LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Key 11.11A-11.13E

16.4B Adjectives with 'too/enough': 'too weak/not
strong enough to'
1a I'm not strong enough to lift it.
b I'm too weak to lift it.
2a I'm not rich enough to afford one.
b I'm too poor to afford one.
3a She isn't old enough to drive a car.
b She's too young to drive a car.
4a I wasn't interested enough to watch the film,
b I was too bored (or e.g. uninterested) to watch the
film.
5a The pie isn't cool enough to eat.
b The pie is too hot to eat.
6a The film wasn't interesting (or e.g. exciting)
enough to watch.
b The film was too boring to watch.

16.4C Noun + fo-infinitive: 'My decision to wait
was wise'
1 My decision to wait was wise.
2 His refusal to help surprised us.
3 Her failure to get into college disappointed her
parents.
4 It's a pleasure to be with you.
5 Their eagerness to help pleased me.
6 My determination to pass the test helped me.
7 My willingness to co-operate was appreciated.

16.4D Context
1 to see 2 to see 3 to move 4 as to help me
5 to help 6 to please 7 to have disturbed
8 to run away 9 to give 10 to send

16.5 The '-ing' form

16.5A Basic information about the '-ing' form
A1 The gerund as an uncountable noun in general
statements
1 Dancing 2 Being 3 Not being 4 riding
5 reading 6 Driving 7 Not being 8 Running
9 cycling 10 Acting

A2 The gerund as an uncountable noun with
'some', 'a lot of', 'a little', etc.
1 reading 2 ironing 3 shopping 4 swimming
5 regretting 6 shouting 7 fighting 8 singing
9 encouraging 10 gardening

A3 The gerund as an uncountable noun after
prepositions
1 cutting 2 digging 3 boxing 4 sleeping
5 making 6 computing 7 gardening 8 arguing
9 retiring 10 complaining

A4 The gerund as an uncountable noun after

adjectives and possessives

1 thinking 2 thinking 3 refusing 4 not knowing

5 violin playing 6 cooking 7 training 8 shouting

9 singing 10 breathing

A5 The gerund as an uncountable noun after 'no'

in prohibitions

1 parking 2 camping 3 waiting 4 smoking

5 trespassing 6 fishing

A6 The gerund as a countable noun in the

singular and plural

1 a painting 2 paintings 3 A Leonardo drawing

4 Leonardo drawings 5 a new recording

6 a banging 7 a ringing 8 recordings 9 a turning

10 turnings

A7 The gerund after 'the!, 'this' and 'these'

1 cooking 2 shopping 3 burning 4 writing

5 drawings 6 turning 7 making 8 recording

9 paintings 10 recordings

A8 The gerund followed by an object

1 repairing 2 Eating 3 Running 4 doing 5 giving

6 Digging 7 changing 8 Making 9 making

10 making

A9 Perfect gerund forms, active

1 having disturbed 2 having taken 3 having lost

4 your having helped 5 having worked

A10 Perfect gerund forms, passive

1 his having been fired 2 his having been promoted

3 having been dismissed 4 having been found out

5 having been posted

16.5B Context

1 cooking 2 eating 3 Working 4 sitting

5 smoking 6 eating 7 smoking 8 breathing

'9 Cultivating 10 exporting 11 flavouring

12 adding 13 shopping Musing 15 having eaten

16 Being 17 living

16.6 Verb + the '-ing' form

16.6A 'I deny taking it'

Possible answers

1 making 2 living 3 being questioned 4 taking

5 having missed 6 fishing ... fishing 7 cleaning

8 mending

16.6B 'Start him working'

1f 2c 3b 4d 5a 6e 7h 8g