Basic English Grammar I

Exercise 24

Study the following pairs of verbs and nouns. Then write a sentence using each pair
with the verb as an imperative. Try to use negatives in some of your sentences. For the
first pair, you could write:

Show him the picture. or Don’t show him the picture.

verb noun

1. show picture


2. bring bike


3. eat sandwiches


4. wash hands


5. listen parents


6. wait name


7. sleep classroom


8. make noise

Exercise 25

Make a gerund from each verb below. Then write a sentence using that gerund. For
example, the gerund you can make from the first verb is cycling. You could write the
sentence:

She loves cycling in the countryside.

verb gerund

1. cycle


2. paint


3. eat


4. sleep


5. watch


6. bake


7. fly


8. cook

cycling