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Complete the sentence:
Every generation wants (have)_______ a comfortable and happy life.
Every generation wants to have a comfortable and happy life.
Complete the sentence:
Younger generations often avoid (answer) ______ phone calls; they like (send) ______ text messages.
Younger generations often avoid answering phone calls; they like to send/sending text messages.
Complete the sentence:
Experts suggest (limit)________ screen time to improve mental health across all ages.
Experts suggest limiting screen time to improve mental health across all ages.
We use this to talk about future plans or hopes.
Infinitives
Create a sentence using the main verb deny.
You're correct if you used a gerund after deny!
We use this to talk about habits or general activities.
Gerunds
True or False:
When using infinitives, you have to change their tense or form.
False
Find the error:
More young professionals decide to work from home instead of going to an office.
There is no error.
Create a sentence using go as the main verb.
If you used a gerund after go, you're correct!
Find the error:
Ask, appear, hope, and decide are followed by gerunds.
Ask, appear, hope, and decide are followed by infinitives.
If we want to negate the gerund in the following sentence, where should we put "not"?
Millennials discuss quitting their jobs to travel the world.
After discuss and before the gerund.
Millennials discuss not quitting their jobs to travel the world.
Find the error:
The verbs agree, hope, want, and suggest must always be followed by an infinitive.
Suggest can only be followed by a gerund.
Find the errors in these sentences:
I suggested to go to the cinema, but he wanted staying home.
She keeps to ask me questions, but I avoid answering them.
We agreed discussing the problem, but he denies to have a problem.
I suggested going to the cinema, but he wanted to stay at home.
She keeps asking me questions, but I avoid answering them.
We agreed to discuss the problem, but he denies having a problem.
Find the errors:
Different generations often agree disagreeing about which decade had the best music. However, many teenagers appear to like more genres of music than their grandparents. The truth is, I enjoy to listen to music from the 80s the most.
Different generations often agree to disagree about which decade had the best music. However, many teenagers appear to like more genres of music than their grandparents. The truth is, I enjoy listening to music from the 80s the most.
Create a sentence using a preposition.
You can use afraid of, insist on, worry about, improve by.
You're correct if you used a gerund!