Exercises 1:

1. Which of the following is not gerund?

a. Rio can't stand on the table changing a broken lamp.
b. Nicholas is ashamed of not earning money for his life
c. Lili's father disapproves of her marrying her poor darling
d. Who has fined Jonas for coming very late to the meeting
e. The kids hobby is playing

2. Some people enjoy .... a soccer match on TV, didn't they?

a. To watch
b. Watching
c. being watched
d. be watching
e. To watching

3. My father considers .... regularly after knowing that he gets

diabetes
a. Doing sport
d. To doing sport
b. To do sport
e. To do sporting
c. For doing sport

4. Dino : "What are your sister's hobbies?

Dion : "planting orchid and ....
a. Other rare flower
d. Water the flower
b. To collect antique bottles
e. Rose
c. Collecting old vases

5. Is Franda responsible .... in the following competition?

a. of organizing children
d. for organizing children
b. organizing children
e. Organized children
c. to organize children

6. Erina doesn't mind helping but she doesn't like ....

a. to criticize
b. being criticized
c. be criticized
d. To criticizing
e. criticize
Exercises 2– Gerunds and Infinitives

Choose the correct gerund or infinitive from the parenthesis at the end of the
sentence.

ex: She likes to get up early in the morning. (likes / dislikes)

1. Alan can’t stand riding on trains. (riding/ to ride)

2. Mr. Harris enjoys inviting people out to dinner. (inviting / to invite)

3. In the old days, gentlemen challenged their rivals to fight (fighting / to

fight)

4. As the famous saying goes, there’s no use crying over spilt milk. (crying /
to cry)

5. Jim stopped to tie his shoelace. Wait for him. (tying / to tie)

6. My wife always volunteers to bake cakes PTA meetings. (baking / to

bake)

7. Don’t waste my time complaining about your salary. (complaining/ to

complain)

8. Eva is having trouble concentrating on the exam. (concentrating / to

concentrate)

9. Please allow me to join your Facebook page. (joining / to join)

10. You won’t forget to pick up milk on your way home, will you? (picking
up /to pick up)