Question

I. Do as directed: Complete the sentence by choosing the appropriate non-finite from the following. 1. I can hear the children ______ in the hall. (sing, singing, to sing, sang) 2. I tried _____ a stain left by coffee from my shirt using the new cleaning agent. (to clean, cleaned, cleaning, to be cleaned) 3. Choose the phrase with the participle from the following. a. My car collided with another car. b. collided with another car c. to collide with 4. Choose the phrase with the gerund from the following. a. Why do you ignore my warnings? b. To ignore warnings c. Ignoring warnings 5. Choose the non-finites present in the sentence. Running is a good way to stay healthy. a. participle only b. gerund and infinitive c. Infinitive only II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (gerund or infinitive). 1. He hates (answer) ____ the phone, and very often just lets it (ring) . 2. I prefer (drive) _____ to (be driven) _____ . 3. (Lie) on this beach is much more pleasant than (sit)_____ in the office. 4. I advise you to (start) (look) _____ for a flat at once. 5. Would you mind (lend) _____ me 5 KD? I forgot (cash) _____ a cheque.

Answer 1

Answer:

I.1. singing

2. to clean

Answer 2

Answer:

I. Do as directed: Complete the sentence by choosing the appropriate non-finite from the following. 1. I can hear the children _singing_ in the hall. (sing, singing, to sing, sang) 2. I tried _cleaning_ a stain left by coffee from my shirt using the new cleaning agent. (to clean, cleaned, cleaning, to be cleaned) 3. Choose the phrase with the participle from the following. a. ✔️ My car collided with another car. b. collided with another car c. to collide with 4. Choose the phrase with the gerund from the following. a. ✔️ Why do you ignore my warnings? b. To ignore warnings c. Ignoring warnings 5. Choose the non-finites present in the sentence. Running is a good way to stay healthy. a. participle only b. gerund and infinitive c. Infinitive only II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (gerund or infinitive). 1. He hates (answer) _answering_ the phone, and very often just lets it (ring) _ringing_ . 2. I prefer (drive) _driving_ to (be driven) _being drove_ . 3. (Lie) _lieing_ on this beach is much more pleasant than (sit)_sitting_ in the office. 4. I advise you to (start) (look) _look_ for a flat at once. 5. Would you mind (lend) _lending_ me 5 KD? I forgot (cash) _cashing_ a cheque.