3- a Grammar: Infinitive & -ing forms 7- inviting

8-to join
Ex 1 9-to tolerate
1- D
2- A Exc. 6
3- A 1-to obtain
4- A 2-to discover
5- B 3- paying
6- C 4- to prefer
7- A 5- placing/to place
8- B 6- to boost
9- A 7-lining
8-ensuring
Ex 2 9-enabling
1- to take 10-to produce
2- following 11-to know
3- postponing 12-to get
4- helping 13-reading
5- tidying
6- telling/to tell Exc 7
7- to have/having 1-worrying
2-to meet
Ex 3 3-get
1- B 4-to stop
2- C 5-hurrying
3- B 6-knowing
4- B 7-to ask
5- B 8-slowing
6- C 9-following
7- A 10-allowing
8- C
9- D Exc 8
10- C 1-…no intention of paying…
2-...responsible enough to be in
Ex 4 charge…
1- modifying 3-…prospect of changes at work makes
2- to mantain Sheila…
3- to participate 4-…mind keeping your mobile phone
4- consult switched off while…
5- to argue/arguing 5-… took an hour to fix the engine…
6- using 6-…not in the habit of training so…
7- to take/taking 7-…unwise not to wear…
8- putting 8-…confess that our appointment
9- to say completely slipped…
10- meeting 9-… to say that you may be eligible for…
11- arranging/to be arranged 10-…try to do the exercise you may
12- to do find…
11-...may benefit from a…
Ex 5 12-…kept on with his speech despite the
1- look/looking fact…
2- reading
3- to prevent
4- saying
5- perusing
6- invading
13- …would rather work/have a job… 17- up
14-…might need to be
serviced/servicing… Exc. 11 b
15-…are believed to be going through charge to sb = bill sb. “Our room service
with… costs were charged to our employer”
16-…for fear of them taking/that they
would take… charge with = publicly accuse sb of
17-…appreciate your letting us know committing a wrong deed. “His associate
about the venue… was charged with negligence”
18-…couldn’t envisage what life would
be like… Exc. 12
19-…the risk of losing all your savings… 1- c
20-…don’t feel like going… 2- k
21-…believe you would dare to swim… 3- a
22-…had just locked the door when he 4- j
heard… 5- b
23-…was kind of you to send her 6- i
flowers… 7- d
24-…recent friendliness towards you 8- g
recently hasn’t escaped… 9- e
25-… a pleasure to meet… 10- h

Exc. 9 Exc. 13
1- D 1- chair the meeting
2- A 2- with flying colours
3- D 3- showed his true colours
4- A 4- has the cheek
5- off colour
Exc 10 6- keep his chin up
1- on 7- play your cards right
2- altogether/completely 8- chalk and cheese
3- time 9- calling me names
4- point 10- get it off your chest
5- or 11- got (a bit) hot under the collar
6- through
7- thing Exc. 14
8- give 1- on the dole
2- down in the dumps
Exc 11 a 3- a red-letter day
1- in 4- a wild goose chase
2- off 5- crocodile tears
3- on 6- let sleeping dogs lie
4- up 7- going to the dogs
5- out 8- was caught red-handed
6- over 9- down the drain
7- up
8- round Exc 15
9- on 1- in
10- in 2- on
11- off 3- of
12- on 4- for
13- out 5- for
14- on 6- by
15- out/through 7- in
16- on 8- by
 9- in
10- with Exc 19
1- c
Exc 16 2- b
1- in/into 3- d
2- for 4- c
3- in 5- a
4- on 6- d
5- on
6- off Exc 20
7- on 1-undisputed
8- out 2-underneath
9- to 3-wholesome
10- in 4-sustenance
11- at 5-mischievous
12- By 6-misfortune
7-emigration
Exc 17 8-imitation
1-it ever crossed your mind to change
2-is no comparison between these two Exc 21
3- is no limit to his criticism of/criticizing 1-will
4-are not used to eating 2-legacy
5-does his appearance strike 3-heritage
6-is (totally) devoid of 4-inheritance
7-on the cards that he will be
8-were over the moon when our first Exc 22
grandchild 1-explore
9-will be given the sack 2-explore
10-constantly finds fault with our 3-investigate
11-makes no difference to me whether 4-investigate
you come 5-investigate
12-are twice as many women as men 6-explore
13-a good chance he 7-explore
14-took an instant dislike to 8-investigate
15-cast an eye over my essay 9-explore
16-father’s health has improved
17-minister’s remarks drew an angry Exc 23 a
response from 1-break
18-has undergone a lot of changes 2-break
19-little prospect of Frances being 3-intermission
20-are in complete contrast to 4-break
5-break
Exc 18 6-interval
1- play it by ear
2- put a damper Exc 23 b
3- on edge 1-keen
4- on the dot 2-keen
5- on the defensive 3-enthusiastic
6- see eye to eye 4-enthusiastic
7- has an eye for 5-keen
8- more to him than meets the eye 6-enthusiastic
7-keen
Exc 24
1- B
2- C
3- A
4- D
5- A
6- C
7- D
8- B

Exc 25
1-by
2-as
3-even
4-of
5-over
6-into
7-total
8-on

Exc 26
1- unauthorized
2- subscribers
3- ownership
4- exclusive
5- basic
6- publicised
7- milestone
8- primary

Exc 27
1-have no option but to give up
2-was robbed of victory at the finishing
line
3-are committed to lending us
4-it compulsory for you to wear a uniform
5-take any notice of her
6-haven’t fallen out although they