GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Exercise 1: Choose the correct form of the verb in parentheses in the following sentences.

1. The teacher decided (accepting/to accept) the paper.

2. They appreciate (to have/ having) this information.

3. His father doesn’t approve of his (going/to go) to Europe

4. We found it very difficult (reaching/to reach) a decision.

5. Donna is interested in (to open/opening) a bar.

6. George had no intention of (to leave/leaving) the city now.

7. We are eager (to return/returning) to school in the fall.

8. His mother is busy (to cook/cooking) the dinner.

9. She refused (to accept/accepting) the gift. 

10. Mary regrets (to be/being) the one to have to tell him.

11. George pretended (to be/being) sick yesterday.

12. Carlos hopes (to finish/finishing) his thesis this year.

13. They agree (to leave/leaving) early.

14. Helen was anxious (to tell/telling) her family about her promotion.

15. We are not ready (to stop/stopping) this research at this time.

16. Henry shouldn’t risk (to drive/driving) so fast.

17. She is looking forward to (return/returning) to her country.

18. He demands (to know/knowing) what is going on.

19. There is no excuse for (to leave/leaving) the room in this condition.

20. Gerald returned to his home after (to leave/leaving) the game.

Exercises 2: 

Complete the following sentences, using GERUND or TO INFINITIVE.

1. My friend promised (return) ____to return____________ the book very soon.

2. Most people enjoy (write) _____writing___________ letters to their friends.
3. Tom avoids (study) ________studying________ his lessons as long as possible.
4. David finished (write) _________writting_______ the report about four o’clock.
5. How soon do you expect (leave) _____to leave__________ for South America?
6. Have you considered (try) _____trying___________ something different?
7. Are you going to suggest (travel) _______travelling_________ by plane or not?
8. I can’t stand (listen) ______________listening_ to his complaints any longer.
9. My father is retired. He stops (work) ________working________ now.
10. Mrs. Baker got them (keep) ______to keep__________ her house.
11. My children have to (learn) ____learn____________ the lesson now.
12. I look forward to (hear) _______hearing_________ from you.

13. He advised me (study) ____to study________hard to pass the exam.

14. We are not looking forward to (go) ____going_________ back to school.

15. He is known ___to be__________ (be) honest.

16. He is bored with _____working______ (work) in a shop.

17. I am too young ____to drive_______ (drive).

18. I can never forget _____reading____ (read) my first book in English last semester.

19. I need you to stop ____talking____ (talk) during the quiz.

20. I'd like _____to watch______ (watch) the film.

21. She couldn’t think what _____to say________ (say).

22. I paid her $2. I still remember that. I still remember  (pay) _____paying________ her $2.

23. It’s  no  use ( advise )___advising________  him.  He  never  allows   anybody   to give   advice.

24. Do  you  agree ( lend )____to lend____  me  some   money ?

25. Is  there  anything  here  worth ______buying____ ( buy ) ?

26. Tom  refused  (give)____to give_____  me  his  address . 

27. Sometimes students  avoid ( look )__looking___ at  the  teacher if they don’t  want  to answer  a  
question.

28. Would  you  mind  ( turn )___turning_______  off    the  radio  ?

29. I begin (understand)____understanding_______ what you mean.

30. They promised (help)____to help_______me to prepare.

31. I understand you want (borrow )____to borrow______my last volume of Harry Potter.

32. It is difficult (complete)_____to complete_____ this task.

33. Is  there  anything  here  worth  ( buy )___buying______ ?

34. Tom  refused  (give)____to give____  me  his  address . 

35. Do you remember (go)  ___going_____ to Disneyland when you were 5 years old?
36. We are accustomed to ______sleeping____ (sleep) late on weekends .

37. We are ready to leave now. It is difficult _________to pass____ (pass) this test.

38. He decided (get)  ______to get______ married.

39. Henry is thinking of ________going_____ (go) to France next year.

40. I want (thank)  ____to thank_______ you.

41. You are supposed (know) ____to know_________ the laws of your own country.

42. Don’t forget (buy) ___to buy__________ flowers.

43. The  teacher  advised  ( review)_____ reviewing______  the  grammatical   structures   carefully. 

44. Hellen was anxious (tell) ______to tell______her family about the promotion.

45. We  don’t  allow  people ( smoke )____to smoke______  in  the  lecture  room.

46. I  didn’t  know  how ( get )___to get____  to  your  house ,  so  I  stopped  to ask  the  way. 

47. It's much better (stay) ___to stay_______ at home than to go out in the rain.

Exercise 3: Underline the correct answer.

