Fill in the blanks using either the gerund or the (to) + infinitive forms.
l. I don't rnind my office __________ (change).
2. I forgot ____________ (take) the books back to the library today.
3. You know me. However, I don't remember ____________ (meet) you
1. I'll never forget _______(watch) the sunset over Lake Victoria. It was wonderful.
5. Call me whenever you think the grass needs _____________ (cut).
6. I called Mum on our way to Michigan, when we stopped ______ (get) some petrol.
7. I have never regretted ___________ (tell) the truth.
8. If you cant't concentrate on your work anymore, try __________ (take) a shower. That
might help.
9. Remember __________ (buy) the tickets before they are sold out.
10. My instructor advised __________ (make) a list of the new vocabulary items every day.
11. I had to finish my drink in the hall as they don't allow people ________ (enter) the
cinema with beverages.
12. We decided to sell the piano as my daughter stopped _________ (take) piano lessons
years ago.
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Dear Aunt Mary.
Finally, I've managed (1) __________(find) someone who is genuinely interested in the
research that I'm doing. The biology professors at my university are all too busy (2)
__________ (help) me. They are only concerned about (3) ___________ (publish) their
own material. Professor Greenberg, from Boston College. however, took my research very
seriously. He even offered (4) ___________ (let) me use the facultv lab for my experiments.
You know, that's actually against the rules. They do not permit students from other
universities to do experiments in their labs. I really appreciate him (5) ____________ (be)
so involved in my project. He supports me in whatever I do and has encouraged me (6)
______________ (write) about the results in next month's issue of Science Magazine…
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Many people must have dreamed of (7) ____________ (own) a small house in a foreign
country. Others, with even bigger ideas and a lot more money, may even have consiclered
(8) ____________ (buy) hotels. In any case, it is absolutely essential (9) ____________
(know) a great deal about the value of property-otherwise the buyer may be at the mercy of
dishonest agents. Some tourists, however, are so foolish that nothing can prevent them from
(10) __________________ (be) cheated. About 3 years ago a Japanese tourist attempted
(11) ___________ (buy) the Collosseum in Rome. His agents told him that the building
was in need of repair but it was well worth (12) ___________ (spend) money on a building
like that. They took a deposit of 200,000 liret and told him they would complete the
arrangements that evening. The poor Japanese tourist agreed (13) _______________ (meet)
them at a certain hotel that evening but, of course they never came.
Change the words in brackets into participle forms.
1. The book ____________ (write) by a friend of mine is in the list of best sellers.
2. __________ (reserve) a table a week in advance, we were seated immediately
by the head waiter.
3. ____________ (see) the old man crossing the street, the driver braked hard.
4. Martin has started to work for a company. However, ___________ (have) his
own business for many years, he now finds it hard to accept orders from
another authority.
5. Romeo, ____________ (believe) that Juliet was dead, decided to kill himself.
6. Bob, who got extremely angry at his boss, went out ________ (slam) the door.
7. The president entered the room, __________ (accompany) by his body guards.
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Last Friday, our teacher took us to the Natural History Museum. First, we toured the
____________ (fascinate) displays of prehistoric animals. Then, we went into the
next room where there were some fossils of the earliest __________ (know) plants.
As we went on, it was __________ (amaze) to see the displays of Homo Sapiens.
Although my friends and I were extremely __________ (exhaust) at the end of the
day, we all appreciated the knowledge we had gained.