Question

Put the verbs in brackets into the infinitive or-ing form.

My mother is an amazing woman. She is 87 years old and she still enjoys 1) going out (go out) for a walk every day. She doesn't mind 2) _________ (do) all her housework and she's glad 3) _________ (help) her elderly neighbours when they can't 4) _________ (go) to the shops. She's too old 5) _________, (dig) the garden any more- she stopped 6) _________ (do) that last year - but she's still healthy enough 7) _________, (mow) the grass! In the summer she still goes 8) _________ (swim) when it's warm and she lets her grandchildren 9) _________ (bury) her in the sand. She often says, "It's no good 10) _________ (be) alive if you don't enjoy yourself." I'd love 11) _________ (be) like my mother when I'm her age.

Answer 1

She doesn't mind 2) doing (do) all her housework and she's glad 3) to help (help) her elderly neighbours when they can't 4) go (go) to the shops. She's too old 5) to dig, (dig) the garden any more- she stopped 6) doing (do) that last year - but she's still healthy enough 7) to mow, (mow) the grass! In the summer she still goes 8) swimming (swim) when it's warm and she lets her grandchildren 9) bury (bury) her in the sand. She often says, "It's no good 10) being (be) alive if you don't enjoy yourself." I'd love 11) to be (be) like my mother when I'm her age.

Answer 2

2 doing
3 to help
4 go
5 to dig
6 doing
7 to mow
8 to swim
9 bury
10 being
11 to be