Gerunds/Infinitives
Compete this sentence:
I really don’t feel like _______ (go)
to contracts law class right now. I am
pretty tired from writing my case brief.
going
Make this sentence passive: The children were destroying the desks.
The desks were destroyed by the children.
Combine these sentences with an adjective clause.
I have a problem.
It is very serious.
Correct or incorrect? If incorrect, rewrite
the sentence.
I tried to write my paper, but my computer
broke, and I ran out of time.
Correct
didn't remember _______ (water) the plants for three weeks, and they died as a result.
to water
Make this sentence passive:
Karen and Alba have written many legal papers about the 4th Amendment.
Many legal papers about the 4th Amendment were written by Karen and Alba.
Combine these sentences with an adjective clause.
The members of the jury are locals. I met them yesterday.
Yesterday, I met the local jury members who are local.
Choose the correct option:
-Is your job ever (relaxed / relaxing)?
-No, but I don’t think work is supposed to be (relaxed / relaxing). My job is sometimes (excited / exciting), and I like that.
relaxing/relaxing/exciting
He suggested_____ (practice) his English with elderly people because they hope_____ (talk) to many people every day.
practicing / to hope
Change this sentence into the passive.
They are writing the legal memo now.
The legal memo was written by them now.
Combine these two sentences into one sentence with an adjective clause.
That is the man.
I bought his house last summer in New York
That is the man whose house I bought last summer in New York.
Combine these two sentences with an adjective clause:
I dislike boring lectures on the environment. Such lectures do not challenge my way of thinking about the world.
I dislike boring lectures on the environment because they do not challenge my way of thinking about the world.
Correct or incorrect? If incorrect, make the correction.
She wanted learn how to play the piano because play the piano was hard to learning.
She wanted learn how to play the piano because play the piano was hard to learn.
Make this sentence active:
The tests will be distributed by the teachers after all of the dictionaries have been put away by the students.
The teachers will distribute the tests after all of the students have put away their dictionaries.
Combine these three sentences into
one sentence with adjective clauses.
The IEC provides intensive English to Students.
It was founded in 1975.
These students wish to improve their written and spoken English.
The IEC was founded in 1975 to provide intensive English classes to students who wish to improve their written and spoken English.
What are the past participles:
1.Keep
2.Think
3.Get
4.Find
5.Put
1. kept
2. thought
3. got
4. found
5. put
Compete this sentence:
Lin will remember ______ (take) his coat next time it rains.
to take
Make this sentence active:
Many decisions have recently been overturned by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has recently overturned many decisions.
Combine these three sentences into one sentence with adjective clauses.
That is the book. I bought it yesterday at the bookstore. I used to work there.
That is the book that I bought yesterday at the bookstore where I used to work.
Unscramble the words to form a complete and grammatical sentence.
amazing yesterday ? you came Have movie
out seen that the afternoon
Have you seen that amazing movie that came out yesterday afternoon?