Gerund & Infinitives

Exercise 1
Find and underline the gerunds nd infinitives. Circle GER for GERUNDS and INF for INFINITIVES.
1. GER INF Ann promised to wait for me.
2. GER INF I keep walking even though I was tired.
3. GER INF Alex offered to help me.
4. GER INF Karen finished writing a letter and went to bed.
5. GER INF Don’t forget to call me tomorrow.
6. GER INF David was afraid of falling and hurting himself.
7. GER INF Working in a coal mine is a dangerous job.

Exercise 2
Make sentences using the given verbs.
1. enjoy + take = _____________________________________________________________________
2. avoid + eat = ______________________________________________________________________
3. finish + do = ______________________________________________________________________
4. quit + worry about = ________________________________________________________________
5. discuss + go + shop = _______________________________________________________________
6. consider + go + swim = ______________________________________________________________
7. mind + take = ______________________________________________________________________

Exercise 3
Complete the sentences with a form of GO+GERUND to describe the activity.
1. Last night, my husband and I ____________________________. (dancing)
2. Ted ____________________________ tomorrow afternoon. (hike)
3. Let’s ____________________________ today. (swim)
4. My grandfather ____________________________ every Sunday. (fish)
5. Last year, on my birthday, my friends and I ____________________________. (parachute)

Exercise 4
Combine them into good sentences. Make appropriate changes.
1. play soccer / spend / all yesterday afternoon / we
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2. a really good time / all of us / have / play badminton in the park / yesterday
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3. find / have trouble / Omar / my house / last night
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4. my bicycle / my mother / try to steal / catch / some neighborhood kids / yesterday
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5. Susan / find / when I opened the door / I / on her bed / cry / lie
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Exercise 5
Circle the correct answer for each sentence.
1. Whenever we met, Jack avoided (to look / looking) at me.
2. Most people enjoy (to travel / traveling) to different parts of the world.
3. Marjorie needs (to find / finding) another job. Her present company is going out of business.
4. May I change the TV channel, or do you want (to watch / watching) mor of this program?
5. Joan is considering (to change / changing) her major from pre-med studies to psychology.
6. I hope (to write / writing) my autobiography before I die. Do you think anyone would read it?
7. Joyce thanked us for (to invite / inviting) them to dinner last night.
8. If you delay (to pay / paying) your bills, you will only incur more and more interest charges.
9. My lawyer advised me not (to say / saying) anything further about the accident.
10. You should plan (to arrive / arriving) at the stadium early or you won’t be able to get good seats.
11. My mom asked me (to pick / picking) up some eggs at the supermarket on my way home from work.
12. Nobody has offered (to bu / buying) the house next door, so I think they’re going to lower the friece.
13. Would you mind (to peel / peeling) that apple for me?
14. Stop (to nag / nagging) me! I’ll get everything finished before I go to bed.
15. When the university suggested (to raise / raising) the tuition again, the students protested vigorously.
16. Are we permitted (to bring / bringing) guests to the ceremony? I’d like to invite my friends to join us.
17. The city council agreed (to accept / accepting) the architect’s proposed design for the parking garage.

Exercise 6
Correct the errors.
1. Stop tell me what to do! Let me to make up my own mind.
2. You shouldn’t let children playing with mathes.
3. My cousins helped me moving into my new apartment.
4. My mother let me pointed the wall.
5. I help him washed his clothes all day long.
6. When Shirley needed a passport photo, she had her picture taking by a professional photographer.
7. The sad expression on his face makes me to feel sorry for him.
8. She managed to get her boyfriend paid all her clothes.
9. Mr. Lee made me to cry in vain yesterday.
10. My sister had me to repair her computer last week.

Exercise 7
1. I don’t blame you for not ____ outside in this awful weather.
a. wanting to go c. want to go
b. wanting to go d. to want go
2. I think I hear someone ____ the back window.
a. trying open c. try opening
b. trying to open d. try to open
3. Mr. Lee was upset by ____ him the truth.
a. our not having told c. we didn’t tell
b. us not tell d. not to tell
4. We considered ____ after work.
a. to go shop c. going to shop
b. going shopping d. to go to shop
5. Jack offered ____ care of my garden while I was out of town.
a. take c. to have taken
b. taking d. to take
6. Could you please come over? I need you ____ the refrigerator.
a. help me moving c. to help me move
b. helping me to move d. help me to move
7. The painting was beautiful. I stood there ____ it for a long time.
a. for admiring c. admire
b. being admired d. admiring
8. Jim should have asked for help instead ____ to do it himself.
a. of trying c. try
b. to try d. from trying
9. The customs officer opened the suitcas ____ if anything illegal was being brought into the country.
a. seeing c. see
 b. for seeing d. to see
10. Sometimes very young children have trouble ____ fact from fiction and may believe that dragons exist.
a. to separate b. to be separated
c. separating d. for separating
11. Do you have an excuse ____ late to class two days in a row?
a. for to be c. to be
b. for being d. being
12. Jack made me ____ him next week.
a. to promise to call c. promise to call
b. to promise calling d. promise calling
13. I got Barbara ____ her car for the weekend.
a. to let me to borrow c. to let me borrow
b. let me borrow d. let me to borrow
14. I’ll never forget ____ that race. What a thrill!
a. to win c. being won
b. win d. winning
15. No one has better qualifications. Carol is certain ____ for the job.
a. to choose c. to be chosen
b. having chosen d. being chosen

Part of Speech
1. Aha!, Yeah! :
2. My, hers :
3. Pale, interesting :
4. Rare, wholeheartedly :
5. A, an, the :
6. Sleep, cry :
7. Flower, stone :
8. Under, against :
9. However, although :