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Verbs followed by gerund or full infinitive
Verbs followed by both gerund and full infinitive
Verbs followed by bare infintive and other cases to pay attention to
Exercise 12
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Exercise 14
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Exerc
ise 12
Gerunds after prepositions
Gerunds after prepositions
Complete the sentences with the correct preposition from the list.
about (3x) * for (3x) * on (2x) * to * at * in (2x)
1. Rick insisted
coming with us to the zoo.
2. I succeeded
persuading my father to lend me his new camera.
3. We were really excited
seeing the polar hears.
4. I’ve always been interested
learning about animals.
5. We talked
going on a safari one day.
6. Rick objected
having to pay to visit the aquarium.
7. My sister is good
imitating animal sounds.
8. We talked to the man who was responsible
feeding the lions.
9. I'm very keen
taking photographs of wildlife.
10. I apologised
being half an hour late.
11. You don't seem very enthusiastic
having a picnic.
12. Dr Tibbet is famous
carrying out research on the way dolphins communicate.
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