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A. Complete the sentences with a verb from the list.

1. Mr.Locke refused ___________ her the job.
2. Tarkan decided ____________ Chemistry in the USA.
3. They like __________ parties in their summer house.
4. Most of my colleagues prefer ____________ Turkish coffee to Nescafe.
5. ?ermin hates ___________ on the cell phone.
6. Can you imagine ___________ in Miami?
7. Shakespeare fancied ___________ plays.
8. They dislike __________ sea food.
9. He hopes ___________ an astranout one day.

B. Underline the correct words. ( Gerund or infinitive )

1. My father and my sister enjoy to visit / visiting historical museums.
2. He doesn’t want to be / being a vet.
3. Zeki prefers playing / to play computer games to Internet.
4. She is very old. She can’t stand to be / being with young children for a long time.
5. I imagine moving / to move to Cunda Island when I’m retired.
6. As he never thanks for anything, I refused helping / to help him with the reports.
7. Lale doesn’t mind to walk / walking under the rain without an umbrella.
8. Arzu hopes to visit / visiting her grandparents at the weekend.
9. My car needs to paint / painting.
10. Norman avoids eating / to eat fatty food because he is on a diet. He must lose / to lose / losing 10 kilos.

KEY

EXERCISE A: 1. to give  2. to study  3. having  4. drinking  5. talking  6. living  7. writing  8. eating  9. to be

EXERCISE B: 1. visiting  2. to be  3. playing  4. being  5. moving  6. to help  7. walking  8. to visit  9. painting  10. eating / lose