She spent the spring holiday skiing with her parents.
She'won't have any trouble getting you a job in Hollywood.
When I got home, I spent an hour cleaning my room.
She used to spend the morning lying about the beach.
They spent most of their time reading or listening to music.
They had a hard time living in Dublin.
I had difficulty recollecting the man's name.
We had a hard time finding a taxi in the night.
He didn't waste any time getting to London.
We had a jolly good time dancing.
She had trouble making the child eat his breakfast.
I wasted two hours waiting for you at the station.
She had a dull time looking after her aunt.
14.1 don't want to spend the evening boring you with my stories.
In my youth I wasted a great amount of time reading books that were of no great profit to me.
I spent all my spare time reading and writing.
Ex.
12.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
to be to find listening to look to cheer
to come, leaving, letting to do
to drive, (to) get
to settle, (to) live
seeing
saying
to illustrate
to hide
composing
to remember
to answer
thinking
strapping
to employ
to meet
whistling
looking
to know, to like to waste
25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47.
liking to do buying hearing
attempting to see
to get
to ask
to explain
knowing
getting, reading
seeing
to be
to wipe
writing
breaking
to interfere
to shave
coming
to confide
painting
to see
living
to do
(Note:
Certain
verbs may be followed by either an infinitive or an ing-form
as
direct objects. In such cases the keys to the exercises give the
variant found in the original.)
She began to cry.
I wanted to find out something about him.
He was wide awake now, and he felt like reading, but the only book in the room was the Bible.
Paul doesn't need defending.
He liked being in the company of his relations.
He kept glancing at his watch, and when he finished his tea he said he must be going back.
Now I was beginning to understand something.
Before long I ceased to be useful to them.
Dan could never resist showing (displaying) his work.
10. Even in the darkened room, I could not help seeing that Mrs. Jones' face was swollen with tears.
11. All that January morning the telephone kept ringing in my office. 12.1 proposed to find a doctor and bring him to see Ed.
I don't think he mentioned visiting them.
They forgot to invite me.
I shall never forget staying in your house in Kent.
I'm trying to read.
17. I did not want to leave him alone in his grief and offered to take him to my home.
18. I've put off writing to him till tomorrow. 19.1 could not endure being treated coldly.
20. She never minded being alone in the cottage. 21.1 set about writing short stories seriously.
He was glad that she had taken the trouble to write to him.
Do you remember delivering the grape juice to this house that morning?
Did you remember to send the money to Leeds?
I decided not to worry Roger with the matter.
Oh, I think you'll enjoy being here when the summer comes.
He tried growing potatoes there.
I knew that he was trying to save some money.
We are not going to ask to come with you.
I was tired of pretending to write or to read.
I did not feel like joking.
I refuse to accept responsibility for your actions.
He was anxious to avoid meeting anyone who he knew.
In spite of the rain we went on waiting.
He could not afford to be late these days.
Hugh read a review of the book in an American paper and suggested buying it for their library.
When I got back into the house I remembered to wipe the rain off my face.
I remember mentioning it to you, Lewis.
Possibly Milly regretted talking so much.
More and more she dreaded being left alone with the children.
The others, without fuss, agreed to take part.
Her friends promised to send her work.
Now she sat down by the fire and prepared to tell her news.
He kept calling his hotel, asking if there were any messages for him.
Do you care to take a look at it?
He did not trouble to reply (to them).
In the morning he started moving to the room downstairs.
Ex. 15.
being needed
to whistle (whistling)
being laughed
to be bothered
inviting
to be sleeping
to be differed
to have heard
to be known
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
being interfered erasing to be shown being called to be looking being parted to hurt being seen
Ex. 16.
to go, to find, to do
to look, to listen
trying
to discern
considering
to express
buying
to forget
to take
working
to watch
to see
tearing
to imitate
Ex. 17.
Jobs were still hard to get, and I didn't have very much luck the first few days.
Her lower lip trembled as if she were ready to burst into tears.
Her smile faded quickly: "You were crazy to come."
Mother was busy cooking dinner in the kitchen.
He shook hands with me: "I'm sorry to have to leave."
For a while I was very content just to be alone.
The song was worth being recorded.
He was quick to understand what had happened.
Their argument was hard to follow.
You're certain to hear about it sooner or later.
He lived on the little money his father had been able to put by.
The news was worth writing about to his father.
He was delighted to find his brother at; home. 14; On such a day something was sure to happen.