EXERCISES USING ING OR INFINITIVE:

● Is the Gerund in the following sentences used as 

a subject, object or as a complement?
1 Sailing is great fun. →

2 She hates staying out at night. →

3 Fishing is my hobby. →

4 Smoking is bad for your health. →

5 Do you enjoy cooking? →

6 Climbing can be dangerous. →

7 Doing housework is boring. →

8 My favorite activity is using my computer. →

9 Why don't you like ironing? →

10 What he really likes is going on foot. →

● Complete the sentences with the gerund form of the

verbs in parentheses.
1.- COOK -----------------is one of my favorite hobbies.

2.- CYCLE --------------- is really fun.

3.- GET ----------------a good job in not easy, but it is possible.

4.- FIND --------------- a parking space is quite difficult in that area.

5.- DRIVE ---------------- becomes more and more hard and expensive.

6.- NO SMOKE --------------in this place. It is a quiet neighborhood.

7.- WORK ------------------- overtime is common in this enterprise.

8.- EAT ---------------------- fruits and vegetables is good for our health.

9.- MAKE ------------------ fun of other people is not nice.

10.- LEARN ------------------ about other cultures makes people more tolerant.