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Grammar -ing form: Competitions

Grammar -ing form: Competitions

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English

University

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Norra Ithnin

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​Grammar -ing form

By Norra Ithnin

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media

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media

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media

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media

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer:

__________ in competitions helps students gain confidence.

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To participate

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Participating

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Participate

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer:

__________ your best in every challenge is more important than winning.

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Doing

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Do

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To doing

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer:

He’s interested in __________ a debate competition next month.

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to join

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join

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joining

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer:

The teacher congratulated the team on __________ first place.

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win

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winning

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won

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer:

They’re thinking about __________ a bigger-scale chess competition.

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organising

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to organise

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organise

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer:

We decided __________ part in the interfaculty competition.

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to take

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take

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taking

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Here are common examples:

decide to do
plan
to go
hope
to win
want
to join
agree
to help
refuse
to participate

​Some verbs in English are followed by the infinitive form (to + verb), not by the –ing form.
“Decide” is one of those verbs.

💡 Reason:

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer:

They suggested __________ another competition next semester.

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to enter

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entering

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enter

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💡 Reason:

The verb suggest is always followed by –ing form or a that-clause, never by “to + verb.”
Example: "suggest taking" or "suggest that"

“Suggest” doesn’t take the infinitive because it already expresses an idea or proposal. Hence, the “to” would be redundant.

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer:

The coach advised us __________ calm before the final round.

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staying

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stay

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to stay

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💡 Reason:

When the verb advise is followed by an object (someone), the next verb takes the infinitive form (to + base verb).

So the structure is:

advise + person + to + verb
BUT
When there is
no object, “advise” can take –ing form instead.
Example: "The coach advised staying calm before the final round."

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Pronunciation Challenge

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Choose the word you hear!

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Multiple Choice

Word 1

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thin

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think

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thing

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Multiple Choice

Word 2

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win

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wink

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wing

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Multiple Choice

Word 3

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ban

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bank

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bang

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Multiple Choice

Word 4

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sin

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sink

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sing

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Multiple Choice

Word 5

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ran

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rank

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rang

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Multiple Choice

Word 6

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pin

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pink

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ping

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Spot the silent letter!

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Multiple Choice

Choose the word with a silent letter:

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apple

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knee

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water

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Multiple Choice

Choose the word with a silent letter:

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climb

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carry

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call

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Multiple Choice

Choose the word with a silent letter:

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honest

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hungry

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happy

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Multiple Choice

Choose the word with a silent letter:

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right

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wrong

3

rain

​Grammar -ing form

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