Gerund or Infinitive
Prepositions
Special Expressions
It
Wild Card
100
Complete the sentence with the gerund or infinitive form of the verb in parentheses. The young women quit (shop) _____ when they had spent all their money.
shopping
100
Complete the sentence with an appropriate preposition. Adam and Megan are looking forward _____ going ice-skating on Saturday.
to
100
Make a sentence with the given words. Ms. Spring/sit at her desk/pay bills/yesterday.
Ms. Spring sat at her desk paying bills yesterday.
100
Make sentences beginning with It. Use the given words in your sentence. Use the present tense. be interesting/read/about scientific discoveries
It is interesting to read about scientific discoveries.
100
Which sentence is correct? a. My doctor suggested exercising more often. b. My doctor suggested to exercise more often.
a
200
Complete the sentence with the gerund or infinitive form of the verb in parentheses. Josef enjoys (play) _____ a few games of tennis on weekends.
playing
200
Complete the sentence with an appropriate preposition. I'm very sorry. Will you please forgive me _____ being so rude to you?
for
200
Make sentences with the given words. Greg/waste a lot of time/surf the Internet/every night.
Greg wastes a lot of time surfing the Internet every night.
200
Make sentences beginning with It. Use the given words in your sentence. Use the present tense. not be easy / find / a parking space / downtown
It isn't easy finding a parking space downtown.
200
Which sentence is correct? a. I dislike eating cold eggs. b. I dislike to eat cold eggs.
a
300
Complete the sentence with the gerund or infinitive form of the verb in parentheses. Elena hopes (celebrate) _____ her birthday on a beach in Hawaii.
to celebrate
300
Complete each sentence with an appropriate preposition. Parents must stop children _____ throwing trash on the ground.
from
300
Make sentences with the given words. We/spend too much money/eat in restaurants/last month.
We spent too much money eating in restaurants last month.
300
Make a sentence beginning with It. Use the given words in your sentence. Use the present tense. take a long time / learn / a foreign language well
It takes a long time to learn a foreign language well.
300
Which sentence is correct? a. Benjamin hopes to find a good job this summer. b. Benjamin hopes finding a good job this summer.
a
400
Complete the sentence with the gerund or infinitive form of the verb in parentheses. My dog refuses (go) _____ outside when it rains. He just keeps (bark) _____.
to go barking
400
Complete the sentence with an appropriate preposition. Jacob is so stubborn! He always insists _____ doing things his way.
on
400
Make sentences with the given words. Stewart/have a hard time/solve physics problems/always.
Stewart always has a hard time solving physics problems.
400
Make sentences beginning with It. Use the given words in your sentence. Use the present tense. be impolite / talk / when someone else is talking
It's impolite to talk when someone else is talking.
400
Which sentence is correct? a. My daughter promised being home on time, but she was late. b. My daughter promised to be home on time, but she was late.
b
500
Complete the sentence with the gerund or infinitive form of the verb in parentheses. Stefan plans (study) _____ Turkish for several more years, then he wants (visit) _____ Turkey.
to study to visit
500
Complete the sentence with an appropriate preposition. Most of the citizens at the meeting were opposed _____ closing city parks.
to
500
Make sentences with the given words. Carol/have a good time/travel with her sisters/last summer.
Carol had a good time traveling with her sisters last summer.
500
Make sentences beginning with It. Use the given words in your sentence. Use the present tense. cost a lot / fly / first class
It costs a lot to fly first class.
500
Which sentence is correct? a. Anna mentioned coming to town for a visit, but I don't know if she was serious. b. Anna mentioned to come to town for a visit, but I don't know if she was serious.
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