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..
