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GERUND VERB PRACTICE

Liking/ Disliking Verb


Exercise 1: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets
1. My mother likes __________ (cook) when she is free.
2. I am a little busy. Would you mind __________ (wait) a little longer?
3. I have enjoyed ___________ (meet) you. Hope ___________ (see) you again soon.
4. Linda wants ____________ (learn) Vietnamese because she is interested in __________
(visit) Vietnam.
5. Tonight I’d like ___________ (go) out, but I have to do my homework.
6. My brother enjoys __________ (visit) the zoo.
7. I hate ___________ (tell) lies because it’s very bad.
8. Mobile games are great, but I don’t like ___________ (play) them for too long.
9. He started ___________ (surf) the net hours ago. Has he stopped ___________ (surf) yet?
10. John detests ________ (drink) beer.
11. Do you like (listen) ________________ to music.
12. Does Anna fancy (watch) ________________ horrible movies.
13. I prefer (make)________________craft to (draw)________________a picture.
14. Kate loves (hang out) ________________with her friends on her birthday.
15. I detest (eat)________________fish.
Exercise 2: Use the gerunds of the verbs in the box to complete the sentences
collect do eat listen play
ride take wash watch write
1. David hates __________ a bike to school on rainy days.
2. I prefer __________ DVDs to going to the cinema.
3. Nam detests ___________ the dishes every day.
4. We don’t mind __________ to classical music.
5. The Robinsons adore __________ Vietnamese food.
6. My sister enjoys ___________ aerobics in the morning.
7. Lucia fancies _________ emails after dinner.
8. In his free time, Hung likes __________ photographs.
9. Are you interested in _______________ handball, Peter?
10. Hieu’s brother loves ____________ foreign coins, doesn’t he?
Exercise 3: Rewrite the sentence by using gerund or to-infinitive after the verbs of liking
and disliking
1. I prefer reading in bed.
I prefer ______________________.
2. I love to watch cartoons on TV.
I love _______________________.
3. Does Trung hate to do morning exercises?
Does _______________________.
4. They love sunbathing and swimming.
They love ___________________.
5. Does she prefer to watch TV during her meals?
Does she ____________________.
Exercise 4: Choose the correct answer
1. I always enjoy _______ to my grandfather. He always tells me great stories.
A. to talk
B. to talking
C. talking
D. talk
2. Could you help me _______ the kitchen? It’s a real mess!
A. tidy
B. tidied
C. tidying
D. with tidying
3. Your child needs _______ some weight. Tell him _______ less junk food and more
exercise.
A. to lose - eat
B. to lose - to eat
C. losing - to eat
D. losing - eat
4. Marlene can’t wait _______ to the beach again.
A. to go
B. going
C. for going
D. go
5. Steven dislikes _______, so he usually takes a bus to work.
A. to drive
B. to be driven
C. be driven
D. driving
6. Nam is very_____________. He takes part in many school activities.
A. sociable
B. society
C. social
D. reserved
7. The ____________ is the head of school or college.
A. principal
B. president
C. prince
D. princess
8. Lan is hooked_____________K-pop.
A. at
B. on
C. in
D. to
9. Nick does leisure activities in his free time which makes he feels _____________.
A. clever
B. stress
C. boring
D. relaxing
10. Peter enjoys______________origami with his friends at recess.
A. making
B. make
C. to make
D. makes
Exercise 5: Find the mistake in each sentence
1. It took (A) me a very long time (B) recovering from (C) the shock of (D) her death.
2. Money (A) is used to (B) buying (C) food and clothes (D).
3. He often (A) lets (B) me to use (C) his mobile phone (D).
Exercise 6: Put the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences.
1. When/game/ be careful/ you/ online/, /when/ make friends/ strangers/ you/ with //.
___________________________________________________________
2. We/ that/ can/ Kim/ likes/ see/ the/ piano/ playing //.
___________________________________________________________
3. Such as/ hobbies/ or/ making/ things/ crafts/ collecting/ interesting/ are / some //.
___________________________________________________________
4. health/ sitting/ problems/ all/ day/ in front of/ the/ can/ computer/ cause //.
___________________________________________________________
5. fancy/ you/ do/ children/ with/ working? //
___________________________________________________________

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