Every week we will have a quiz on verbs that require gerunds or infinitives. You need to be able to write sentences using each of the verbs below. Quizzes after the first may include some verbs from previous quizzes, so don't forget what you learned! Also, you will see these on the final exam. Almost all of the verbs below are taken from Focus on Grammar: Intermediate (second edition), Appendices 9 - 12 (p. A5).
The following key will help you. For infinitives that take an object, these rules apply in active voice only. Note that passive voice changes the infinitives:
| G = verbs requiring a gerund | I = verbs requiring an infinitive | IO = verbs requiring an object and infinitive | G, I = verbs taking either a gerund or infinitive |
| feel like (G) | advise (G, IO) | allow (G, IO) | urge (G, IO) | promise (I, IO) |
| appear (I) | ask (I, IO) | learn (I) | continue (G, I) | |
| miss (G) | finish (G) | decide (I) | seem (I) |
| prefer (G, I) | attempt (I) | encourage (IO) | recommend (G) | |
| like (G, I) | suggest (G) | choose (I, IO) | agree (I) | |
| love (G, I) | force (IO) | hope (I) | prepare (I) |
| avoid (G) | deny (G) | fail (I) | plan (I) | |
| expect (I, IO) |
begin (G, I) | hire (IO) | manage (= be able to) (I) | |
| dislike (G) | request (I, IO) | hurry (I) | quit (G) |
| delay (G) | can/can't afford (I) | refuse (I) | imagine (G) | *forget (G, I) |
| mention (G) | enjoy (G) | forbid (IO, G) | mean (=intend) (I) | |
| consider (G) | keep/keep on (=continue) (G) | risk (G) | convince (IO) |
| want (I, IO) | *try (=attempt) (I) | forgive (G) | give up (=stop) (G) | |
| regret (G) | persuade (IO) | pay (I, IO) | postpone (G) | |
| recall (G) | wish (I) | remind (IO) | need (I, IO) |
| practice (G) | report (G) | require (IO) | *stop (=quit) (G) | |
| *remember (G, I) | teach (IO) | mind (=object to) (G) | *try (=sample) (G) | |
| can/can't wait (I) | hate (G, I) | warn (IO) | permit (IO) |
| order (IO) | resist (G) | consent (I) | ||
| cause (IO) | like (G, I) | discuss (G) | offer (I) | |
| appreciate (G) | propose (G, I) | give up (=stop) (G) | *stop (=pause) (I) |
| celebrate (G) | arrange (I) | prohibit (G) | tell (IO) | |
| detest (G) | discontinue (G) | hate (G, I) | invite (IO) | |
| pretend (I) | can't help (G) | start (G, I) | intend (I) |
Every week we will have a quiz on past tenses and past participles
of
some irregularverbs. These verbs are listed in the back of your book (Focus
on Grammar: Intermediate (second edition), Appendix 1 (pp.
A1-A2).
You will need to be able to write both the simple past AND the past
participle
of each verb. Also, spelling is important, so study hard!
| QUIZ 1 arise -- burn |
QUIZ 2 burst -- draw (BUT NOT burst, cling, creep) |
QUIZ 3 dream -- forgive (BUT NOT flee, fling) |
QUIZ 4 freeze -- keep |
QUIZ 5 kneel -- meet (BUT NOT kneel, knit, leap) |
| QUIZ 6 pay -- set (BUT NOT seek) |
QUIZ 7 sew -- spill |
QUIZ 8 spin -- take (BUT NOT spit, stink) |
QUIZ 9 teach -- write (BUT NOT weave, wind, wring) |