Exercise 3

Do you happen to know curious stories of famous people, such as painters or actors?


Look at the following chart, here there are some verbs and prepositions that are followed by –ing (gerund).

Drag the different elements from the left column to the appropriate space in the right column. You have two attempts to answer every item.

After verbs

Examples

admit

avoid

can’t stand

deny

don’t mind

enjoy

imagine

like

postpone

start

stop

suggest

After prepositions

Examples

afraid of

angry about

apologize for

Note: for negative forms, not is placed before the second verb.

complain about

crazy about

famous for

glad about

good at

interested in

sorry about

tired of

worried about