G4: Gerunds III

G4: Gerunds & Infinitives III

by Tom Rohrbach

Multiple Choice Quiz

Did you notice - the picture above has both an infinitive AND a gerund - and they're both used correctly!

Let's continue practicing with gerunds and infinitives. This quiz may be a little harder than the others...

Teacher, now that I’m in college, I appreciate your __ (try) to push me to work harder when I was at Spring.
1. to try
2. trying
3. BOTH are correct here.
__ (work) for FedEx hasn’t been as rewarding as Julie expected when she took the job.
1. To work
2. Working
3. BOTH are correct here.
Mark’s boss at GM ordered him __ (keep) quiet about the ignition switch problem he discovered, so Mark decided to quit his job instead.
1. to keep
2. keeping
3. BOTH are correct here.
Ricky is good at __ (play) tennis but not ping pong.
1. to play
2. playing
3. BOTH are correct here.
Ellie reminded her students that she wouldn’t tolerate __ (cheat) on the final exam.
1. to cheat
2. cheating
3. BOTH are correct here.
I’m still not accustomed to __ (put) on several layers of clothes on cool fall mornings in Colorado and then __ (take) them off one by one as the day gets warmer.
1. put ... to take
2. putting ... taking
3. BOTH are correct here.
Dante used __ (live) in Modena, Italy, but he moved to England last year to work for Jaguar.
1. to live
2. living
3. BOTH are correct here.
Why do I always have to remind you __ (brush) your teeth before you go to bed?
1. to brush
2. brushing
3. BOTH are correct here.
I was thinking about __ (apply) to Yale, but I’d rather go to school on the West Coast than New England.
1. to apply
2. applying
3. BOTH are correct here.
When Steve Jobs was just in eighth grade, he called the president of HP, Bill Hewlett, and convinced him __ (give) Jobs some free HP equipment for a tech project he was working on. [true story]
1. to give
2. giving
3. BOTH are correct here.
Honey, I’m excited about your __ (get) the job promotion, but I don’t want our family to move to Idaho!
1. to get
2. getting
3. BOTH are correct here.
Johnny, I hate __(give) you a Zero on this quiz, but I saw you copying answers from Gail’s paper.
1. to give
2. giving
3. BOTH are correct here.
You don’t remember my __ (tell) you about this dinner party? I told you three times in the last two weeks, and I put it on the calendar in the kitchen!
1. to tell
2. telling
3. BOTH are correct here.
Yes, the boss mentioned __ (need) a new chair for his office, but he didn’t tell me to order one.
1. to need
2. needing
3. BOTH are correct here.