Past continuous
infinitive or gerund
infinitive or Gerund
Unit 5
while or when
100
when do we use past continuous?
when do we use when and while?
100
Is the verb followed by gerund or infinitive?
Consider
Gerund
100
1 They want to climb/climbing the mountains tomorrow.
2 Can I have that magazine when you finish to read/reading it?
3 They don’t enjoy to swim/swimming in the sea.
to climb
reading
swimming
100
mention some type of transportation
100
while/ when they were walking, they saw a fence
200
5 He a bath when the doctor . (have/arrive)
6 While I in the garden, I someone call my name. (sit/heard)
was having a bath/ arrived
I was sitting in the garden/ I heard
200
Complete the sentence.
We love ______(go) out to restaurants.
going or to go
200
4 I hope to go/going to Malaysia next year.
5 He decided to visit/visiting Belize.
6 Who did you need to call/calling tonight?
to go
to visit
to call
200
mention some items you can carry with you when you go on holidays
200
what were you doing when the teacher looked at you suddenly?
300
3 Who you to when I you? (talk/see)
4 Nina me while I dinner. (call/eat)
were you talking to/ I saw
was calling me / was eating
300
Is the verb in gerund or infinitive?
Choose
Infinitive
300
7 Did you want to book/booking an island tour?
8 I can imagine to spend/spending a year abroad.
9 In the end, we chose to travel/travelling by boat.
to book
spending
to travel
300
Function
5 Complete the conversation with the words in the box.
end go keep miss need on see take to get turn way
A: Excuse me. We want 1 to get to the bus station. Is this the right 2 ?
B: Yes, 3 past that supermarket and
4 the first right
300
my father was reading a good ____ my mother was looking at the family album
400
1 He tennis when he his arm. (play/hurt)
2 While we , we a lot of new friends. (travel/make)
was playing / hurt
were travelling/ we made
400
Complete the sentence.
We decided ______(buy) a second car.
to buy
400
10 Our tour guide didn’t seem to know/knowing where we were going.
11 Would you like to take/taking a train to Cadiz this afternoon?
to know
to take
400
Complete the conversation with the words in the box.
end go keep miss need on see take to get turn way
Then 5 going until you reach the 6 of the road.
7 left, then take the first – no, third – right.
A: So I 8 to turn left and then third right.
400
I was having a shower ____ my friend broke my mother´s vase
500
create your own sentences
500
Is the verb in gerund or infinitive?
Stop
Gerund
Infinitive - different meaning
500
create your own sentences
500
Complete the conversation with the words in the box.
end go keep miss need on see take to get turn way
B: Yes, you’ll 9 the bus station
10 the right. You can’t 11 it.
500
when the teacher came into the classroom, some students were discussing to each other