Gerund (-ing) exercises

PDF exercises for pre-intermediate - advanced students of English to download for free.

Gerund after prepositions - exercise 1

Key with answers 1

• Complete sentences with prepositions + -ing: My brother is good ___ . (dive)

Gerund after phrasal verbs - exercise 2

Key with answers 2

• Respond to situations: Do you mind queues? (not care | stand | for) - I ___ in queues.

Verbs followed by gerund - exercise 3

Key with answers 3

• Complete sentences with these verbs (complain, sell, sell, cheat, lie...): He admitted ___ on the test.

Expressions followed by gerund - exercise 4

Key with answers 4

• Complete sentences with these expressions (can't help, can't stand, have fun...): I ___ waiting in queues. It's so annoying.

Gerund with possessive adjectives - exercise 5

Key with answers 5

• Respond to situations with possessive adjectives (my, your, his, our...) + -ing forms: Why did you work so late? - He disliked ___ so late.

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