Gerund/Infinitive

Grammar

100

                                               

                   

1.                             

     I regret to tell/telling you that we're cancelling our contract immediately.                  

                           

                                   

    

                                                                   

      I regret to tell you that we're cancelling our contract immediately              
                        

                                   

    

200

                                               

1.                         
2.                             

   Luckily, Sharon remembered to tell/telling us all to arrive a little early, so we had time to discuss the revised budget before the meeting started.                        

3.                     

                                   

    

Luckily, Sharon remembered to tell us all to arrive a little early, so we had time to discuss the revised budget before the meeting started.  

300

                                               

              

1.                             

   We stopped trying to break/breaking into the US market last year because of the recession.                  

                           

                                   

    

We stopped trying to break into the US market last year because of the recession.  

400

                                                               

1.                             

   Shazia started her presentation at two o'clock and didn't stop to talk/talking until after six o'clock!                  

                           

                                   

    

Shazia started her presentation at two o'clock and didn't stop to talking until after six o'clock!    

500

                                               

                       

1.                             

                                                                    

   1.                             

      To work /Working overtime is something we all have to do sometimes.        
                       
                              

                              

                                   

    

                                               

1.                         
2.                             

   Working overtime is something we all have to do sometimes.

                           
3.                     

                                   

    

Vocabulary

100

have a secret plan

have a trick up your sleeve

200

the phenomenon whereby consumers will tend to have a specific change in preference between two options when also presented with a third option

decoy effect

300

concession

something that you agree to give someone or allow them to do, especially in order to end an argument or

400

to believe sth, especially an idea that many other people believe in

buy into sth

500

attractive

inviting

Grammar

100

                                               

1.                         
2.                             

   We need to focus on to deal/dealing with our cashflow problem.

                           
3.                     

                                   

    

We need to focus on dealing with our cashflow problem.

200

                                               

1.                         
2.                             

   When I tried to speak /speaking to Alphonse about the problem, he listened politely, but he didn't do anything about it.

                           
3.                     

                                   

    

When I tried to speaking to Alphonse about the problem, he listened politely, but he didn't do anything about it.

300

                                               

1.                         
2.                             

   Yanick asked me to tell /telling you he's going to be late to the meeting.

                           
3.                     

                                   

    

Yanick asked me to tell  you he's going to be late to the meeting.

400

                                               

I forgot to send /sending an e-mail to my client to cancel our meeting, so she wasn't very pleased.

                                   

    

I forgot to send  an e-mail to my client to cancel our meeting, so she wasn't very pleased.

500

                                               

                                               

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