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Exercise 6 - Infinitives and Gerunds
Choose the part of the sentence that is incorrect.
1.
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his parents'
expecting
excel at
having to
Marvin is used to
his parents'
expecting
him
excel at
everything, but he often resents
having to
work so hard.
2.
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admit
his
confessing
tells
The defendant wanted to
admit
guilt, but his lawyer was opposed to
his
confessing
and had him
tells
the judge he was not guilty.
3.
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to stop
to bite
to quit
keeping
At sixteen, Bruno decided it was time
to stop
to bite
his fingernails, so he promised
to quit
and he succeeded in
keeping
his promise.
4.
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Keeping
couldn't understand
I
gaining
Keeping
my weight down had never been a problem, so I
couldn't understand
I
gaining
fifteen pounds.
5.
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is good
to fix
'm having
take
Francis
is good
to fix
things, so I
'm having
him
take
a look at my iPod.
6.
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Jogging
ride my bike
me lose
to see
Jogging
and
ride my bike
didn't help
me lose
weight, so I made an appointment
to see
my doctor.
7.
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to get
join
to go
to take
We tried
to get
Shakira
join
us at the beach, but we couldn't convince her
to go
because she refused
to take
any time off from work.
8.
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>to try
to make
me
eat
They stopped
to try
to make
me
eat
healthy foods.
9.
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to find out
has
couldn't stand
eat
I was amazed
to find out
how much fat fast food
has
, and I
couldn't stand
eat
it anymore.
10.
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to paint
to tell
you
to use
I know you'd like
to paint
your living room blue, but I'm sorry
to tell
you that the landlord won't let
you
to use
any color but white.
11.
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to ask
to help
to bother
his working
I'd like
to ask
Travis
to help
me with my biology homework, but I hate
to bother
him when
his working
.
12.
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they letting
make
me
to learn
By
they letting
me
make
mistakes, my parents got
me
to learn
a lesson.
SCORE
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Exercise 6 - Infinitives and Gerunds