Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the gerund, to infinitive or bare infinitive of the verb in brackets.
1. You shouldn’t let your children (play) _______ with matches. It’s very easy (catch) _______ fire.
Examples: play – to catch
Let sb + Vo
Easy + adj + to Vo
2. I enjoy (be) ________ busy. I don’t like it when there is nothing ________ (do)
3. Let’s hurry! We must finish (paint) _________ the office before 3:00 today.
4. As we don’t agree (carry out) ________ a proposal we generally avoid (discuss) _____ the subject.
5. I don’t mind (remind) ______ you (lock) ________ the door but you’d better (try) ______
(remember) _______ on your own.
6. Please stop (interrupt) _____ when I’m explaining something to you. You can (ask) ___ questions at the end.
7. He admitted (enter) ______ the house but refused (steal) ______ the money.
8. I don’t really fancy (spend) _____ my whole holiday with your cousins. I’d rather (spend) _____ my time with you.
9. Those shirts need (iron) _______, but you don’t need (iron) _____ them now.
10. He wanted (see) ________ the house where the president was born.
11. It’s no use (try) ________ (persuade) ________ her (change) ________ her mind. Spend your time (do) _______ something more worthwhile.
2. I enjoy (be) ____being____ busy. I don’t like it when there is nothing __to do______ (do)
3. Let’s hurry! We must finish (paint) _____painting____ the office before 3:00 today.
4. As we don’t agree (carry out) _____to carry out___ a proposal we generally avoid (discuss) _discussing____ the subject.
5. I don’t mind (remind) _____reminding_ you (lock) ___to lock_____ the door but you’d better (try) ___try___
(remember) _____remembering __ on your own.
6. Please stop (interrupt) ___interrupting__ when I’m explaining something to you. You can (ask) __ask_ questions at the end.
7. He admitted (enter) __to entering ___ the house but refused (steal) ____to steal__ the money.
8. I don’t really fancy (spend) ___spending__ my whole holiday with your cousins. I’d rather (spend) __spend___ my time with you.
9. Those shirts need (iron) ___ironing____, but you don’t need (iron) __to iron___ them now.
10. He wanted (see) __to see______ the house where the president was born.
11. It’s no use (try) ____trying____ (persuade) ____to persuade____ her (change) __to change______ her mind. Spend your time (do) ___doing____ something more worthwhile.