The Verb Need
Exercise-1
Make sentences with need and -ing. Use the verb in brackets. Example: This coat is rather dirty. (clean) It needs cleaning.
1. This room hasn’t been painted for years. (paint) |
2. Your hair is too long. (cut) |
3. Those shoes are rather dirty. (polish) |
4. This plant hasn’t been watered for some time. (water) |
5. Those screws are loose. (tighten) |
6. Your jeans are too long. (take up) |
Ex-1
1. needs painting / to be painted | 2. needs cutting | 3. need polishing |
4. needs watering | 5. need tightening | 6. need taking up |
The Verb Need
Exercise-2
Put the verb in parentheses into the correct form.
1. The chair is broken. I need (fix) it. The chair needs (fix). |
2. What a mess! This room needs (clean) up. We need (clean) it up before the company arrives. |
3. The baby’s diaper needs (change). It’s wet. |
4. My shirt is wrinkled. It needs (iron). |
5. There is a hole on our roof. The roof needs (repair). |
6. I have books and paper all over my desk. I need (take) some time to straighten my desk. It needs (straighten) up. |
7. The apples on the tree are ripe. They need (pick). |
8. The dog needs (wash). He’s been digging in the mud. |
9. His car needs (fix). |
10.The rug needs (clean) before we move in. |
11 .The house needs (paint), but we plan to wait until next summer to do it. |
12. Her watch needed (repair). |
13. The hem of this dress needs (mend) before I wear it again. |
Ex-2
1. to fix; fixing / to be fixed | 7. to be picked |
2. cleaning / to be cleaned; to clean | 8. to be washed |
3. changing / to be changed | 9. fixing / to be fixed |
4. ironing / to be ironed | 10. cleaning / to be cleaned |
5. repairing / to be repaired | 11 .painting / to be painted |
6. to take; straightening / to be | 12. repairing / to be repaired |
straightened 13. mending / to be mended |
The Verb Need