how you could forget ____ that diamond ring to aunt Lucy.

31

She said she couldn't forget ____ that terrible play the night before.

32

Tony and Dora can't ____ to have a party next Sunday.

33

The director ____ to employ another prompter in case Mr Whiskers got ill.

34

Walking home from the theatre the girls ____ having a drink at a snack bar.

35

Tony suggested ____ a taxi but Dora preferred ____ .

36

How long do you intend ____ working for this company?

37

Do you think we should go on ____ the floor or shall we stop where we are?

38

The manager welcomed the new secretary and then went on ____ him the office.

39

I regret ____ you that we can't accept your job application at present.

40

Do you regret ____ Mr Whiskers that he would be fired the following day?

41

Was the editor interested ____ your article on the language of birds?

42

I can't understand why they don't allow us ____ in this street.

43

I can't understand why they don't allow ____ in this street.

44

I wouldn't advise the boss ____ Jenkins before we have found a new welder.

45

All the crew advised ____ for a new boatswain but the captain didn't agree.

46

He began ____ his second opera before last Christmas.

47

Mother was beginning ____ anxious when Susy said she would marry a sailor.

48

Start ____ a bit harder if you want to finish this job in a week.

49

When he threw the third stone at me I started ____ that he wasn't my friend.

50

I think the grass needs ____ . Shall I call the gardener?

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