Gerund & Infinitive, Test 3

 

Read the sentences and underline the correct answer.

1. I dislike watching / to watch football.

2. I don’t understand to jog / jogging. It’s such a stupid way to take exercise.

3. I’m going to help John / fix / to fix / fixing / his bike.

4. Why did he refuse to speak / speaking to you?

5. I love to listen / listening to the sound of the sea.

6. You can’t resist to buy / buying new shoes, can you?

7. Please don’t start to cry / crying!

8. I will no longer continue to be / being responsible for your expenses.

9. Why doesn’t he like to watch / watching TV? 

10. Fortunately, I avoided / to crash / crashing into the car in front. 

11. She quite likes teaching but she prefers to work / working in a bank.

12. My boss promised / to give / giving me a day off next week.

13. Let’s begin / to tidy / tidying the house, shall we?

14. I need a new hobby. I think I’ll try / to swim / swimming.

15. I worked until after midnight. I drank coffee to try / to keep / keeping awake.

16. She disliked / to hear / hearing that dreadful voice

17. He understands to fly / flying, his father’s a pilot.

18. Can you help me / carry / to carry / carrying this suitcase?

19. I refuse to sign / signing that paper.

20. When I was young I loved to play / playing in this wood.

21. Why is it so hard for you to resist to upset / upsetting her?

22. He’s been happier since he started to play / playing the guitar.

23. Please continue to sing / singing! It’s beautiful!

24. I can’t remember if they like to get up / getting up early.

25. I must avoid to make / making that mistake again

26. We prefer to pay / paying more because you get better quality.

27. Do you promise to behave / behaving yourself at the party?

28. Suddenly he began to dance / dancing like a madman.

29. Why don’t you try to use / using these tables for your party?

30. It was so heavy! We tried to carry / carrying it but it weighed a ton.

31. Remembering / Remember my first kite brings back a lot of other memories.

32. I’d like  making / to make a kite for my son.

33. After running / to run for an hour to train for the race, I only wanted to take a nap.

34. I’d give / giving anything to have that kite now.

35. I remember how my father loved flying / to fly kites.

36. It is odd that some people are known for carrying / to carry the disease even though they have no obvious symptoms.

37. Building / To build a house, takes a long time and, of course, lots of money.

38. I want (going/to go) to the baseball game tomorrow, but I can’t..

Gerund & Infinitive, Test 2

Choose the correct form of the verbs (infinitive or gerund):

1.    I am keen on (to work, working) in the computer industry.
2.    Amy decided (to see, seeing) a doctor.
3.    Leila enjoys (to read, reading) love stories.
4.    Do you intend (to learn, learning) Italian or English?
5.    Do you mind (to help, helping) me wash the dishes?
6.    Alan asked (to talk, talking) to the boss
7.    I can't help (to laugh, laughing) when I watch Mr. Been.
8.    If Sara keeps (to come, coming) to work late, she'll have problems with the boss.
9.    Lisa hates (to study, studying) Maths.
10.Are you interested in (to live, living) in Africa ?

Correct the following sentences:

He helped me solving my problems.

The policeman ordered me stop.

You shouldn't risk to lose your reputation.

I advised him stopping. Don't worry.

I'll remember calling you tonight.

Listen, Derek failed passing his final exams!

Do you think it's worth to buy it?
The test turned out being easy.

Do you prefer swim?

Did she continue teaching ?

Choose the correct answer:

1.  (To marry/Marrying) a knight in shining armor is the dream of many girls. 

2.  I shudder (to think/thinking) that I almost lost everything in the stock market.

3.  We dislike (to drink/drinking) soda from a can.

4.  The problem has been fixed.  You may resume (to answer/answering) the telephones.

5.  Sharon volunteered (to help/helping) the student with his math.

6.  They studied at Beijing University.  (To study/Studying) at Beijing University was a dream come true.

7.  She paid the mechanic (to fix/fixing) the car.

8.  My wife reminded me (to go/going) to the doctor’s office today.

9.  I would like (to thank/thanking) everyone for this award.

10. Which is correct ?

a. Christine quit to teach.      b. Christine quit teaching.

Gerund & Infinitive, Test 1

Test

Decide whether to use Infinitive (with/without to) or Gerund.

What can we do live / living / to live a healthy life?

In our society, people spend more and more time work / to work / working.

So we often don't bother preparing / to prepare / prepare healthy meals.

In order to save time, we tend to buy / buying / buy  fast food.

At fast food restaurants, we can to eat /  eat / eating quite a lot without having to pay a fortune.

And children enjoy to eat / eating / eat chips and burgers and drinking lemonade and cola.

That's a problem because eating habits are hard shaking /to shake / shake.

The high amount of carbohydrates in fast food and sugary drinks is blamed for / to destabilize / destabilizing / destabilize the body's regulation of appetite.

So we keep on to want / wanting / want to eat more.

Bad eating habits result in people become / becoming / to become obese.

Obese people risk suffer / to suffer / suffering from heart diseases.

We can avoid risk / to risk / risking such diseases by choosing to eat healthy food.

Be careful though. Some people are convinced to do something for their health by live / to live / living on energy bars or cornflakes.

And this is what the advertising for these products wants to make us think / to think / thinking.

In reality, however, these foods are often heavily sugared / to give / giving / give  them flavour.

But sugar is not mentioned as clearly as the low fat - that's why experts warn against to rely / relying / rely on the ads.

To live a healthy life, we ought / choose / to choose / choosing our food wisely.

We should eat regular meals and try finding / to find / find ways of exercising more.