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– Have you got any new ideas?

– Well, I'm good at (2)_______________________ (write) about football.

– That's not new! Can't you think of (3)_______________ (do) anything else?

– Why? Isn't everybody crazy about (4)_________________ (play) football?

– No. How about (5)___________________ (have) a music page? You're fond of (6)_____________________ (listen) to music.

– And I'm good at (7)_____________________ (tell) jokes.

– Are you still interested in (8)________________ (do) an article about the environment?

– Of course. And I've got an idea. How about (9)_______________ (organize) a competition? Readers have to suggest ways of (10)_________________ (make) schools 'greener'. They should send in ideas on (11)__________________ (reduce) waste paper like stopping exams, tests, essays …

I. What do the people want to do? Write the answers.

1. Jenny: I’m going to the cinema on Saturday.

Jane: Why don’t you go to the bowling alley with me instead?

Jenny wants to _________________, but Jane wants her to ____________________________________________________.

2. Tom: I’m going to the music shop.

Nick: Why don’t you go to the fun-fair with me instead?

____________________________________________________

3. Jane: I’m staying at home tonight.

Amanda: That’s boring. Go to the basketball game with me.

____________________________________________________

4. Ben: I want to go to the air show on Sunday.

Tom: Can’t you go with me on Saturday?

____________________________________________________

5. Jenny: I’m going to watch television now.

Amanda: Let’s go to the snack bar instead.

____________________________________________________

6. Ben: I’m going to give my old computer games to my cousins.

Amanda: Oh? Can’t you give them to me?

____________________________________________________

7. Mike: I’m going to visit my friends in London tomorrow.

Sue: Can’t you visit them next week instead?

____________________________________________________

8. Jane: I’m going to the swimming pool.

Ben: But you said you would help me with my chemistry.

____________________________________________________

II. Choose the correct answer.

1. Mr Bell used to smoke, but he stopped smoking ten years ago.

a) smoke

b) to smoke

c) smoking

2. Mrs Bell must remember _____________ the butcher to order the meat for the weekend.

a) to phone

b) phoning

c) phone

3. On her way home from school, Jenny stopped ____________ to some friends.

a) talking

b) to talk

c) talk

4. The milkman thinks that Mrs Bell forgot to pay him, but she can remember ______________ the bill.

a) to pay

b) paying

c) pay

5. Mr Blake asked the class to stop ____________________

a) to talk

b) talk

c) talking

6. Nick can remember ______________ to school for the first time.

a) to go

b) go

c) going

7. Ben didn’t remember _____________ his bicycle. The brakes still squeak.

a) oiling

b) to oil

c) oil

8. On his way to the station, Mr Bell stopped ____________ a letter.

a) to post

b) post

c) posting

9. Jenny, stop _______________ your nails! Don’t be so nervous.

a) biting

b) to bite

c) bite

10. I didn’t remember _____________ to the bank. Now I have no money.

a) going

b) go

c) to go

11. Jenny can remember ______________ off her bicycle and ______________ her leg when she was six.

a) to fall, breaking

b) falling, to break

c) falling, breaking

III. Put the verb into the correct form, to... or -ing.

1. When I’m tired, I enjoy _______________ television. It’s relaxing. (watch)

2. It was a nice day, so we decided __________________ for a walk. (go)

3. It’s a nice day. Does anyone fancy _______________ for a walk? (go)

4. I’m not in a hurry. I don’t mind ________________ . (wait)

5. They don’t have much money. They can’t afford ______________ out very often. (go)

6. I wish that a dog would stop ______________ . It’s driving me mad. (bark)

7. Our neighbour threatened _________________ the police if we didn’t stop the noise. (call)

8. We were hungry, so I suggested ________________ dinner early. (have)

9. Hurry up! I don’t want to risk _________________ the train. (miss)

10. I’m still looking for a job but I hope _________________ something soon. (find)

plete the story about the inventor Thomas Edison with to+infinitive or an -ing form.

Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors of all time. But as a child, he didn’t enjoy going (go) to school.

When Edison was only seven, the headmaster decided (1)__________ (expel) him because he refused (2)______________ (do) his school work. He only went to school for three months, but he never stopped (3)______________ (learn). His mother managed (4)______________ (teach) him the most important things, and she persuaded him (5)________________ (read) about science. He didn’t mind (6)______________ (stay) at home and he enjoyed (7)______________ (read). He couldn’t afford (8)______________ (buy) the books he needed, so at twelve he began (9)_______________ (sell) newspapers and sweets in trains.

He loved (10)_________________ (do) experiments, and he set up a laboratory in the luggage van of a train. When he was older, he invented the phonograph and the light bulb.

I. Form the infinitive for the passive voice.

Example: to do – to be done; to show – to be shown

to bring		to make
to translate		to speak
to send		to tell
to offer		to say
to build		to break
to give		to understand
to write		to see
to find		to pay
to meet		to clean
to read		to take

II. In this exercise you have to read a sentence and then write another sentence in the passive voice. Begin each sentence as shown.

