Gerund vs Infinitive Quiz
Preview:
I want _______
A. to apologize
B. apologizing
My best friend would like … Italian.
A. speak
B. speaking
C. to speak
I regret _____ you but the police can’t find your luggage.
A. to tell
B. telling
I need ________ some new shoes.
A. to buy
B. buying
I forgot _______ Helen about the party.
A. to tell
B. telling
I promise … you language programming someday.
A. teach
B. to teach
We discussed (go) ____ to the cinema, but in the end we stayed at home.
A. went
B. go
C. to go
D. going
I want to continue … foreign languages.
A. study
B. studying
C. to study
I can’t wait for Saturday! I’m really…… to see you!
A. excited
B. to excite
C. exciting
My friends invitied me to a party. I didn’t habe any plans, so I decided ________.
A. to go
B. going
Antonio is pleased … us Portuguese.
A. to teach
B. teach
C. teaching
John said he remembers ______ (buy) the newspaper, but now he can’t find it.
A. buying
B. to buy
C. buy
It’s not easy … sign language. It requires lots of practice.
A. learn
B. to learn
You’d better … Joan tell her story or she won’t … you.
A. to let / to forgive
B. let / forgive
… a polyglot is one of his dreams. He already speaks two languages.
A. To be
B. Being
C. Be
Josh offered ________ the tickets in advance.
A. to get
B. getting
I don’t mind _____ a barbecue at the weekend.
A. have
B. to have
C. having
I regret___ that we cannot accept your offer.
A. to tell you
B. telling you
C. to tell
Don’t forget,___ me before you leave.
A. to wake me
B. waking
C. wake me up
Did you manage___the book you were looking for?
A. to find
B. find
C. finding
We’ve had to postpone _____ to France because the children are ill.
A. to go
B. going
C. go
It’s too late to buy any food. We’ll have to make _____ with what we’ve got.
A. to do
B. do
C. doing
Margaret was slow at school, but she went on___Prime Minister.
A. to be
B. is
C. being
I tried ___that medicine you gave me but I couldn’t swallow it.
A. taking
B. take
C. to take
There’s no use … that you were there.
A. deny
B. denying
C. to deny