1. Pick out the infinitive, gerunds and participles in the following sentence examples__
2. I am fond fond of collecting stamps
3. I don't enjoy going to the dentist.
4. They don't love smoking.
5. You should form the habit of reading.
6. Sleeping is necessary to life.
7. I am looking forward to seeing you again
8. Hearing the noise he ran to the window
9. He send the drowning child.
10. He was caring a loaded gun.
Answers. 1. to see__ infinitive, 2. collecting--gerund, 3. going-- gerund, 4. smoking--gerund, 5. reading--gerund, 6. sleeping--gerund, 7. looking--participle, seeing--gerund, 8. hearing--participle, 9. drowning--participle, 10. carrying--participle, loaded--participle.
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B. Rewrite the following sentence voting the verbs in brackets into the correct form (infinitive gerund or participle)___
1. He told me (try) (come) early.
2. Do you (wish) (be) an engineer?
3. He finished (speak) and shut down.
4. Are you thinking of (leave) your job and (go) abroad?
5. He hates (be) kept (wait).
6. I hate (borrow) money.
7. We met a girl (carry) a basket of flowers.
8. The general was used to (give) orders.
9. The snow capture (fall) and the work man grew tired of (try) (keep) the roads clear.
10. (See) her (weep) me I went to see what was wrong.
11. We ever found her (beam) with smile.
12. It means (invite) troubles.
13. (Learn) that he was ill, I rushed to the hospital.
14. I will not (let) you go.
15. I (hear) him (cry).
Answers :
1. He told me to try to come early.
2. Do you wish to be an engineer?
3. He finished speaking and sat down.
4. Are you thinking of leaving your job and going aboard?
5. He hates to he kept waiting. Or, He hates being kept waiting.
6. I hate borrowing money.
7. We met a girls carrying a basket of flowers.
8. The general was used to giving orders.
9. The snow kept falling and the workmen grew tired of trying to keep the roads clear.
10. Seeing her weeing I went to see what was wrong.
11. We ever found her beaming with smile.
12. It means inviting troubles.
13. Having learnt that he was ill. I rushed to the hospital.
14. I will not let you go.
15. I heard him cry.