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Make sentences with ve ry/q u ite /n o t very good at ...ing or bad at ...ing.

RUN SWIM CYCLE DRAW SING KEY
JANE • o VERY GOOD

BOB • o QUITE GOOD
SUE o O NOT VERY GOOD

MARK o • BAD
► [Jane/run, swim) 2? . ?? { . but bad at s.wlm.m.lvyaj. _

► [Sue/run, cycle) f$. ruwi/u.i/ug, a^d gucite good at

1 [Bob / run, cycle) ..........................................................................................................
2 [Sue/draw, run) ..........................................................................................................
3 [Mark/swim, run) ........................................................................................................
4 [Bob/swim, sing) .........................................................................................................

5 [Jane/run, cycle) .........................................................................................................
6 [Mark/sing, draw) ......................................................................................................
7 [Jane / draw, sing) ........................................................................................................
8 [Sue/sing,swim) ......................................................................................................... .

Q What are you good or bad at? Write some sentences about yourself.

We use by ...ing and without ...ing to say how people do something.

I earn my pocket money by working in a petrol station. She passed her exams without studying.

^ Make sentences with by ...ing or without ...ing.

► When I left the house this morning, I didn't close the windows.

!.left the house this vworvdivyg w ithout elosli/ug the windows._
► Ali got a wonderful job. He was in the right place at the right time.

. .0.?]“. pM.P&Wd hK* the rig h t jiloce at the.iflght tlm.e.

1 Ellie stayed awake. She drank lots of coffee.

2 Paul drank three glasses of water. He didn't stop.

3 Charles woke us up. He turned the TV on.

4 You can find out the meaning of a word. Use a dictionary.

5 Mike paid for his new house. He didn't borrow any money.

6 Helen lost her driving licence. She drove too fast, too often.

7 Carl did all his homework. He didn't ask for any help.

8 Teresa cooks all her food. She doesn't use any salt.

Sometimes to is a preposition (for example / look forward to your answer).
In this case we must use -ing forms of verbs after to.
I look forward to hearing from you. (NOT / look forward to hear from you.)

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full INFINITIVES AND -ING FORMS 133
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.