Grammar Exercises: Gerund or Infinitive, with Answers

Answers. These are easy and an intermediate student should have them all correct with no difficulty at all.

01. I can't think of going to visit her in hospital without buying some flowers.

02. The examiner gave the students some time to think.

03. The band plans to start playing by 9pm.

04. The play is programmed to start at 7pm, so we have decided to meet at 6.30.

05. I am looking forward to seeing the film again.

06. I intend to study English to understand American business methods.

07. She still plans on marrying him even after he refused to buy an engagement ring.

08. I cannot resist eating fish and chips when I am in England.

09. She enjoys going to parties and dancing in discos all night long.

10. I stopped living in London when I realised it was time for me to move on.

11. Don't forget to turn off the heating before leaving the house.

12. I understood buying red roses for your girlfriend on St Valentine's Day was a bit old-fashioned.

VERB FORM AND USE

01 simple present
02 simple present have-be
03 drill: third person
04 elementary present
05 intermediate present

07 elementary past
08 continuous and simple
09 irregular past
10 irregular past
11 irregular past

14 past tense review
15 past tense review

19 present perfect
20 present/past perfect

23 conditional review
24 conditional
25 conditional

28 use of gerund
29 gerund
30 gerund and infinitive
31 gerund and infinitive
32 gerund and infinitive
33 gerund and infinitive