Exercise 1. Open the brackets.
1. He made me (do) it all over again. 2.He made her (repeat) the message. 3.If you want us (get) there before dark you should let us (start) at once. 4.Would you like me (go) now? 5.They won't let us (leave) the Customs till our luggage has been examined. 6.He wouldn't let my baby (play) with his gold watch. 7.Please let me (know) your decision as soon as possible. 8.He made us (wait) for hours. 9.I let him (go) early as he wanted (meet) his wife. 10.I'd like him (go) to a university but I can't make him (go). 11.I want her (learn) English; I think everybody must (know) it. 12.I heard the door (open) and saw a shadow moving across the floor. 13.He tried to make me (believe) that he was my stepbrother. 14.I felt the house (shake) with the explosion. 15.Before he let us (go) he made us (promise) not to tell anybody what we had seen. 16.I advised him (ask) the bus-conductor to tell him where to get off. 17.She expects her husband (pay) all the household expenses although she has a good job, too. 18.What do you want me (tell) him? 19.I saw the driver (open) his window and (throw) a box into the bushes. 20.That is too heavy for one person to carry, let me (help) you.
Exercise 2. Open the brackets using the gerund in the appropriate form.
1.After the accident the injured man recovered consciousness in hospital. He remembered (cross) the road, but he didn't remember (knock down). 2.I am still thirsty in spite of (drink) four cups of tea. 3.This carpet always looks dirty, in spite of (sweep) every day. 4.He didn't return the book he had borrowed after (promise) to do so. 5.He got into the house by (climb) through a window, without (see) by anyone. 6.I think he was foolish to buy a car before (learn) how to drive it. 7.Peter is a much better chess-player than I am, and he was very much surprised when I beat him yesterday for the first time. He isn't used to (beat). 8.He went to bed at 9p.m. in spite of (sleep) all the afternoon. 9.He complained of (give) a very small room at the back of the hotel. 10.The little girl isn't afraid of dogs in spite of (bite) twice. 11.The little girl didn't go near the dog; she was afraid of (bite). 12.The baby went to sleep a few minutes after (feed). 13.The little girl never gets tired of (ask) her mother questions, but her mother often gets tired of (ask) so many questions. 14.They lived in a small town for ten years and then moved without (make) friends with any of their neighbours. 15.The little boy was punished for (tell) a lie by (send) to bed without his supper. 16.Mary was chosen a year ago to act in the school play. She was very pleased at (choose). 17.Jack doesn't like boxing. I don't know if he is afraid of (hurt) his opponent or of (hurt) himself. 18.He was taken to hospital unconscious after the accident. He died in hospital without (recover) consciousness. 19.I always treat people politely and I insist on (treat) politely. 20.The boy was very hungry at eleven o'clock in spite of (eat) a big breakfast two hours earlier.