REPHRASING
GERUND AND INFINITIVE
HERE ARE SOME SENTENCES ABOUT
PEOPLE’S LIVES.
YOUR FRIEND ALEX NEEDS SOME HELP
TO UNDERSTAND THOSE SENTENCES.
FOR EACH STATEMENT, COMPLETE THE
SECOND SENTENCE SO THAT IT MEANS
THE SAME AS THE FIRST ONE, USING
THE WORD GIVEN,
I should have taken mymedicine this
morning but I didn’t remember.
FORGOT
I …………my medicine this morning
I FORGOT TO TAKE MY
MEDICINE THIS MORNING
 I’ll always remember the time
when I went up Mont Blanc.
NEVER
 I’ll …………….. Mont Blanc
 I’LL NEVER FORGET GOING UP
MONT BLANC
 I must hang up the washing
later.
REMEMBER
 I must ……… up the washing later.
 I MUST REMEMBER TO HANG UP
THE washing later
 They let me watch the
rehearsal.
ALLOWED
 I was ………… the rehearsal.
 I WAS ALLOWED TO
WATCH THE REHEARSAL
 I think it is interesting to learn
about other cultures. LEARNING
 I think…………. interesting
 I THINK LEARNING ABOUT
OTHER CULTURES IS interesting
 I came here so that I could see you.
TO
 I came here ……………..
 I CAME HERE TO SEE
YOU
 “I won’t help” ! Said Tom. REFUSED
 Tom……
 Tom REFUSED TO HELP
 I find getting up unbearable CAN’T
STAND
 I………………………..
I CAN’T STAND GETTING UP
We really want to see you next week.
LOOKING
We ………………. you next week
We ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING you next week
 It's really important that you pay the bill
today. REMEMBER
You must ......................... the bill today
 You must REMEMBER TO PAY the bill
today
 I'll help you with your homework.
MIND
I ............. you with your homework
 I DON’T MIND HELPING you with
your homework
 I hated driving on the left at first
but now it's OK.
USED
 I hated driving on the left at first
but now it's OK.
USED
I ................ on the left now
I AM USED TO DRIVING on the left
now
 Were you successful in passing the
exam?
MANAGE
Did ......................... the exam?
 Did MANAGE TO PASS the exam?
 The courier came into the office. He
wanted to deliver the parcel. TO
 The courier came into the office…
 The courier came into the office. He
wanted to deliver the parcel. TO
 The courier came into the office…
 The courier came into the office TO
DELIVER THE PARCEL
 Paul asked me to help him and I
said yes. AGREED
 I ………….. Paul when he asked me.
 I AGREED TO HELP Paul when he
asked me.
 Our teacher says we have to stay
in school at lunchtime MAKES
 Our teacher …. in school at lunchtime
 Our teacher says we have to stay
in school at lunchtime MAKES
 Our teacher …. in school at lunchtime
 Our teacher MAKES US STAY in
school at lunchtime
 We aren’t allowed to eat fast food
because my parents don’t like it. LET
 My parents …..…eat fast food
because they don’t like it.
 My parents DON’T LET US eat fast
food because they don’t like it

Rephrasing: Verb patterns

  • 1.
  • 2.
    HERE ARE SOMESENTENCES ABOUT PEOPLE’S LIVES. YOUR FRIEND ALEX NEEDS SOME HELP TO UNDERSTAND THOSE SENTENCES. FOR EACH STATEMENT, COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCE SO THAT IT MEANS THE SAME AS THE FIRST ONE, USING THE WORD GIVEN,
  • 3.
    I should havetaken mymedicine this morning but I didn’t remember. FORGOT I …………my medicine this morning
  • 4.
    I FORGOT TOTAKE MY MEDICINE THIS MORNING
  • 5.
     I’ll alwaysremember the time when I went up Mont Blanc. NEVER  I’ll …………….. Mont Blanc
  • 6.
     I’LL NEVERFORGET GOING UP MONT BLANC
  • 7.
     I musthang up the washing later. REMEMBER  I must ……… up the washing later.
  • 8.
     I MUSTREMEMBER TO HANG UP THE washing later
  • 9.
     They letme watch the rehearsal. ALLOWED  I was ………… the rehearsal.
  • 10.
     I WASALLOWED TO WATCH THE REHEARSAL
  • 11.
     I thinkit is interesting to learn about other cultures. LEARNING  I think…………. interesting
  • 12.
     I THINKLEARNING ABOUT OTHER CULTURES IS interesting
  • 13.
     I camehere so that I could see you. TO  I came here ……………..
  • 14.
     I CAMEHERE TO SEE YOU
  • 15.
     “I won’thelp” ! Said Tom. REFUSED  Tom……
  • 16.
  • 17.
     I findgetting up unbearable CAN’T STAND  I……………………….. I CAN’T STAND GETTING UP
  • 18.
    We really wantto see you next week. LOOKING We ………………. you next week We ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING you next week
  • 19.
     It's reallyimportant that you pay the bill today. REMEMBER You must ......................... the bill today
  • 20.
     You mustREMEMBER TO PAY the bill today
  • 21.
     I'll helpyou with your homework. MIND I ............. you with your homework
  • 22.
     I DON’TMIND HELPING you with your homework
  • 23.
     I hateddriving on the left at first but now it's OK. USED
  • 24.
     I hateddriving on the left at first but now it's OK. USED I ................ on the left now I AM USED TO DRIVING on the left now
  • 25.
     Were yousuccessful in passing the exam? MANAGE Did ......................... the exam?
  • 26.
     Did MANAGETO PASS the exam?
  • 27.
     The couriercame into the office. He wanted to deliver the parcel. TO  The courier came into the office…
  • 28.
     The couriercame into the office. He wanted to deliver the parcel. TO  The courier came into the office…  The courier came into the office TO DELIVER THE PARCEL
  • 29.
     Paul askedme to help him and I said yes. AGREED  I ………….. Paul when he asked me.
  • 30.
     I AGREEDTO HELP Paul when he asked me.
  • 31.
     Our teachersays we have to stay in school at lunchtime MAKES  Our teacher …. in school at lunchtime
  • 32.
     Our teachersays we have to stay in school at lunchtime MAKES  Our teacher …. in school at lunchtime  Our teacher MAKES US STAY in school at lunchtime
  • 33.
     We aren’tallowed to eat fast food because my parents don’t like it. LET  My parents …..…eat fast food because they don’t like it.
  • 34.
     My parentsDON’T LET US eat fast food because they don’t like it