INFINITIVE and/or GERUND

(Test)
1) Choose the right column (Gerund, Infinitive or Both) for each verb in the box.

like / persuade / remember / intend / feel like / prefer / fancy / forget / try / pretend /
give up / go on / manage / offer / regret / risk / suggest / mind / stop / refuse / start

Infinitive Gerund Both (after verbs Both (after verbs which

with no or little change their meaning)
change in
_________________ ________________ _____________________________
_________________ ________________ _____________________ _____________________________
_________________ ________________ _____________________ _____________________________
_________________ ___________- _____________________ _____________________________

2) Complete the personality quiz.

1. If you manage________ (buy) the tickets to the concert and want ________ (go) with your friend there,
but she/he refuses _________ (accept) the invitation, do you
a) risk______________ (go) on your own? b) ask somebody else ________ (go) with you?
2. If you need _________ (get) a piece of advice about your future profession, do you
a) mind ___________ (ask) your parents about it? b) prefer _______ (get) it from your friend?
3. If you are with your sister and she fancies _______ (watch) a new film on TV that you’ve already seen, do
you
a) persuade her __________ (choose) something different? b) try _______ (say) nothing?
4. If you don’t feel like _______ (go) to a boring party, do you
a) pretend _________ (have) a headache? b) give up _____________ (make) any excuse?
5. If your friend decides _________________ (wear) a new flashy top to the theatre, do you
a) offer her _________ (choose) another top? b) suggest _________ (go) to another place?

3) Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1 1. a) I don’t remember to call/calling Jane today.

b) Remember to call /calling her tomorrow.
2 2. a) I’ll never forget to meet/meeting Bred Pitt.
b) Excuse me, but I’ve forgotten to post/posting your letter on the way home.
3 3. a) I tried to push/pushing the car up the hill, but I couldn’t move it.
b) ) ‘The car won’t start’, ‘Why don’t we try to push/pushing it?
4 4. a) Sam’s a vegetarian. He stopped to eat/eating meat three years ago.
b) After Mary had been working for four hours, she stopped to eat/eating lunch.
5 5. a) I regret to say/ saying that Jeremy Smith has failed his English exam.
b) Jeremy Smith regrets not to revise/not revising much before his English exam.
6 6. a) She went on to talk/talking about her holidays all evening.
b) Ann spoke about her son and then she went on to talk/talking about her daughter.
Total: 50
 KEY
1)
Infinitive: persuade/ pretend / manage / offer / refuse /
Gerund: feel like / fancy / give up / risk / suggest / mind /
Verbs can be followed by both with little or no change in meaning: like/ intend / prefer/star
Verbs which can be followed by both with the change in their meaning: remember/ stop/ try/ forget
/ regret / go on

2)
1. to buy, to go, to accept a) going b) to go
2. to get a) asking b) getting / to get
3. watching a) to choose b) to say
4. going a) to have b) making
5. to wear a) to choose b) going

3)
1. a) calling b) to call
2. a) meeting b) to post
3. a) to push b) pushing
4. a) eating b) to eat
5. a) to say b) not revising
6. a) talking b) to talk