Business English Grammar: Gerund or Infinitive.

Exercise: In each sentence, choose the correct form of the verb in italics

1. After finishing / to finish my university degree I started working immediately.

2. I'm looking forward to going / to go away in the summer.
3. I expected staying / to stay in my last company for at least three years.
4. I agreed taking / to take on a new project.
5. I had not considered changing / to change roles until I was made redundant.
6. They decided postponing / to postpone the meeting until after Christmas.
7. We have always strived offering / to offer the best products available.
8. There is no point in taking / to take them to court, you will probably lose.
9. I was determined making / to make the best of the situation.
10. I managed finding / to find a solution to the problem.
11. It proved being / to be a good move.
12. To run / running is a good way of relaxing after work.
13. I had always wanted working / to work for my current employer.
14. I’ve always been good at finding / to find new ways of solving problems.
15. I would never put off tackling / to tackle a difficult task.

The Gerund is used: The Infinitive is used:

After certain verbs - admit, advise, avoid, consider, deny, discuss, After certain verbs - afford, agree,
dislike, enjoy, feel like, finish, have difficulty, imagine, keep, look aim, appear, arrange, bother, decide,
forward to, mention, mind, miss, recommend, spend time, suggest, fail, hope, learn, manage, offer, prepare
understand. , pretend, promise, propose,
prove, refuse, seem, strive, tend
After prepositions: this means all phrasal verbs and verb +
preposition combination. After adjectives; "I was determined to
make the best of the situation".
After some expressions; "There is no point in taking them to court,
you will probably lose". Other are; It’s not worth ______ , I can’t After too and enough: "It was too
help ________," difficult to find the time"… "it was easy
enough to learn".
As the subject of a sentence. "Running is a good way of relaxing
after work".

GERUND INFINITIVE

A.J - Apr 2024

A.J - Apr 2024