Instituto Superior de Formación

Docente Salomé Ureña

Recinto Juan Vicente Moscoso

Gerund or Infinitive
Teacher:
Fidel Sosa

Student:
María Soledad Martín Núñez
(20161-037)

Subject:
Inglés Básico
Introducción
Section:
10mo A Primer Ciclo de Primaria

San Pedro de Macorís, República Dominicana

 Infinitive and Gerund

Gerund or Infinitive - Exercise 1

1) A lot of people are worried about losing their jobs. (lose)

2) He agreed to buy a new car. (buy)

3) The question is easy _to answer (answer)

4) Not everybody can afford to go to university. (go)

5) I look forward to see you at the weekend. (see)

6) Are you thinking of _visiting London? (visit)

7) He apologized for arriving so late. (arrive)

8) Stop making noise, please; I’m studying. (make)

9) She doesn't mind working the night shift. (work)

10) I learned to ride the bike at the age of 5. (ride)

Gerund or Infinitive - Exercise 2

1) We decided _to buy_ _ a new car. (buy)

2) I regret _telling___ you we won’t lend you the money. (tell)

3) Peter gave up _smoking___. (smoke)

4) He'd like _to fly___ an aeroplane. (fly)

5) I enjoy _to write____ picture postcards. (write)

6) He offered _to help__ with the cleaning. (help)

7) Avoid _making______ silly mistakes. (make)

8) My parents wanted me _to be __ home at 11 o'clock. (be)

9) I dream about _building__ a big house. (build)

10) He advised me _not to spend__ so much money. (not spend)

Gerund or Infinitive Exercise 1

Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets in the appropriate form.

1. I can't stand _waiting_______________ in queues. (to wait)

2. I wouldn't like _to be_______________ in his shoes. (to be)

3. Jim loves _working_______________ in Thailand. (to work)

4. I hate _doing_______________ the shopping on Saturday. (to do)

5. Blast! I forgot _to buy_______________ milk. (to buy)

6. In the end we decided _to stay_______________ in. (to stay)

7. I need _to find_______________ some information about Portugal. (to find)

8. My parents like _going_______________ for long walks at the weekend. (to go)

9. Tony gave up _smoking_______________ years ago. (to smoke)

10. I wanted _to go_____ ____ and see Troy but no one else was interested. (to go)

11. Mrs. Leith offered _to take_______________ us to the airport. (to take)

12. Clare refused _to help_______________ clean up after the party. (to help)

13. I tried _to persuade________ him to come but it was no use. (to persuade)

14. Do you mind not _not smoking_______________ ? (to smoke)

15. Everybody really enjoyed _dancing____________ the cha-cha-cha. (to dance)

16. Lionel admitted _eating_______________ my chocolate mousse. (to eat)

2 Check your answers and put the verbs in bold into the right columns.
Translate the verbs.
VERB + GERUND
Translation
admit ..........................
can't stand ..........................
enjoy ..........................
give up ..........................
hate ..........................
like ..........................
love ..........................
mind ..........................
VERB + TO + INFINITIVE
Translation
decide ..........................
forget ..........................
need ..........................
offer ..........................
refuse ..........................
try ..........................
want ..........................
would like .........................

Gerund or Infinitive Exercise 2

Use the verbs in brackets to fill the gaps.

1. We arranged _to meet________ under the station clock at half nine. (to meet)

2. I always try to avoid _seeing____________ him whenever I can. (to see)

3. I long _to be____________ in Scotland again. (to be)

4. My Mum demanded _to see____________ the manager. (to see)

5. My brother denied _eating________ my chocolate mousse. Maybe his hamster
ate it. (to eat)

6. I tried _to understand____________ but I just couldn't. (to understand)

7. In the end I gave up _trying____________ to persuade her. (to try)

8. Charlie was pretending _to be____________ a chicken. (to be)

9. They chose _to stay____________ in a cheap hotel but spend more money on
meals. (to stay)

10. We like Galicia so much that we keep _going____________ back there. (to go)

11.He deserves _to be____________ severely punished. (to be)

12.When we visit my aunt, they expect me _to be____________ on my best

behaviour. (to be)

13. I didn't mean _to hurt____________ her feelings. I'm really sorry. (to hurt)

14. I always put off _doing____________ my homework until the last possible
moment. (to do)

15. He goes on _telling_________ me the same thing over and over again. (to tell)

16. I can't stand _waiting____________ in the queue at the baker's. (to wait)

17. The firemen managed _to put out______ the fire pretty quickly. (to put out)

18. I never risk _going____________ through that part of town. (to go)

19. Clare offered _to take____________ me to the airport, which was very kind of
her. (to take)

20. Dad threatened _to stop____________ my pocket money if I didn't do my

homework. (to stop)
2 Check your answers and put the verbs in bold into the right columns.
Translate the verbs.

VERB + GERUND VERB + TO + INFINITIVE

Translation
avoid ..........................
deny ..........................
give up ..........................
put off ..........................
risk ..........................
Translation
arrange ..........................
choose ..........................
deserve ..........................
manage ..........................
threaten .........................