Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the gerund, to infinitive or bare infinitive of the verb in brackets.   1. You shouldn’t let your children (play) _______ with matches. It’s very easy (catch) _______ fire.   Examples: play – to catch   Let sb + Vo   Easy +  adj + to Vo   2.   I enjoy (be) ________ busy. I don’t like it when there is nothing ________ (do)   3.   Let’s hurry! We must finish (paint) _________ the office before 3:00 today.   4.  As we don’t agree (carry out) ________ a proposal we generally avoid (discuss) _____ the subject.   5.   I don’t mind (remind) ______ you (lock) ________ the door but you’d better (try) ______   (remember) _______ on your own.   6.  Please stop (interrupt) _____ when I’m explaining something to you. You can (ask) ___ questions at the end.   7.  He admitted (enter) ______ the house but refused (steal) ______ the money.   8.  I don’t really fancy (spend) _____ my whole holiday with your cousins. I’d rather (spend) _____ my time with you.   9.  Those shirts need (iron) _______, but you don’t need (iron) _____ them now.   10.  He wanted (see) ________ the house where the president was born.   11.  It’s no use (try) ________ (persuade) ________ her (change) ________ her mind. Spend your time (do) _______ something more worthwhile. 

2.   I enjoy (be) ____being____ busy. I don’t like it when there is nothing __to do______ (do)

3.   Let’s hurry! We must finish (paint) _____painting____ the office before 3:00 today.

4.  As we don’t agree (carry out) _____to carry out___ a proposal we generally avoid (discuss) _discussing____ the subject.

5.   I don’t mind (remind) _____reminding_ you (lock) ___to lock_____ the door but you’d better (try) ___try___

(remember) _____remembering __ on your own.

6.  Please stop (interrupt) ___interrupting__ when I’m explaining something to you. You can (ask) __ask_ questions at the end.

7.  He admitted (enter) __to entering ___ the house but refused (steal) ____to steal__ the money.

8.  I don’t really fancy (spend) ___spending__ my whole holiday with your cousins. I’d rather (spend) __spend___ my time with you.

9.  Those shirts need (iron) ___ironing____, but you don’t need (iron) __to iron___ them now.

10.  He wanted (see) __to see______ the house where the president was born.

11.  It’s no use (try) ____trying____ (persuade) ____to persuade____ her (change) __to change______ her mind. Spend your time (do) ___doing____ something more worthwhile.