Gerund & To Inv TOEFL Starter

Exercise 1: Gerunds and To infinitives

1. (Learn)/(Learning) a foreign language well is a long process.
2. What do you enjoy (doing)/(to do) in your free time?
3. You can’t go to England without (to go)/(going) Buckingham Palace.
4. Would you mind not (to smoke)/(smoking)?
5. The guide encouraged the tourists (visit)/(to visit) the Prado Museum
in Madrid.
6. It’s possible (taking)/(to take) a train across Canada.
7. We advised Virginia (don’t sell)/(not to sell) her antique Cadillac.
8. I’d like (that you bring)/(you to bring) me a newspaper from the store.
9. (To make bread)/(For make bread), you usually need flour, salt, and
yeast.
10. Sports parachute are relatively easy (controlling/ to control).
11. Sleeve bearings let pistons (to move/ move) back and forth.
Let/make/have/get/help pronoun/obj + V1
12. One of the most important steps in (producing/ to produce) a motion
picture is film editing.
13. An opera singer is required (having/ to have) a powerful and
beautiful voice.
14. The Wampanoag Indians taught the Pilgrims how (growing/ to grow)
corn.
15. Frogs and certain kinds of birds use their tongues (to catch/ catch)
insects.
16. Modernism permit computers (communicating/ to communicate)
with one another over telephone lines.
17. Isadora Martinez invented a knee transplant that allows peole with
severe arthritis (to bend/ bend) their knees easily.
18. A sudden sound can make a golfer (to miss/ miss) a shot.
19. Heavy spring snows may cause the branches of tree (snap/ to snap).

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20. Modern race cars store fuel in rubber bladders that are almost
impossible (rupturing/ to rupture)

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