GERUNDS VS INFINITIVES


TASK Put the verbs and any other words in brackets into the correct form. You may add the necessary
auxiliary verbs, prepositions and particles. Use the verbs in the brackets in the given order. Use
the passive where necessary.
1. Policy makers _______________________ (force, think) of market pitfalls and (consider, develop)
profitable strategies. (PRESENT CONTINUOUS)
2. We ________________________________ (be used, encourage, improve) our job performance on a daily
basis. (PRESENT SIMPLE)
3. The recruitment staff _________________________(object, submit) the application form incomplete.
(PRESENT PERFECT)
4. Unless they stop taking illegal steps, they ________________________(risk, repeal, and, find)
guilty. (PRESENT SIMPLE)
5. We are cautious. We ______________________(break, not) safety regulations. (PRESENT SIMPLE)
6. His administration ______________________________(neglect, protect, the citizens, attack) on
their homeland. (PRESENT PERFECT)
7. The Secretary of the State ______________________ (deny, involve) negotiations with AL-Kaida.
(PAST SIMPLE)
8. His business associate _______________________ (suggest, commit - not, meet) humanitarian needs
in the most corrupt areas. (PAST SIMPLE)
9. She is an admirable worker. She never _________________________ (avoid, confront) with the
challenge. (PRESENT SIMPLE)
10. I will quit this job as I ______________________(can - not, get used, make) to promote faulty
products. (PRESENT SIMPLE)