Gerunds and Infinit
A
1 be converted; are provided
2 tobe felt
3 are shown; are not allowed
4 is currently being decommissioned; will
not be finished
5 was dressed up; had been invited
6 were damaged; were made/had been made
7 will have been built
8 are asked; are giverdhave been given; be
rectified
9 are now being conducted to be used
10 has never been established
ives
1 tocat 6 having
2 Smoking 7 towin
3 talking 8 tuning
4 todo 9 behaving
5 adjusting 10 tabe
1 living; livingito 6 tolie
live 7 tothink
2 ringing 8 going
3 wasting 9 Gardening
4 toinform 10 to admit
5 avoiding
1 speaking 6 meet
2 retaliate 7 help
3 winning 8 tum
4 living 9 cutting
5 talking 10 gor stay
1 reaching 6 apply
2 succeed 7 tell
3 looking; helping 8 receive
4 handling 9 undertake
5 creating 10 help
1 don't approve of Harry and Saliy’s!
sharing a flat in the centre of the
2 Tdon' like Peter's) coming home late.
3 John’s delighted at being promoted/having
‘been promoted.
4 It’s the fact of the house being on the main
road that makes it difficult to sell
5 Employees are put out at being paid late
6 I was woken up by the baby’s) crying
7 Anna's mother was annoyed at Annas!
dropping the plate.
8 Buying a new house is always expensive.
9 Wearing jeans is not allowed in this diseo.
10 Andrew, congratulations on winning!
having won the competition
F 1 dohn is responsible for handling orders for
new stock
2 Tdon't believe my grandfather is capable
of committing a crime,
3 Amelia is proud of passinghhaving passed
her driving-test first time
4. Jane apologised for being late
5 We suspect the girl's father of murdering!
having murdered her
6 This area is well-known for producing
excellent bee.
7 Charles is interested in collecting first
editions of twentieth-century authors.
8 I'm annoyed at Jake for spending/having
spent so much money on a new set of golf:
clubs
9 Tm used to living alone.
10 Harriet is fonder of playing tennis than
going sailing.
G to think; doing; to maintain; to do; (to) move;
moving; leaving; to haverhaving; to do; being
tolalto be told; saying/say; do; doing; to come;
living.
1H 1 Within twenty-four hours of being
released from prison, he had committed
further offences.
2 After being examined by a specialist, he
agreed to be operated on.
3 Tam locking forward to going to the ball
‘and being introduced to the prince.
4 The water-level isto be checked every day
as long as the drought continues.
65 These new regulations are to be followed
at all times,
6 The manager was in favour of new
machinery being purchased.
17 These patrols are likely to be ambushed
before they get anywhere near their
objective
8 He was very anxious about being
interviewed.
9 The injured climbers had to be lifted off
the mountain by helicopter.
10 The manuscript is believed to have been
forged in the early nineteenth century.
Conditionals
‘A. 1 Ifthe weather is all right well go abseiling
‘on Sunday
2 Tony would show more interest in his
schoolwork if his parents encouraged
him.
3 If T entered the competition, I might win.
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