Gerunds and infinitivesOnline version Gerunds and infinitives practice Remember to review gerunds and infinitives rules on the PPT that is on the class´ platform before doing the activity. by Diana Ivette Tapia Fernández 1 It´s very expensive ___________ an apartment at downtown. a to rent b renting 2 ______________ is banned in all public places. a To smoke b Smoking 3 I called a restaurant ___________ a table for tonight. a to book b booking 4 Be careful ______________ a noise when you come home tonight. a not to make b not making 5 She is worried about __________ the exam. a to fail b failing 6 Everybody went on ______________ until after midnight. a to dance b dancing 7 _________ an only child is a bit boring a To be b Being 8 It is easy _________ the way if you look in the map. a to find b finding 9 Leo is terrible at _________ languages. a to learn b learning 10 A: Why are you learning Spanish? B: ____________ talk to my in-laws. They are Argentinian, and they don´t speak English. a To be able to b Being able Feedback 1 We use -infinitive + to- after adjectives. 2 We use gerunds as the subject of a sentence. 3 We use -infinitives + to- to express a reason or a purpose. 4 We use -infinitive + to- after adjectives. 5 We use gerunds after prepositions. 6 We use gerunds after prepositions. 7 We use gerunds as subjects of a sentence. 8 We use infinitive + to after adjectives. 9 We use gerunds after prepositions. 10 We use infinitive to tell or explain why we do something.
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