Thank you very much!
Here are some more sentences I'd like you to check if the following sentences are possible.
1) I hate ….. (tell) you this but you didn’t pass your FCE test.
2) Lucy dreams of….. (go) to live in Australia.
3) Jack is looking forward to ….. (move) into a new house.
4) Karen never succeeds in ….. (keep) the car clean.
5) I prefer …… (swim) to ……. (play) football.
6) I’ve given up ….. (read) newspapers.
7) I haven’t finished ……….. the car engine.
8) I couldn’t help ………. (laugh).
I watched her …………… (wash) the car from top to bottom.
She keeps ………..(make) a lot of photocopies.
It’s not worth ………. (spend) so much money on clothes!
Are the directions going to indicate what kinds of verb forms to be used? Or are students expected to determine that on their own?
All the sentences are fine, except that you haven't indicated a verb to use in 7.
1) I hate telling you this but you didn’t pass your FCE test.
- The sentence is grammatically correct. To check if it is possible, you can identify the verb "hate" and the verb form "telling" that follows it.
2) Lucy dreams of going to live in Australia.
- The sentence is grammatically correct. To check if it is possible, you can identify the verb "dreams of" and the verb form "going" that follows it.
3) Jack is looking forward to moving into a new house.
- The sentence is grammatically correct. To check if it is possible, you can identify the verb "is looking forward to" and the verb form "moving" that follows it.
4) Karen never succeeds in keeping the car clean.
- The sentence is grammatically correct. To check if it is possible, you can identify the verb "never succeeds in" and the verb form "keeping" that follows it.
5) I prefer swimming to playing football.
- The sentence is grammatically correct. To check if it is possible, you can identify the verb "prefer" and the verb forms "swimming" and "playing" that follow it.
6) I’ve given up reading newspapers.
- The sentence is grammatically correct. To check if it is possible, you can identify the verb phrase "given up" and the verb form "reading" that follows it.
7) I haven’t finished repairing the car engine.
- The sentence is grammatically correct. To check if it is possible, you can identify the verb phrase "haven't finished" and the verb form "repairing" that follows it.
8) I couldn’t help laughing.
- The sentence is grammatically correct. To check if it is possible, you can identify the verb phrase "couldn't help" and the verb form "laughing" that follows it.
I watched her wash the car from top to bottom.
- The sentence is grammatically correct. To check if it is possible, you can identify the verb phrase "watched" and the verb form "wash" that follows it.
She keeps making a lot of photocopies.
- The sentence is grammatically correct. To check if it is possible, you can identify the verb "keeps" and the verb form "making" that follows it.
It’s not worth spending so much money on clothes!
- The sentence is grammatically correct. To check if it is possible, you can identify the verb phrase "worth" and the verb form "spending" that follows it.