Esercizi a scelta multipla in inglese: intermediate grammar 11

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Bob was really looking forward _______ Jane again after so many years.


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TO SEEING

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Author: Tony

Born and raised in Malaysia between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Educated at Wycliffe College in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England. Living in the foothills of Mount Etna since 1982 and teaching English at Catania University since 1987.

5 thoughts on “Esercizi a scelta multipla in inglese: intermediate grammar 11”

  1. Of seeing…..but it’s a mistake. I have to remembere how to use “to”+ verb ing…..only in few cases, or not?

    1. Yes, Luigi. The answer here is “to seeing”. This is because the expression is “to look forward to (doing) something.” In this case “to” is a preposition and therefore requires the -ing form afterwards. There are a limited number of expressions like this in English, fortunately!

  2. *** NON GUARDARE QUI SOTTO SE NON HAI ANCORA VOTATO! ***

    And the answer is……….

    ► Bob was really looking forward TO SEEING Jane again after so many years. ◄

    Il problema nasce dal fatto che TO può essere una particella che fa parte dell’infinito completo (to go, to dance, to play ecc.) e in quel caso, ovviamnete, serve l’infinito. Ma TO può anche essere una preposizione e in quel caso, come avviene sempre dopo una preposizione in inglese, serve il gerundio. Non sono molte le espressioni che usano TO come preposizione ma eccone alcune:

    in addition to + gerund
    to look forward to + gerund
    to be used to + gerund
    to get used to + gerund

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