EXERCISE 2. Verb + gerund. (Chart 13-1)
Directions: Complete the sentences in the dialogues. Use the expressions in the list or your
own words. Be sure to use a gerund in each sentence.buy a new car Jrain
do m~ homework read a good book
do things repeat that
get a Toyota smoke
go to rhe zoo on Saturday tap your fingernails on the table
help him try- A: Would you like to go for a walk?
B: Has it stopped vai~i~q*?
A: Yes.
B: Let's go. - A: I've been having a lot of trouble with my old Volkswagen the last couple of months.
It's slowly falling apart. I'm thinking about
B: Do you think you'll get anothervolkswagen?
A: No. I'm considering - A: What do you usually do in your free time in the evening?
B: I enjoy - A: Good news! I feel great. I don't cough any more, and I don't run out of breath
when I walk up a hill.
B: Oh?
A: I quit
B: That's wonderful! - A: I've been working on this math problem for the last half hour, and I still don't
understand it.
B: Well, don't give up. Keep. If at first you don't succeed,
try, try again.
The obien following atop is a gerund, NOT an infinirive. INCORRECT: It r-d w win. But in special circumstances,
stop em be followed by an infinitive of purpose: in oh to (see Chart 13-9, p. 391). Wh5 I rwr uwlking dm the
hall, I dmppPd wy pen. I stopped to Qick it up. = I sto-d walking in mdor to@'& iz up.370 CHAPTER 13