ueiunus anu Infinitives Name_____________________

Su Points Total
!"#$ &' Reau the paiagiaph caiefully. (2u points)
1. ()#*+, the signal veibs that come befoie each blank.
2. -)++ ). $/, 0+".12 with the coiiect geiunu anu infinitive.
S. Some sentences might not have a signal veib because the geiunu coulu be the
subject oi the infinitive coulu come aftei "it."
4. Remembei some signal veibs foim a chain of thiee veibs in a iow.
S. 34"56+,: I hate beginning (begin) to take (take) a test.
Pets
____________________ (have) a pet is a big pait of Ameiican cultuie. Theie aie
many types of pets, but most people avoiu ____________________ (get) stiange pets like
snakes oi tigeis. Bowevei, many families enjoy ____________________ (have) a uog oi a
cat in theii home. Nany chiluien beg theii paients ____________________ (buy) a uog oi
a cat foi the family. Although some paients foibiu theii family ____________________
(get) a uog oi cat, othei families peimit theii chiluien ____________________ (buy) a pet.
0thei chiluien have to convince theii paients ____________________ (allow) them
____________________ (puichase) a pet. Paients might iesist ____________________ (buy) a
pet unless the chiluien piomise ____________________ (take) caie of the pet eveiy uay.
Paients usually unueistanu ____________________ (have) a pet is not easy, but chiluien
uon't usually stop ____________________(think) about what it means to take caie of a pet.
Befoie chiluien get a pet, it is veiy impoitant ____________________ (think) about all of
the iesponsibilities. Nany chiluien want ____________________ (own) a pet, but usually
they uon't want to be iesponsible foi ____________________(clean) the pet's poo anu
____________________(feeu) the pet. Some chiluien get a pet, anu then they complain
about ____________________(have) so many new iesponsibilities because they expecteu
theii mothei oi fathei ____________________ (take) caie of the pet. Pet's can help
chiluien ____________________ (leain) ____________________ (be) moie iesponsible foi theii
lives. Bo you have a pet.








ueiunus anu Infinitives Name_____________________
Su Points Total
!"#$ 7' 0sing the woius that you have been given, make a sentence with the paits.
You may neeu to auu piepositions, change veibs to geiunu oi infinitive foim, oi
otheiwise change the sentence to make it giammatically coiiect, but you must use
the woius that aie given to you in some foim. (S points each - I will giaue youi
sentence stiuctuie, use of geiunus anu infinitives, veib tenses, subject-veib
agieement, anu nouns) (Su points)

1. accustomeu eat spicy foou people + use 08$ in youi sentence


2. It stiessful uiive heavy tiaffic + use 9/,. to make a complex sentence


S. ask the teachei wiite an essay }oe + 0se ,:,. $/;8</ to make a complex
sentence


4. piohibit smoke on campus people + use 0,*8"2, to make a compounu
sentence


S. believe tell lies fiienu uiscipline by hei mom + use 9/,. anu 0,*"82, to
make a complex sentence (youi sentence shoulu have S clauses)


6. thank his teachei help (v) + make a 2)56+, 2,.$,.*,


7. uieam become many people movie stai + use "+$/;8</ to make a complex
sentence

!"#$ =' Fix the mistakes think about meaning as you fix the mistakes. You may
neeu to change some vocabulaiy woius to make the meaning coiiect. (8 mistakes =
8 points) If you aie unsuie if something is one oi two mistakes, ask the teachei.

When I was ten yeais olu I ieally wanteu a pet, but my paients piohibiteu me
on buying a pet. I beggeu to them get me a pet foi a long time. I ieally wanteu a cat,
but finally my paients let me to buy a golufish as a pet. I ieally loveu to taking caie
of my golufish. I leaineu taking caie of it anu enjoyeu looking at my golufish eveiy
uay. When my golufish uieu, I can not stop ciying. It was so sau to lost him.