Gerund or Infinitive? | Exercise 

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Exercise 4

Gerund or Infinitive (with or without to)?  Choose the right answer:

1. His jokes made us laughto laughlaughing.
2. They practised playto playplaying the piano.
3. I told him shutto shutshutting up.
4. She was busy studyto studystudying for her exams.
5. There is no reason for cryto crycrying.
6. We can trustto trusttrusting him.
7. I am glad seeto seeseeing you.
8. Give up smoketo smokesmoking.
9. It is difficult answerto answeranswering the question.
10. I enjoy beto bebeing with you.
11. John is fond of eatto eateating pizzas.
12. We will beto bebeing old one day.
13. I am interested in learnto learnlearning judo.
14. We cannot parkto parkparking our car here.
15. Paul is bad at giveto givegiving compliments.

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ANSWERS

1. laugh
2. playing
3. to shut up
4. studying
5. crying
6. trust
7. to see
8. smoking
9. to answer
10. being
11. eating
12. be
13. learning
14. park
15. giving

Gerund or Infinitive? | Exercise 

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Exercise 1

Gerund or Infinitive (with or without to)?  Choose the right answer:

1. We managed arriveto arrivearriving in time.
2. We asked her repeatto repeatrepeating her question.
3. He insisted on payto paypaying the bill.
4. I used getto getgetting up early.
5. I am used to getgetting up early.
6. I would rather stayto staystaying at home.
7. I spent a lot of time writeto writewriting the essay.
8. Why should they doto dodoing this?
9. I am looking forward to hearhearing from you soon.
10. You had better taketo taketaking the bus.
11. My friends encouraged me applyto applyapplying for this job.
12. I didn’t mean hurtto hurthurting your feelings.
13. I must apologize for beto bebeing late.
14. The job involves prepareto preparepreparing reports for the boss.
15. He refused betrayto betraybetraying his friends.

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ANSWERS

1. to arrive
2. to repeat
3. paying
4. to get
5. getting
6. stay
7. writing
8. do
9. hearing
10. take
11. to apply
12. to hurt
13. being
14. preparing
15. to betray

Gerund or Infinitive? | Exercise 

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Exercise 3

Gerund or Infinitive (with or without to)?  Choose the right answer:

1. We go swimto swimswimming every day.
2. Let it beto bebeing.
3. He dreams of becometo becomebecoming a writer.
4. They enjoy cycleto cyclecycling.
5. It is not easy findto findfinding good friends.
6. My friend is afraid of flyto flyflying
7. Tina is good at readto readreading.
8. He wanted buyto buybuying a new video game.
9. I am crazy about kissto kisskissing.
10. You must cometo comecoming to my party.
11. I hope seeto seeseeing you again soon.
12. We enjoy danceto dancedancing.
13. He dreamt about beto bebeing an artist.
14. I’d love spendto spendspending another holiday in Japan.
15. Why not goto gogoing to the cinema tonight?

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ANSWERS

1. swimming
2. be
3. becoming
4. cycling
5. to find
6. flying
7. reading
8. to buy
9. kissing
10. come
11. to see
12. dancing
13. being
14. to spend
15. go

Gerund or Infinitive? | Exercise 

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Exercise 2

Gerund or Infinitive (with or without to)?  Choose the right answer:

1. Don’t you dare talktalking to me like that!
2. Do you happen haveto havehaving any money with you?
3. Do you enjoy singto singsinging?
4. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate callto callcalling me.
5. I am looking forward to seeseeing you again soon.
6. The song made me smileto smilesmiling.
7. What about eatto eateating out tonight?
8. He swore never doto dodoing that again.
9. How dare you saysaying that?
10. Do you mind opento openopening the window?
11. It’s no problem pickto pickpicking you up at 5 o’clock.
12. Let them goto gogoing.
13. It was rather wicked threatento threatenthreatening her like that.
14. She got an offer workto workworking in South Korea.
15. Can you see the spider crawlto crawlcrawling up the wall?

