Complete the following sentences using gerunds or infinitives.
1. I tried ……………………….. a ticket, but they were all sold out.
a) to get
b) getting
2. I tried ……………………………. to the manager personally, but that didn’t help.
a) to speak
b) speaking
3. We regret ……………………… you that the flight has been cancelled.
a) to inform
b) informing
4. The doctor has asked me to stop ………………………
a) to smoke
b) smoking
5. She went on ……………………. a celebrated writer a few years later.
a) to become
b) becoming
6. I regret …………………… so badly last night.
a) to behave
b) behaving
7. Remember ……………………. me up at 6 am.
a) waking
b) to wake
8. I forgot ……………………. the door before I left.
a) locking
b) to lock
9. I remember …………………….. the keys on the table.
a) to leave
b) leaving
Answers
1. I tried to get a ticket, but they were all sold out.
2. I tried speaking to the manager personally, but that didn’t help.
3. We regret to inform you that the flight has been cancelled.
4. The doctor has asked me to stop smoking.
5. She went on to become a celebrated writer a few years later.
6. I regret behaving so badly last night.
7. Remember to wake me up at 6 am.
8. I forgot to lock the door before I left.
9. I remember leaving the keys on the table.
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Valeu!
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Professor, no exercício nº 5 a resposta não deveria ser no gerúndio? Depois da preposição” on”
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Olá Rose! Obrigado pelo comentário. Nesse caso não, a expressão é com infinitivo com to mesmo. Exemplo: He went on to be the doctor of that city. Ou como tem na Bíblia em Inglês, John 6:65 “He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”
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