Come to the Mellow Resort

1Come to the Mellow Resort Verb Combination Quiz Rick Shur 2 3Instructions: Underline a correct verb form. In some cases, more than one choice may be correct! 4 5Do you [feel/to feel/feeling] tired? Does your wife [need/to need/needing] a break? 6Did the boss [yell/to yell/yelling] at you at work today? 7 8You might [think/to think/thinking] that a vacation is too expensive, but you 9can [have/to have/having] an affordable vacation at the Mellow Resort. 10You deserve [have/to have/having] a vacation. 11You should [reward/to reward/rewarding] yourself for all your hard work. 12You won't [be/to be/being] sorry. Bring the spouse! Bring the kids! You can even bring your cats or your 13dogs! We don’t mind [take/to take/taking] care of the little critters while you stay with us! 14 15You can look forward to [spend/spending] an afternoon [relax/to relax/relaxing] by the pool. 16You'll have no trouble [get/to get/getting] used to [be/being] pampered by our professional staff. They'll 17help you [work/to work/working] out at the gym. Afterwards, you can 18go horseback [ride/to ride/riding] in our woods, go [sail/to sail/sailing] or [fish/to fish/fishing] on our 19lake, or maybe you’d like [go/to go/going] [hike/to hike/hiking] or [camp/to camp/camping] in our 20surrounding hills. On another day, you can [go/to go/going] [shop/to shop/shopping] 21or [sightsee/to sightsee/sightseeing] in the nearby towns. 22 23If you prefer [play/to play/playing] to [shop/to shop/shopping], there's no problem. You can play soccer 24on our soccer field, volleyball on our volleyball court, tennis on our tennis court, and even baseball on our 25baseball diamond. 26 27Do you remember [be/to be/being] a kid? Do you miss [play/to play/playing] baseball? 28Well, be a kid again, and play at our resort. 29 30As for [eat/to eat/eating], you won't have trouble [find/to find/finding] delicious cuisine of any type in our 31restaurant. You'll have fun [hear/to hear/hearing] our waiters [sing/to sing/singing] as they serve you. 32Don't forget [tip/to tip/tipping] them! 33 34You may [decide/to decide/deciding] [dine/to dine/dining] inside the restaurant, or you 35may [choose/to choose/choosing] [have/to have/having] your meal outdoors by the pool. 36It's totally up to you! We can arrange [have/to have/having] our friendly waiters serve you anywhere on 37our grounds. We promise [make/to make/making] you feel like guests, not customers. 38If you wish [play/to play/playing] cards, you can play by the poolside. 39 40We’ll try [find/to find/finding] playing partners for you. 41Perhaps you would [like/to like/liking] [go/to go/going] [dance/to dance/dancing]. 42You’ll enjoy [dance/to dance/dancing] in our fabulous disco. Our dancing coaches will dance with you 43and make you [feel/to feel/feeling] like a superstar on our dance floor! 44Remember [bring/to bring/bringing] your dancing shoes! And don’t hesitate [join/to join/joining] our step 45dancing line. The folks are always friendly, and they’ll let you [get/to get/getting] in line with them. 46 47So if you can’t stand [wait/to wait/waiting] any longer, 48if you hate [put off/to put off/putting] off [take/to take/taking] your vacation, 49start [make/to make/making] preparations now. You will begin [feel/to feel/feeling] refreshed and 50renewed. We encourage you [use/to use/using] your credit card and we invite you [live/to live/living] it 51up for a really low cost. If we haven’t persuaded you [come/to come/coming], 52we beg you [tell/to tell/telling] us why not because we can’t bear not [have/to have/having] you here!

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