Cumaná, april 2021

Matter: English I
Teacher: Indira Marín.
Student: Alejandro Salazar. C.I: 30.378.764.
Career: Mechanical Engineering. Section: D1
Gerunds and Infinitives: Activity 1.

A. Gerunds and Infinitives

I: Complete the statements with gerunds or infinitives and your opinion regarding
methods to control crime. Then, exchange notes and report what a classmate wrote.
1) I agree with put in jail the shoplifters.

2) I expect the government incarcerate those who commit a major crime.

3) The evaluation of public programs, the elaboration of ethical codes and the analysis of the
risks of corruption should be applied to control corruption.

4) I am in favor of justice without exceptions.

5) I’m opposed to prison bail for inmates for rape and murder.

6) Kidnappers must be required

7) Execution is the best way to punish racketeering.

8) I don’t support clemency in order to control juvenile crime.

9) Compelling crime problems in Caracas may require drastic measures to control them.

10) Deterring crime might be achieved by no way. Few criminals correct themselves but
because they decide to do so, the rest there is no way to change a criminal's mentality unless
he wants to.

11) Is stealing out of necessity morally defensible?

12) Libel and Slander can be discouraged by

13) Pick pocketing and shoplifting are generally considered pretty crimes, but they should also
be penalized by the justice with the same force as any other crime

II: Complete the statements with information about yourself. Use gerund or infinitives
to complete the sentences. Then, left a friend report your statements to the class.
1) I enjoy mountain biking.

2) I’m good at painting.

3) I dislike hypocrisy.

4) I can’t afford a better bike.

5) I have never chosen to study singing.

6) I didn’t mind doing something that makes me happy.

7) My mom seems like me.

8) I will never complain about the people who are in charge of making my day to day better.

9) My friend is eager for me to visit him.

10) My dad can’t stand me being so daring.

11) My brother stopped I don’t have brother.

12) What about if the coronavirus mutates again?

III. Make 6 sentences putting together one expression from each column
1) Law-abiding teen was required enforcing in publics spaces.

2) It was necessary to ban vandalizing in the halls.

3) The police of the month award has resulted in enforcing night curfews to prevent crime.

4) Cancun high school graduates were responsible for smoking in public spaces.

5) The burglar were responsible for pay a two year sentence without parole.

6) Law abiding teen object to smoking in publics spaces