Gerund Put the verb in parentheses into their correct infinitive or gerund forms: 1. Mr Baker;s children are busy ( collect)… stamps for their club. 2. We do not want ( go)… to that restaurant because it’s dirty. 3. Would you be so good as ( answer)……the phone when it rings? 4. They gave up ( gamble)…….long ago. 5. Try to avoid ( make)……a lot of mistakes in your thesis. 6. They are against ( make)…….complaints about the road construction. 7. It is no use ( drink)……. a lot of alcoholic drinks, 8. The directors suggests ( hold)……another meeting next week. 9. It is difficult for me to get used to ( sleep)…….earlier. 10. We are looking forward to ( hear)……from you next week. 11. Would you mind ( put) ……your pet snake somewhere else? 12. It’s no use ( wait)……for her too long. 13. He urged us ( work)……faster than he does. 14. My mother told me ( not speak)… to anyone about it. 15. I can’t understand her ( behave)…….like that. 16. You are expected ( know)……the safety regulation of the college. 17. I am prepared ( wait) ….here all night if necessary. 18. It isn’t good for children ( eat)…….too many sweets. 19. I could not help ( overhear)……what you said. 20. She warned me ( not touch)……….the wire. 21. I regret ( inform)…….you that your application has been refused. 22. I t’s no use ( tell)…….lies to anyone. 23. I am beginning ( understand)……what you have told me. 24. The boy doesn’t know how ( use)…….a computer. 25. I am busy ( teach)…… English all the day. 26. I am nervous about ( make) … friends with her. 27. people liked ( go)……to the movies because they showed another world. 28. They are accustomed to ( get)… large salaries. 29. Editors are responsible for ( write)……editorials. 30. It is interesting ( study)……the history of today’s motion picture industry. 31. Reporters for major newspapers are used to ( work)……long hours. 32. By the end of 1992, over 500 radio stations had begun ( broadcast)… around the United States. 33. People enjoyed ( listen)……to the early radio programs. 34. The first stations were created by radio equipment companies in order ( develop)… a market for their products. 35. She had to ask the boys ( stop)… ( make)… noise. 36. Our teacher has promised ( help)…….us ( prepare)……for the exams. 37. I’d love ( have)… an opportunity of ( meet)…you again. 38. He resents ( be)……told what ( do)… 39. I love ( eat)… oranges, but I dislike ( peel) ….them. 40. There is no ( deny)… that he enjoys ( listen)….to his own voice. 41. We regret ( say)… that the lecture was dull and wasn’t worth ( listen)….to. 42. Is (boil)… or frying the best way of ( cook)….this fish? 43. Where there is work ( do)……, you should be ready ( lend)……a hand. 44. it’s no use ( ask)… him ( lend)…….you any money. 45. Can you manage ( finish)……( write)… these reports by yourself? 46. She stopped ( talk)…….as if waiting for him ( speak)……. 47. You begin ( learn)……a language by ( listen)… to new sounds. 48. I’ve come ( make)… peace, not ( start)… another war. 49. There is nothing ( be)….done about it now, except ( tell)… the police the truth. 50. You’re too young ( start)……giving up ( build)…….a career. 51. Do you remember ( read)…… about it? No, at that time I was too young ( read) ….newspapers. 52. This book tells you how ( win)….at games without actually ( cheat)… 53. he heard the clock ( strike)….six and knew that it was time for him ( get)….up. 54. Stop ( argue)… and start ( work)…… 55. The children prefer ( watch)…….TV to ( read)…… 56. I don’t feel like ( work)…; what about ( go)…to a disco instead.? 57. If a thing is worth ( do)… at all it is worth ( do)….well. 58. Don’t forget ( lock)……the door before ( go)……to bed. 59. He tried ( explain)…….but she refused ( listen)……. 60. he decided ( disguise)….himself by ( dress)….as a woman. 61. Would you mind ( show)………me how ( operate)……the lift? 62. I tried ( persuade)……him ( agree)… with your proposal. 63. I can’t help ( sneeze)… ; I caught a cold yesterday from ( sit)…in a draught. 64. he wore dark glasses ( avoid)…. ( be)…recognized. 65. Without ( realize)……it, he hindered us instead of ( help)….us., 66. People used ( make)… fire by ( rub)….two sticks together. 67. I advise you ( start)…. ( look)……for a flat at once. 68. An instructor is coming ( show)….us how ( use)…the aqualung. 69. I have no intention of ( go)… to that film; I couldn’t bear ( see)……my favourite actress in such a dreadful part. 70. After ( hear)……the conditions I decided ( not enter)……for the competition. 71. He postponed ( make)…a decision till it was too late ( do) anything. 72. Try ( forget)….it; it isn’t worth ( worry)….about. 73. The fire seems ( be)……out. I can hear the wood ( crackle)……. 74. There is nothing like ( walk)…….as a means of ( keep)….fit. 75. He offered ( lend)…… me the money. I didn’t like ( take)…it but I had no alternative. 76. I didn’t know how ( get)… to your house so I stopped ( ask)…the way. 77. I am used to ( get up)… early because I want ( take)……my morning exercises. 78. After ( discuss)….the matter for an hour the committee adjourned without ( have)… reached any decision. 79. it is not much use ( have)…….a bicycle if you don’t know how ( ride)…it. 80. I know my hair wants ( cut)…….but I never have time ( go)…to the hairdresser’s . Gerund Put the verb in parentheses into their correct infinitive or gerund forms: 1. Mr Baker;s children are busy