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<p>Gerund or Infinitive</p><p>Revision test</p><p>There are a number of common verbs and expressions that are usually followed by</p><p>the infinitive , the -ing form of the verb or both of them.</p><p>I Put the verbs in the box in the right column</p><p>enjoy try give up decide miss begin stop mind feel like arrange fail dislike would like</p><p>forget start refuse avoid agree remember manage admit expect plan like regret</p><p>Infinitive Gerund Infinitive or Gerund</p><p>______________________________</p><p>______________________________</p><p>______________________________</p><p>______________________________</p><p>________________________________</p><p>________________________________</p><p>________________________________</p><p>________________________________</p><p>______________________</p><p>______________________</p><p>______________________</p><p>______________________</p><p>25</p><p>II Underline the correct alternative.</p><p>1. I can’t help playing/to play this computer game. It’s so interesting.</p><p>2. The authorities have decided opening / to open a new museum in this part of the town.</p><p>3. The shop refused to give/ giving us our money back.</p><p>4. Sam avoided to speak/speaking to them about that matter.</p><p>5. He kept to pay/paying a lot of money for new records.</p><p>6. We can’t wait seeing/to see that new performance.</p><p>7. The children enjoy to see/ seeing animals in their natural environment.</p><p>8. All three athletes deny to take/taking the drug.</p><p>9. I remembered to go/going to the chemist’s for you. Here’s your medicine.</p><p>10. I didn’t feel like to go/going out last night, so I stayed at home. 10</p><p>III Match the sentence halves.</p><p>1. What do you intend</p><p>2. Sam found the problem with the printer, but didn’t manage</p><p>3. John Frame can’t wait</p><p>4. Nick and his friends are mad at</p><p>5. Sarah is not interested in</p><p>6. Mr. Smith particularly enjoys</p><p>7. Have you arranged</p><p>8. The police accuse Ted Smith of</p><p>9. My elder brother expects</p><p>10. Jane White succeeded in</p><p>A finding jazz records from the 1950-s.</p><p>B translating this difficult text.</p><p>C to meet Mike and Patrick this evening?</p><p>D to leave school and become a pop star.</p><p>E listening to classical music.</p><p>F to find a job soon.</p><p>G to do about the problem?</p><p>H windsurfing.</p><p>I to fix it.</p><p>J having robbed the house.</p><p>10</p><p>iSLCollective.com</p><p>IV Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in capital letters.</p><p>1. Ann eventually forgave him for__________________ her birthday.</p><p>2. Nick didn’t mind _______________ on the floor.</p><p>3. The children agreed _____________ part in the competition.</p><p>4. My mother can’t stand ______________ to very loud modern music.</p><p>5. How could Mr. Flow refuse____________ his own son?</p><p>6. He suggested ____________ the children to the Zoo.</p><p>7. We failed _______________ the experiment.</p><p>8. The students can’t wait _____________ out how they did in the test.</p><p>9. Couldn’t you have managed __________ something nice about the meal?</p><p>10. In winter I miss ___________ to go out for long walks in the evening.</p><p>FORGET</p><p>SIT</p><p>TAKE</p><p>LISTEN</p><p>HELP</p><p>TAKE</p><p>FINISH</p><p>FIND</p><p>SAY</p><p>BE ABLE</p><p>10</p><p>V Tick the sentences that are correct. Rewrite the incorrect sentences using the infinitive or the –ing</p><p>form of the verb.</p><p>1. Tom had to brake hard to avoid to hit the animal.______ ____________________________________</p><p>2. I don’t mind staying in if there’s nowhere interesting to go. __________________________________</p><p>3. Don’t making a decision until we know all the facts.________________________________________</p><p>4. It was cold and wet in the countryside, so we decided going home.____________________________</p><p>5. Ann still remembers meeting her favourite actor.___________________________________________</p><p>6. Mr. Poor can’t afford to buy a new car.___________________________________________________</p><p>7. They haven’t got any money, so it’s not worth to go into the shops.____________________________</p><p>8. To ride a bicycle is a good way to keep fit._________________________________________________</p><p>9. Adam can’t stand to hear people shouting at each other._____________________________________</p><p>10. Please remember bringing your essay to class next week.___________________________________</p><p>11. Kate really regrets not studying hard for her exams. She might have passed the exams.</p><p>______________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>12. There was a lot of traffic but we managed getting to the airport in time.</p><p>______________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>13. Our English teacher stopped talking to John’s father when she saw him walking towards her.</p><p>_______________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>14. Many young people enjoy to chat on-line with their friends.__________________________________</p><p>15. Tony doesn’t know if he’s capable of set up his own website.</p><p>______________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>15</p><p>TOTAL : 70</p><p>iSLCollective.com</p><p>KEY</p><p>Exercise I</p><p>Infinitive: decide, arrange, fail, would like, refuse, agree, manage, expect, plan</p><p>Gerund: enjoy, give up, miss, mind, feel like, dislike, avoid, admit</p><p>Infinitive and gerund: begin, like, start, forget, remember, stop, regret, try</p><p>Exercise II Exercise III</p><p>1. playing</p><p>2. to open 1 G 2 I 3 D 4 H 5 E 6 A 7 C 8 J 9 F 10 B</p><p>3. to give</p><p>4. speaking</p><p>5. paying</p><p>6. to see</p><p>7. seeing</p><p>8. taking</p><p>9. to go</p><p>10. going</p><p>Exercise IV Exercise V</p><p>1. forgetting 1. hitting</p><p>2. sitting 2. correct</p><p>3. to take 3. make</p><p>4. listening 4. to go</p><p>5. to help 5. correct</p><p>6. taking 6. correct</p><p>7. to finish 7. going</p><p>8. to find 8. Riding</p><p>9. to say 9. hearing</p><p>10. being able 10. to bring</p><p>11. correct</p><p>12. to get</p><p>13. to talk</p><p>14. chatting</p><p>15. setting</p><p>iSLCollective.com</p>