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Worksheet 11

verb + gerund
1 Complete the table with the gerund form of the verb.

I like DANCING (dance).

You like PAINTING (paint).
He likes FISHING (fish).
She likes SWIMMING (swim).
We like RIDING (ride).
They like COOKING (cook).

Now make the sentences negative. Now make questions.

e._g_. I_do_n__t_l_i_k_e d_a_nc_i_n_g_. _e_._g_. Do I _l_ike_da_nc_ing_?
YOU DONT LIKE PAINTING DO YOU LIKE PAINTING?
HE DOESNT LIKE FISHING DOES HE LIKE FISHING?
SHE DOESNT LIKE SWIMMING DOES SHE LIKE SWIMMING?
WE DONT LIKE RIDING DO WE LIKE RIDING?
THEY DONT LIKE COOKING DO THEYLIKE COOKING?
2 Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in brackets.
SARA Hi you two! What are you doing?
STEVE Were playing basketball. Do you want to play?
SARA No thanks. I (1)DONT LIKE PLAYING (not like / play) basketball.
CARL Wow! I (2)LOVE PLAYING (love / play) basketball, its great!
STEVE What do you (3)LIKE DOING (like / do)?
SARA Well, I (4) LIKE RIDING (like / ride).
CARL Yeah! That can be fun.
SARA And I (5) LIKE DANCING (like / dance).
STEVE Dancing! Oh, I (6) HATE DANCING (hate / dance). I cant dance.
SARA Thats not true. Everyone can dance.
STEVE Not me!
SARA So I know you (7) LIKE PLAYING (like / play) basketball, but what else do you
(8) LIKE DOING (like / do)?
STEVE I (9) LIKE PLAYING CHESS (like / play)
chess.

CARL Chess! Thats boring.

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3 Read the conversation in exercise 2. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1 Carl likes playing basketball. TRUE
2 Sara likes playing basketball. FALSE
3 She likes riding. TRUE
4 Carl likes riding. FALSE
5 Steve doesnt like dancing. TRUE
6 Carl likes playing chess.FALSE

4 Write sentences using the prompts.

e.g. He / love / fish
He loves fishing.
1 Steve / love / play / volleyball
STEVE LOVES PLAYING VOLLEYBALL

2 Sara / love / ride

SARA LOVES RIDING

3 She / dont mind / swim

SHE DOESNT MIND SWIMMING.
4 Carl / dont like / play / chess
CARL DOESNT LIKE PLAYING CHESS
5 you / like / dance / ?
DO YOU LIKE DANCING?
6 They / like / sail
THEY LIKE SAILING.
7 Barbara / like / cook / ?
DOES BARBARA LIKE COOKING

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