1) The teacher permits us (go/to go/going/went) out in a minute.

2) Tell him (to come/comes/coming/come) to see me at once.

3) He advises us (be/are/to be/being) more studious.

4) He allows (asking/to ask/ask/asked) him questions.

5) We don’t allow people (smoke/smoking/smokes/to smoke) in this room.

6) They didn’t permit (to camp/camping/camp/camps) in this wood.

7) Nothing will make me (change/to change/changing/changes) my mind.

8) Tom let me (to drive/drive/driving/drove) his car yesterday.

9) The teacher recommends (preparing/prepare/to prepare/prepares) the lessons well before coming 

to class.

10) Jack was allowed (renew/to renew/renewing/renewed) his student card.

11) The doctor made the patient (stay/to stay/staying/stayed) in bed.

12) He recommended me (do/to do/doing/did) it.

13) His parents permitted him (to go/going/go/goes) out.

14) They allowed me (take/taking/took/to take) the trip with them.

15) She advised her husband (give/giving/to gave/to give) up smoking.

16) He’s expecting (make/to make/made/making) a trip to Ha Long Bay.

17) Students stopped (make/making/to make/to making) noise when the teacher came in.

18) I enjoy (listening/to listen/listen/listened) to classical music.

19) I really regret (to hurt/hurt/hurting/to hurting) your feeling when I asked you such a silly question.

20) He’ll try (not make/not to make/to not make/not making) the same mistake again.

21) Would you mind (buying/buy/to buy/bought) me a newspaper?

22) Would you like (have/having/to have/has) a dance with me?

23) Did you remember (phone/to phone/phoning/phoned) Ann? Oh, no. I completely forgot it.

24) Those shirts need (to iron/ironing/iron/to ironing).

25) They finished (learning/to learn/learn/learned) and then they wanted to go out for pleasure.

26) When you see Tom, remember (give/giving/to give/gave)him my regards.

27) I hope (not to do/ do not /not doing/not to did) that tiring work again.

28) They postponed (building/build/to build/built) the school for lack of finance.

29) Are his ideas worth (listen/listening/to listen/to listening) to?

30) He always avoids (meeting/met/to meet/meet) in the street.

31) Do you agree (lend/to lend/lending/lent) me some money?

32) Tom refused (to give/giving/give/given) me his address.

33) My watch keeps (stop/to stop/stopping/stopped).

34) My grandfather gets used to (get/getting/to get/got) up early in the morning.

35) Don’t forget (give/gave/giving/to give)her my message when you see her.

36) You should try (wearing/wear/to wear/wears) any shirts you want to buy.

37) I remember (meet/meeting/met/to meet) you somewhere last month.

38) Yasu regretted (not bringing/not to bring/not bring/didn’t bring) enough money. He couldn’t 

buy a good mobile phone.

39) We stopped once to buy petrol and then we stopped again (ask/to ask/asking/asked) someone 

the way to the hospital.

40) Do you often practise (speaking/to speak/speak/spoke) English?

41) I must remind my students that this grammar point needs (revise/revising/to revise/revised).

42) Your hair needs (cutting/cut/to cut/to cutting) tomorrow.

43) They don’t allow (to smoke/smoking/be smoked/smoked) in the auditorium.

44) Would you like me (to turn/turn/turning/to be turned) down the radio?

45) Would you mind (keep/to keep/keeping/being kept) quiet for a moment?

46) They let us (be parked/park/to park/parking) motorbikes here but they don’t allow us park cars.

47) If you want the milkman to leave you milk in the morning, don’t forget (put/to put/putting /to be
put) a milk bottle outside.

48) My teacher advised me (read/to read /to be read/reading) this book.

49) We found it very difficult (reach/reaching/to reach/to reaching) a decision.

50) Mary regrets (tell/to tell/telling/being told) him about her secret yesterday.

51) Please let me (to know/know/knowing/known) your decision.

52) I was looking forward to (see/to see/saw/seeing) you yesterday.

53) Sad movies always make me (cry/crying/to cry/to crying).

54) It takes me hours (to write/writing/to be written/written) a letter.

55) He is too busy (take/to take/taking/took) care of her.

