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    Dennis was a lazy university student who avoided working whenever possible. He had an assignment from his history professor that was due in two weeks. However, Dennis postponed writing it and forgot to do it on time. With the assignment due the next day, Dennis decided to cheat and copy an old article on the topic. When the professor confronted Dennis, accusing him of plagiarism, Dennis denied copying the paper. The professor was angry that Dennis lied, since the paper was word-for-word from an article the professor had written years ago. Dennis felt sorry for telling such a lie.

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    Dennis was a lazy university student who avoided working whenever possible. He had an assignment from his history professor that was due in two weeks. However, Dennis postponed writing it and forgot to do it on time. With the assignment due the next day, Dennis decided to cheat and copy an old article on the topic. When the professor confronted Dennis, accusing him of plagiarism, Dennis denied copying the paper. The professor was angry that Dennis lied, since the paper was word-for-word from an article the professor had written years ago. Dennis felt sorry for telling such a lie.

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    Gerunds and Infinitives 8897

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    Dennis was a lazy university student who avoided working whenever possible. He had an assignment from his history professor that was due in two weeks. However, Dennis postponed writing it and forgot to do it on time. With the assignment due the next day, Dennis decided to cheat and copy an old article on the topic. When the professor confronted Dennis, accusing him of plagiarism, Dennis denied copying the paper. The professor was angry that Dennis lied, since the paper was word-for-word from an article the professor had written years ago. Dennis felt sorry for telling such a lie.

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    Complete the following passage with either the gerund or the infinitive form of

    the verbs in brackets. (15 marks)


    Dennis was in his first year at university, studying History. He was rather a lazy student and
    he tended to avoid (1) ________________ (work) whenever he could. In the middle of the
    term, his history professor gave out an assignment to be handed in within two weeks. The
    assignment was quite a difficult one, so his professor advised them (2) ________________
    (start) earlier. Dennis intended (3)________________ (do) the assignment, but he postponed
    (4) _________________ (write) it for a week. He had a bad habit of (5) _______________
    (delay) things. The following week, he forgot (6) ________________ (do) it totally.

    The night before the assignment was due, he suddenly remembered it and rushed to the
    library to find the books he needed. He tried (7) ________________ (read) as much as
    possible on the topic, but there wasn't enough time. Dennis considered (8)
    ________________ (ask) for more time to do his paper, but his History professor was known
    to be very tough on students, so he finally decided (9) ________________ (cheat) and
    copy his paper from somewhere else. He found an old article on the same topic and quickly
    typed it out. The next day, he submitted the paper.

    The following week, he was alarmed (10) _______________ (see) his professor
    approaching him, looking angry. "Is this your own work, or did you copy it?" asked the
    professor. Dennis denied (11) ________________ (copy) the paper. The professor was angry
    with Dennis for not (12) _________________ (tell) the truth. "If you expect me (13)
    ________________ (believe) that, you must be very stupid," said the professor. "Every word
    is taken from an article I wrote myself five years ago. Did you really think I would forget
    (14) _________________ (write) it?" Dennis couldn’t help (15) _______________ (feel)
    sorry for telling such a lie.
    Gerunds & Infinitives (15 marks)
    1. working 2. to start
    3. to do 4. writing
    5. delaying 6. to do
    7. to read 8. asking
    9. to cheat 10. to see
    11. copying 12. telling
    13. to believe 14. writing
    15. feeling

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