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^ Complete the sentences with verbs from the boxes and to.

1-4: agree decide expect/ need plan / try

► ALICE: 'The exam seemed easy. I was surprised when I got a low mark.'
Alice ........................ pass the exam; she was surprised when she got a low mark.
► David and Cathy have got plane tickets and hotel reservations for Corsica.

David and Cathy are go to Corsica.

1 Annie is going to Singapore. A visa is necessary, and she hasn't got one.
Annie.............................................get a visa.

2 JANE: 'Could you possibly lend me £5?'
ANDY: 'Sure.'
Andy has...............................................lend £5 to Jane.
3 JOE: 'Shall I go to the cinema or stay at home? Cinema, perhaps? No, I'll stay at home.'
Joe has...............................................stay at home.
4 Lizzie was expecting a call from Sarah. Sarah rang the number, but it was engaged.

Sarah.............................................phone Lizzie, but the number was engaged.

5-10: forget learn promise refuse start want

5 Oliver lives in the US, but he took all his driving lessons in France.
Oliver.............................................drive in France.
6 PATRICK: 'I will write to you every day, Barbara.'
Patrick has.............................................. write to Barbara every day.
7 BOB: 'I was going to post a birthday card to my mother, but I didn't remember.'
Bob...............................................post his mother's birthday card.

8 PHILIP: 'Please, please lend me your car.'
AGNES: 'No, no, no and no.'
Agnes has...............................................lend her car to Philip.
9 Helen's parents are sending her to England for two weeks. Helen is not happy.
Helen doesn't.............................................. go to England.
10 Susan said her first word when she was seven months old.

Susan.............................................. talk when she was seven months old.

11-15: begin continue hope prefer seem

11 Mark plays the piano and the trumpet. The trumpet is his favourite.
Mark can play the piano, but he.............................................play the trumpet.
12 Ling usually stops work at 5.00, but yesterday she didn't stop until 7.00.
Ling.............................................. work until 7.00 yesterday.
13 John swims every day; he's going to try for the national team next year.

John.............................................be in the national swimming team next year.
14 'I'm not sure, but I think Rebecca was worried yesterday evening.'
Rebecca...............................................be worried yesterday evening.
15 Irene sat down to write a letter to her brother yesterday, but she didn't finish it.
Irene.............................................write a letter to her brother yesterday.

For infinitives in indirect speech (after tell, ask etc), see pages 125 and 269.
-* For sentences like / don't want to, see page 293.

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full INFINITIVES AND -ING FORMS 123
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.