56) I regret (to inform/informing/inform/informed) you that your application has been refused.

57) Don’t forget (close/closing/to close/closed) the door before going out.

58) I advise you (to wait/wait/waiting/to be waited) before deciding to accept that position.

59) I promise to give you an opportunity (to ask/ask/asking/asked) questions.

60) I caught a cold yesterday from (walking/walk/walked/to walk) in the rain.

Exercise 4: Choose the best answer:

1. Many young people are fond of -------------- football and other kinds of sports.
A. play B. to play C. playing   D. played

2. They couldn’t help -------------- when they heard the little boy singing a love song.
A. laughing B. to laugh C. laughD. laughed

3. Your house needs -------------- .

A. redecorated B. redecorating C. being redecorated D. to redecorate

4. I remember -------------- them to play in my garden.

A. to allow B. allowC. allowing D. allowed
5. It  was a nasty memory. Do you remember both of us wearing sunglasses to avoid -------------- by
the supervisors?
A. to recognize B. to be recognized C. recognizing D. being recognized

6. I can’t bear thinking back of that time. I’d rather -------------- equally.
A. treat B. be treated C. have treated D. treating

7. Did you accuse Nam of -------------- a plate? Well, I saw him -------------- it off the table with his
elbow.
A. break/ knock      B. breaking/ knocking     C. to break/ to knock         D.
breaking/ knock

8. We found it very difficult -------------- with Gamma.

A. to work B. work C. working D. worked

9. I can’t read when I am traveling. It makes me -------------- sick.

A. feel B. to feel C. felt D. feeling

10. I need -------------- what’s in the letter. Why don’t you let me -------------- it?
A. to know/ to read B. know/ read C. to know/ read          D. knowing/ read

11. I suggest -------------- some more mathematical puzzles.  

A.  do B. to do C. doing D. done

12. We regret -------------- you that we cannot approve your suggestion.

A. inform B. to inform C. informing D. informed

13.  The driver stopped -------------- a coffee because he felt sleepy.

A. have B. to have C. having D. had

14. Have you ever considered -------------- a pharmacist?

A.  become B. becoming C. to become D. became

15. You had better -------------- at home until you feel better.
A. staying B. stayed C. to stay D. stay

16. I remember -------------- my mother said the grass in the garden needed --------------.
A. to hear/cutting B. hear/cut      C. heard/to cut                     D. hearing/ cutting

17. Peter sometimes help his sister --------------.

A. do homework B. to do homework C. with homework D. all are correct

18.  I would rather -------------- at home than --------------out with you.

A. staying/going B. to stay/ to go C. stay/go D. stayed/went

19. I would rather you --------------.

A. drive B. to drive C. drove D. driven

20. She didn’t say a word and left the room.

A. She left the room without saying a word B. She leaving the room without saying a wor
 C. She left the room saying a word D. She left the room to say a word.

21. My father wanted me -------------- a pilot.

A. become B. to become C. becoming D. became

22. Please wait a minute. My boss is busy -------------- something.

A. writeB. writing C. to write D. to writing

23. My teacher doesn’t allow us -------------- while he is explaining the lesson.

A. talk B. to talk C. talking D. talked

24. We have plenty of time. We needn’t --------------   

A.  hurry B. to hurry C. hurrying D. hurried

25. I promised -------------- on time. I mustn’t -------------- late.

A. be/be B. to be/to be C. to be/ be D. be/to be

26. Mary and I are looking forward -------------- you.

A.  of seeing B. for seeing C. to seeing D. to see

27. I’m sure that he knows -------------- this new machine.

A. to use B. using C. how using D. how to use

28. Psychiatrists and doctors have failed -------------- people not to drink.      
A. to tell B. telling C. tell D. told

29. The students are used to -------------- in the school library.  

A. working B. work C. to work    D. worked

30. Our room needs -------------- up.

A. tidied B. to tide C. tidy D. tidying

31. Mercury’s low gravity makes you -------------- very light in a spaceship.
A. feel B. feeling C. to feel D. felt

32. “ Was the test long?”. “ Yes, John was the only one -------------- it”
A. to finish B. finishing C. finished D. finish

33. A lots of needs -------------- to the house before anyone can move in.
A. be done B. doing C. to do D. done

34. If he really doesn’t feel like ------------ now, I suggested that he should go out for some fresh air.
A. work B. to work C. worked D. working