Gerund or Infinitive Exercise 1
1 Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets in the appropriate form.
1 I can't stand ____to wait____________ in queues. ( to wait )
2 I wouldn't like _____being___________ in his shoes. ( to be )
3 Jim loves ______working__________ in Thailand. ( to work )
4 I hate ______doin__________ the shopping on Saturday. ( to do )
5 Blast! I forgot ________to buy________ milk. ( to buy )
6 In the end we decided _____to stay___________ in. ( to stay )
7 I need _______finfing_______ some information about Portugal. ( to find ) 8 My
parents like ______going__________ for long walks at the weekend. ( to go ) 9
Tony gave up ____to smoke____________ years ago. ( to smoke )
10 I wanted _____going___________ and see Troy but no one else was interested. ( to go )
11 Mrs Leith offered _____to take___________ us to the airport. ( to take )
12 Clare refused _______to help_________ clean up after the party. ( to help )
13 I tried ________to persuade________ him to come but it was no use. ( to
persuade ) 14 Do you mind not _______smoking_________ ? ( to smoke )
15 Everybody really enjoyed ______dancing__________ the cha-cha-cha. ( to dance
) 16 Lionel admitted _______to eat_________ my chocolate mousse. ( to eat )
2 Check your answers and put the verbs in bold into the right columns. Translate the verbs.
VERB + GERUND VERB TO + INFINITIVE
Translation Translation
admit ......admitir................ decide ..........decidir........
___________ .......................... ...........olvidar............
forget
enjoy .....disfrutar............. ___________ ..........................
give up ...abandonar....................... offer ........oferta...............
___________ .......................... refuse ...........rechaza...........
___________ .......................... try ..........probar................
love ..........amor........ want ........desear.......
___________ .......................... would like ........gustar........
Gerund or Infinitive Exercise 2
1 Use the verbs in brackets to fill the gaps.
1 We arranged ____to meet________ under the station clock at half nine. ( to meet )
2 I always try to avoid ___to see________ him whenever I can. ( to see )
3 I long _____being________ in Scotland again. ( to be )
4 My Mum demanded ___seeing__________ the manager. ( to see )
5 My brother denied ____toear________ my chocolate mousse. Maybe his hamster ate it. ( to eat )
6 I tried __understanding___________ but I just couldn't. ( to understand )
7 In the end I gave up _____to try________ to persuade her. ( to try )
8 Charlie was pretending _____being________ a chicken. ( to be )
9 They chose _______to stay______ in a cheap hotel but spend more money on meals. ( to stay)
10 We like Galicia so much that we keep ____going_________ back there. ( to go )
11 He deserves ____to be_________ severely punished. ( to be )
12 When we visit my aunt, they expect me _____being________ on my best behaviour. ( to be )
13 I didn't mean ____hurting_________ her feelings. I'm really sorry. ( to hurt )
14 I always put off _____to do________ my homework until the last possible moment. ( to do )
15 He goes on ____telling_________ me the same thing over and over again. ( to tell )
16 I can't stand _____waiting________ in the queue at the baker's. ( to wait )
17 The firemen managed _____to put out______ the fire pretty quickly. ( to put out )
18 I never risk ____to go_________ through that part of town. ( to go )
19 Clare offered _____takeing________ me to the airport, which was very kind of her. ( to take )
20 Dad threatened ______to stop_______ my pocket money if I didn't do my homework. ( to stop )
2 Check your answers and put the verbs in bold into the right columns. Translate the verbs.
VERB + GERUND VERB + TO + INFINITIVE
Translation Translation
1 pretending being......fingiendo ser 1 deserves to be ......merece ser...
2 me being ..........................yo siendo 2 put off to do....posponer hacer...
3mean hurting ...... me hizo daño 3 managed to put out ....logró apagar...
4 stand waiting .....esperar en espera 4 risk to go .....arriesgarse a ir..
5 offered takeing..........ofrecido tomar . 5 threatened to stop ...amenazó con parar
