... staying/'m staying
6 Are you doing
7 are going/'re going begins
8 does this train get
9 am going /'m going Are you coming
10 is coming is travelling/'s travelling ... going
4 saying 5 going
6 using
7 travelling/being
8 telling
9 doing/having
59. 4
2 I'm looking forward to seeing her.
3 I'm not looking forward to going to the dentist....
... was born in 1 891 .
Galileo was born in 1564.
Mahatma Gandhi was born in 18 69.
Martin Luther King was born in 192 9.
Elvis Presley was born in 193 5.
Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452.
... to be an airline pilot.
5 I wouldn't mind being a tourist guide.
57.4
2 waiting 3 going/to go
4 writing 5 working/being
6 to come to go
7 wearing to wear
8 to si...
... ring somebody tries to break into the house.
8. I've just painted the door. I'll put a WET PAINT notice next to it
somebody doesn't realize it's just been painted.
9. ... very good at repairing things. (not 'good in repairing things')
afraid different interested proud responsible similar sure
1. I think she's arriving this evening but I'm .....
... the dog because I was afraid of being bitten.
B. Interested in (do)ing and interested to (do)
I'm interested in doing something = I'm thinking of doing it, I'd like to do
10. ... more
clauses:
* Jim hurt his arm (main clause) playing tennis.(~ing clause)
* Feeling tired,(~ing clause) I went to bed early.(main clause)
'Playing tennis' and 'feeling...
...
133.4
2 think about
3 thinks about/thinks of
4 think of
5 think of
6 thinking of/thinking about
7 think of
8 thinking about/thinking of
9 thought about
10 think much of
... diet
9 on business
10 the whole
126.2
1 in cold weather
2 in pencil
3 in love
4 in block letters
5 in the shade
6 in my opinion
7 in cash
126.3
2 on 3 on 4 at...
... ends in ~e, we leave out e before the ending ~ing:
hope/hoping smile/smiling dance/dancing confuse/confusing
Exceptions arc: be/being
and verbs ending in ~ee: see/seeing agree/agreeing
... participle end in ~ed. For
example;
infinitive: clean, finish, use, paint, stop, carry
past simple, past participle: cleaned, finished, used, painted, stopped,
carried
For spelling ru...
... succeed (in)
Have you succeeded in finding a job yet?
insist (on)
They insisted on paying for the meal.
think (of)
I'm thinking of buying a house.
dream (of)
I ... was interesting for me':
* I was interested to hear that Diane has got a new job.
* Ask George for his opinion. I would be interested to know what he thinks.
(=it would be interesting ... can use an...
... known')
We use get mainly in informal spoken English. You can use be in all situations.
We also use get in the following expressions (which are not passive in
meaning):
get married ... Would you mind ?
6. Please don't interrupt me all the time.
Would you mind?
52.4 Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. Use ~ing.
1. She's a very intere...
... succeeded in
135.3
2 to 3 on
4 in 5 to
6 in 7 with
8 into 9 in
10 on 11 into
12 to 13 into
14 on
15 from one language into another
16 happened to spend it on
17 into
18 ... night.
4 in the evening.
5 on 21 July 196 9.
6 at the same time.
7 in the 192 0s.
8 in about 20 minutes.
9 at the moment.
10 at Christmas.
11 in the Middle Ages....
... ends in ~e, we leave out e before the ending ~ing:
hope/hoping smile/smiling dance/dancing confuse/confusing
Exceptions arc: be/being
and verbs ending in ~ee: see/seeing agree/agreeing
... find them now.
specialize IN
* Helen is a lawyer. She specializes in company law.
succeed IN
* I hope you succeed in finding the job you want.
B. Verb +into
break INTO
* Ou...