Example: Somebody stole my bag in the shop.

My bag was stolen in the shop.

1. The bill includes service. Service __________________ in the bill.

2. They have built a new hospital near the airport. A new hospital ___________________________

3. People don't use this road very often. This road __________________

4. They have postponed the concert. The concert ___________________

5. They are building a new road round the city. A new road ___________________________

6. They have changed the date of the meeting. The date of the meeting ___________________________

7. Brian told me that somebody had robbed him in the street. Brian told me that he ____________________________

8. They make cheese from milk. Cheese _______________ from milk.

9. They will have finished the work by twelve. The work _________________________

10. Somebody switched on the light and opened the door. The light _________________________

11. The pupils are doing this exercise now. This exercise _________________________

12. They will give you an answer in some days. An answer ______________________________

13. We use these clothes only on special occasions. These clothes ______________________________

14. He published the book last year. The book ______________________

15. Nobody had visited him. He ______________________________

III. Choose the right variant.

1. The day before yesterday we ___________ to the restaurant by my friend.

a) are invited

b) were invited

c) invited

2. Look! The bridge ______________________

a) is being repaired

b) is been repaired

c) has being repaired

3. The letter and the parcel _________________ tomorrow.

a) will be post

b) will have been posted

c) will be posted

4. In Greece the Olympic Games ______________ once in four years.

a) were hold

b) are being held

c) are held

5. This book ________________ by the end of September.

a) would been republished

b) will have been republished

c) will been republished

6. The text _______________ by the students now.

a) are translating

b) were being translated

c) is being translated

7. The test _______________ before the bell rang.

a) has been written

b) was written

c) had been written

8. St Petersburg _____________ in 1703 by Peter the Great.

a) founded

b) is founded

c) was founded

IV. Put the verb into the correct form, active or passive.

1. This piece of music _______________ (know) to me. But it never _______________ (play) so wonderfully before.

2. When I came into the cinema, a new film __________________ (show).

3. Nick was late for the party, so when he came into the room all the guests __________________ (introduce) to each other, some of them _______________ (dance) and some ________________ (sing) in the next room.

4. In the United States, elections for President _______________ (hold) every four years.

5. We ____________________ (discuss) the problem already when you came.

6. While I was on holiday, my camera __________________ (steal) from my hotel room.

7. Where ___________________ (these photographs/take)? In London? __________________ (you/take) them?

8. Ron's parents _______________ (die) when he was very young. He and his sister ______________ (bring) up by their grandparents.

9. When you come here in summer, their house ________________ (repair).

10. It's a big factory. Five hundred people __________________ (employ) there.

11. Water __________________ (cover) most of the Earth's surface.

12. Most of the Earth's surface ___________________ (cover) by water.

13. The letter ______________ (post) a week ago and it _____________ (arrive) yesterday.

14. While I was on holiday, my camera _____________ (disappear) from my hotel room.

15. Why _____________________ (Sue/resign) from her job? Didn't she enjoy it?

16. Why ____________________ (Bill/sack) from his job? What did he do wrong?

17. This building __________________ (build) in the last century. One of the famous architects ______________________ (design) it.

I. Match the two halves of these sentences.

1. If you like mountains, 2. If you don’t enjoy sunbathing, 3. If we have enough money, 4. If we come to London, 5. If you stay with us in Paris, 6. If we want to travel around,

a) we’ll hire a car. b) we’ll show you the sights. c) we’ll come and visit you. d) we’ll go to the Caribbean. e) you’ll love Britain in summer. f) you’ll enjoy the Alps.

II. Put the verbs in the correct tense and form.

Jenny: If Nick got more pocket money, he would waste (waste) it all on stupid things.

Nick: That isn’t true. If I had more money, I_______________ (spend) it on a leather jacket.

Tom: If I _______________ (win) a lottery, I would buy a CD-player.

Nick: I______________ (not buy) a CD-player, if I were you. They’re much too expensive.

Jenny: If I had more money, I _____________ (save) it for a trip to Australia.

Nick: If I ________________ (have) a lot of money, I ____________ (buy) a motor bike.

Tom: I _______________ (not buy) a motor bike if I ___________ (be) you. They are too dangerous.

Nick: If we _______________ (not get) so much homework, I ___________ (deliver) newspapers every morning.

III. The following things might happen. What would you do if they happened to you? Write your answers.

1. If I found a gold ring in the street, I would ________________________

2. If my best friend moved to another town, _________________________

3. If I saw someone hurt in an accident, ____________________________

4. If someone offered me a Saturday job in a butcher’s shop, _______________________________________

5. If I lost my voice, ___________________________________________

6. If all the lights suddenly went out, ______________________________

7. If the television broke down in the middle of my favourite programme, _____________________________________________

8. If I found a purse full of money in a bus, _________________________

9. If I spilled orange juice on my English homework, __________________________________________________________