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ANSWERS

1. talk
2. to have
3. singing
4. to call
5. seeing
6. smile
7. eating
8. to do
9. say
10. opening
11. picking
12. go
13. to threaten
14. to work
15. crawling

Irregular verbs | Quiz

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Quiz 1

Put the missing forms of the verb in the Simple Past and Past participle:

Ex: speak – spoke – spoken

1. begin –  – 
2. cut –  – 
3. forbid –  – 
4. lose –  – 
5. smell –  – 
6. wear –  – 
7. send –  – 
8. lean –  – 
9. fall –  – 
10. beat –  – 

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ANSWERS

1. begin – began – begun
2. cut – cut – cut
3. forbid – forbade – forbidden
4. lose – lost – lost
5. smell – smelt – smelt
6. wear – wore – worn
7. send – sent – sent
8. lean – leant – leant
9. fal – fell – fallen
10. beat – beat – beaten

Irregular verbs | Quiz

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Quiz 3

Put the missing forms of the verb in the Simple Past and Past participle:

Ex: speak – spoke – spoken

1. fling –  – 
2. eat –  – 
3. grow –  – 
4. let –  – 
5. read –  – 
6. sit –  – 
7. upset –  – 
8. know –  – 
9. bet –  – 
10. bleed –  – 

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ANSWERS

1. fling – flung – flung
2. eat – ate – eaten
3. grow – grew – grown
4. let – let – let
5. read – read – read
6. sit – sat – sat
7. upset – upset – upset
8. know – knew – known
9. bet – bet – bet
10. bleed – bled – bled

Irregular verbs | Quiz

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Quiz 2

Put the missing forms of the verb in the Simple Past and Past participle:

Ex: speak – spoke – spoken

1. drive –  – 
2. become –  – 
3. feed –  – 
4. forget –  – 
5. undergo –  – 
6. wake –  – 
7. melt –  – 
8. know –  – 
9. smell –  – 
10. forbid –  – 

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ANSWERS

1. drive – drove – driven
2. become – became – become
3. feed – fed – fed
4. forget – forgot – forgotten
5. undergo – underwent – undergone
6. wake – woke – woken
7. melt – melted – melted
8. know – knew – known
9. smell – smelt – smelt
10. forbid – forbade – forbidden

Irregular verbs | Quiz

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Quiz 9

Put the missing forms of the verb in the Infinitive, Simple Past and Past participle:

Ex: speak – spoke – spoken

1.  – bit – 
2.  –  – forgiven
3.  choose –  – 
4.   – drew – 
5.  do –  – 
6.  –  – flown
7.  put –  – 
8.  –  – got
9.  – drank – 
10.  bring –  – 
11.  cut –  – 
12.  – stung – 
13.   –  – made
14.  know –  – 
15.  – wrote – 

 

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ANSWERS

1. bite – bit – bitten
2. forgive – forgave – forgiven
3. choose – chose – chosen
4. draw – drew – drawn
5. do – did – done
6. fly – flew – flown
7. put – put – put
8. get – got – got
9. drink – drank – drunk
10. bring – brought – brought
11. cut – cut – cut
12. sting – stung – stung
13. make – made – made
14. know – knew – known
15. write – wrote – written

Irregular verbs | Quiz

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Quiz 8

Put the missing forms of the verb in the Simple Past and Past participle:

Ex: speak – spoke – spoken

1. dream –  – 
2. bind –  – 
3. overlay –  – 
4. sweep –  – 
5. keep –  – 
6. go –  – 
7. give –  – 
8. make –  – 
9. flee –  – 
10. bet –  – 

 

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ANSWERS

1. dream – dreamt – dreamt
2. bind – bound – bound
3. overlay – overlaid – overlaid
4. sweep – swept – swept
5. keep – kept – kept
6. go – went – gone
7. give – gave – given
8. make – made – made
9. flee – fled – fled
10. bet – bet – bet

Irregular verbs | Quiz

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Quiz 7

Put the missing forms of the verb in the Simple Past and Past participle:

Ex: speak – spoke – spoken

1. choose –  – 
2. stand –  – 
3. fly  –  – 
4. throw –  – 
5. misunderstand –  – 
6. hang –  – 
7. write –  – 
8. light –  – 
9. buy –  – 
10. swell –  – 

 

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ANSWERS

1. choose – chose – chosen
2. stand – stood – stood
3. fly – flew – flown
4. throw – threw – thrown
5. misunderstand – misunderstood – misunderstood
6. hang – hung – hung
7. write – wrote – written
8. light – lit – lit
9. buy – bought – bought
10. swell – swelled – swollen