EXERCISE 1

UNDERLINE THE CORRECT ANSWER!

1. I hope to graduate / graduating from college next June.

2. The models practiced to walk / walking with a book balanced on their heads.
3. Mandy has promised to take / taking care of our dog while we are on vacation.
4. Mr. Edwards chose to accept / accepting the management position in Chicago rather
than the position in Miami.
5. I don't know what she wants to do / doing tonight. Why don't you ask her?
6. Frank offered to help / helping us paint the house.
7. Sandra decided to study / studying economics in London.
8. Witnesses reported to see / seeing the bank robber as he was climbing out of the second-
story window.
9. Stephanie dislikes to work / working in front of a computer all day.
10. Mrs. Naidoo appears to be / being the most qualified person for the job.
11. Eliza recommended to eat / eating in a dim sum restaurant while we're in Hong Kong.
12. I demand to talk / talking to the manager of the hotel immediately.
13. My grandmother recalled to see / seeing a plane for the very first time when she was six.
14. She claims to be / being related to George Washington, but I don't believe her.
15. This broken bicycle needs to fix / fixing before someone can ride it.
16. I can't understand to drive / driving such a big car when gas prices are so high, not to
mention what it does to the environment.
17. She refused to speak / speaking to me after our fight.
18. The wilderness adventure course lasts ten days and involves to hike / hiking more than
fifty miles through rugged mountainous terrain.
19. Don't hesitate to ask / asking for help if you don't understand the directions.
20. She managed to communicate / communicating with them, even though she didn't
speak their language.
21. She pretended to be / being a student in order to get a student discount.
22. She waited to see / seeing what would happen next.
23. The child denied to steal /stealing the piece of candy.
24. We fully intend to pay / paying you for all the work you have done for us.
25. You seem to be / being a little distracted. Is everything alright?
26. Laura and Ed discussed to move / moving to the city to find work; however, in the end,
they decided against relocating.
27. She refused to admit / admitting that she had made a mistake.
28. After his accident last year, he would never consider to buy / buying another motorcycle.
29. Margaret just happened to find / finding the lost car keys while she was looking for
something else.
30. He never admitted to have / having the wild party while his parents were out of town.
31. Jackie tends to arrive / arriving late on Mondays, but our boss doesn't seem to care
about that very much.
32. She imagined to lie / lying on a tropical beach under a palm tree.
33. The winner of the local competition gets to participate / participating in a national
competition in Washington D.C.
34. We don't anticipate to have / having any more technical problems during the concert
tour.
35. Debbie failed to notice / noticing her credit card lying on the ground.
36. The politician swore to serve / serving the people honestly and with pride, but the
scandal revealed that the promise was little more than a lie.
37. Mr. Shinohara recollected to work / working with his father on his family's fishing boat
when he was a young child.
38. The medical team deserves to receive / receiving the award for their volunteer work in
sub-Saharan Africa.
39. I really appreciate to have / having the opportunity to take part in this project and to
work with such an excellent team.
40. She delayed to submit / submitting her application until just one week before the
deadline.
41. Everybody arranged to meet / meeting at the train station 30 minutes before the train
departed.
42. Simona resisted to speak / speaking Italian during her English training program in
London. She wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to improve her English.
43. Do you care to join / joining us later for dinner? We are meeting at Tony's Italian
Restaurant downtown.
44. We waited to see / seeing what would happen next, but nothing happened.
45. Julius vowed to return / returning to his home country once again to see the village
where he and his family had lived before the war.
46. Diana yearns to travel / traveling to far off, exotic destinations.
47. When she got through to read / reading her book, she laid it on the table next to the bed
and went to sleep.
48. They expected to arrive / arriving much earlier, but their plane was delayed in Paris.
49. Michael postponed to clean / cleaning the bathroom as long as possible. He hates
cleaning!
50. How can you defend to say / saying such terrible things to him?