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Exercise - 2 - Gerund - and - Inf JWBN

The document contains two exercises providing examples of using gerunds and infinitives after certain verbs. The first exercise contains 16 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the verbs in parentheses in the appropriate gerund or infinitive form. The second exercise contains 20 sentences with blanks to be filled in with verbs in parentheses also in their gerund or infinitive forms. The exercises are intended to practice distinguishing between gerunds and infinitives after different types of verbs.

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Exercise - 2 - Gerund - and - Inf JWBN

The document contains two exercises providing examples of using gerunds and infinitives after certain verbs. The first exercise contains 16 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the verbs in parentheses in the appropriate gerund or infinitive form. The second exercise contains 20 sentences with blanks to be filled in with verbs in parentheses also in their gerund or infinitive forms. The exercises are intended to practice distinguishing between gerunds and infinitives after different types of verbs.

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Gerund or Infinitive - Exercise 1
1) A lot of people are worried about losing their jobs. (lose)
2) He agreed to buy a new car. (buy)
3) The question is easy to answer (answer)
4) Not everybody can afford to go to university. (go)
5) I look forward to seeing you at the weekend. (see)
6) Are you thinking of visiting London? (visit)
7) He apologized for arriving so late. (arrive)
8) Stop making noise, please; I’m studying. (make)
9) She doesn't mind working the night shift. (work)
10) I learned to ride the bike at the age of 5.(ride)
Gerund or Infinitive - Exercise 2
1) We decided to buy a new car. (buy)
2) I regret to tell you we won’t lend you the money. (tell)
3) Peter gave up smoking.(smoke)
4) He'd like to fly an aeroplane.(fly)
5) I enjoy writing picture postcards. (write)
6) He offered to help with the cleaning. (help)
7) Avoid making silly mistakes.(make)
8) My parents wanted me to be home at 11 o'clock. (be)
9) I dream about building a big house. (build)
10) He advised me not to spend so much money. (not spend)

Gerund or Infinitive Exercise 1


1 Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets in the appropriate form.
1 I can't stand to wait in queues. ( to wait )
2 I wouldn't like to be in his shoes. ( to be )
3 Jim loves to work in Thailand. ( to work )
4 I hate to do the shopping on Saturday. ( to do )
5 Blast! I forgot to buy milk. ( to buy )
6 In the end we decided to stay in. ( to stay )
7 I need to find some information about Portugal. ( to find )
8 My parents like to going or to go for long walks at the weekend. ( to go )
9 Tony gave up smoking years ago. ( to smoke )
10 I wanted to go and see Troy but no one else was interested. ( to go )
11 Mrs Leith offered to take us to the airport. ( to take )
12 Clare refused to help clean up after the party. ( to help )
13 I tried to persuading him to come but it was no use. ( to persuade )
14 Do you mind not to smoking? ( to smoke )
15 Everybody really enjoyed to dancing the cha-cha-cha. ( to dance )
16 Lionel admitted to eating my chocolate mousse. ( to eat )
Gerund or Infinitive Exercise 2
1 Use the verbs in brackets to fill the gaps.
1 We arranged to meet under the station clock at half nine. ( to meet )
2 I always try to avoid to seeing him whenever I can. ( to see )
3 I long _____________ in Scotland again. ( to be )
4 My Mum demanded to see the manager. ( to see )
5 My brother denied to eating my chocolate mousse. Maybe his hamster ate it. ( to eat )
6 I tried to understanding but I just couldn't. ( to understand )
7 In the end I gave up to trying to persuade her. ( to try )
8 Charlie was pretending to be a chicken. ( to be )
9 They chose _____________ in a cheap hotel but spend more money on meals. ( to stay)
10 We like Galicia so much that we keep to going back there. ( to go )
11 He deserves to be severely punished. ( to be )
12 When we visit my aunt, they expect me to be on my best behaviour. ( to be )
13 I didn't mean to hurt her feelings. I'm really sorry. ( to hurt )
14 I always put off _____________ my homework until the last possible moment. ( to do )
15 He goes on _____________ me the same thing over and over again. ( to tell )
16 I can't stand to waiting or to wait in the queue at the baker's. ( to wait )
17 The firemen managed to put out the fire pretty quickly. ( to put out )
18 I never risk to going through that part of town. ( to go )
19 Clare offered to take me to the airport, which was very kind of her. ( to take )
20 Dad threatened to stop my pocket money if I didn't do my homework. ( to stop )

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