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Exercise 16: Gerund vs. infinitive

1. not to be
2. cleaning
3. to take
4. to leave
5. talking
6. waiting; doing
7. to stay; to paint
8. quitting; opening
9. to take
10. looking; to answer
11. postponing
12. to watch; listening
13. reading
14. to go; camping
15. singing
16. to take; to pay
17. to stand
18. not to wait

Exercise 17

1. remind to finish
2. we have fun swimming
3. students are required to have
4. the counselor advised us to take
5. I tried to learn
6. She warned us not to open…
7. I like to go camping
8. He invited us to go…
9. I promise not to tell…
10. We are not permitted to take
11. my friends asked me to tell
12. when the wind begins to blow/begins blowing
13. I remembered to call…
14. She told me not to worry about being late.
15. I am told to be here at 8:00 a.m.
16. I spent the day writing.

Exercise 18

1. enjoy listening
2. offer to lend
3. start laughing
4. remind me to take
5. postpone going
6. look forward to seeing
7. forget to bring
8. remember to go
9. prefer to live
10. finish doing
11. encourage to go
12. can't stand having to wait
13. continue walking/continue to walk
14. stop walking
15. be interested in learning
16. be used to speaking