Perfect gerunds and infinitives

Tori: I finally broke up with Caleb. I would like ¹     to have done    (to do / to have done) it sooner, but I didn’t know how.

Anna: What!? I thought you really liked him. I saw you at Joe’s party a couple weeks ago, and you seemed ² ______________ (to have been / to be having) a great time.

Tori: I liked him at first, but I regret ³ ______________ (having introduced / having been introduced) him to my family so soon. He became clingy after that and started acting like he was part of my family. He even showed up to my parents’ house without me and invited them ⁴ ______________ (to have / to have had) lunch with him.

Anna: That’s really funny. I would love ⁵ ______________ (to see / to have seen) your dad’s face when Caleb showed up without you! So, what did your parents do?

Tori: Well, that’s the worst part. They actually went! They said they were honored ⁶ ______________ (to have invited / to have been invited) to lunch.

Anna: I suppose it was a nice gesture, but he should have asked you first.

Tori: Exactly. I only dated him for two months. I found it very strange when I learned that he was having lunch with my parents and not me! I feel relieved ⁷ ______________ (to end / to have ended) the relationship. But my parents will be sad!

II. Cloze Test

Questions 6 - 10

A prominent educator once warned that a popular new technology was becoming a(n)          (6)        , with a negative impact on his students’ memories. That educator was Socrates, and the new technology he disliked was writing — on wax tablets and papyrus scrolls, to be exact. The great orators of his time delivered memorized         (7)          without notes. Socrates saw writing as a threat to that tradition, and by extension, those mental faculties. Or so reported his student Plato in Phaedrus, anyway. True to his word, Socrates himself stubbornly         (8)          to write his thoughts down. It’s no great leap, therefore, to suppose Socrates would similarly          (9)         of the internet today. His attitude is echoed in growing concerns that the internet is changing our brains. Many of these concerns center on the so-called “Google effect,” which is believed by some researchers and a growing number of journalists to have an adverse effect on our         (10)        .

6.       a. flaw                                                              9.        a. disapprove

b. crutch                                                                      b. rely

c. stickler                                                                     c. conclude

d. implant                                                                   d. admit

7.       a. tools                                                            10.      a. information

b. speeches                                                                b. neuroscience

c. concerns                                                                 c. validity

d. attitudes                                                                d. memories

8.       a. refused

b. hypothesized

c. predetermined

d. brainwashed 

III. Reading Comprehension: Based on the reading in section II, indicate whether each statement is true (T) or false (F).

III. WORD FORMATION: (1.25 PTS)
PART 1: Complete each sentence, using the correct form of the word in parentheses.
1. During the pandemic, many people practised ______________ to protect themselves and others from COVID-19. (isolate)
2. It was an ______________ to comment on her weight in front of everyone. (delicate)
3. The ______________ of the rare bird made it a challenge for birdwatchers to spot. (elude)
4. Tropical rainforests have the most varied ______________ of plants in the world. (assemble)
5. The archaeologists are ______________ the ancient city from the fragments of pottery and stone they have found. (construct)