Question

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PERGUNTA 1

Which sentence is not an example of the Gerund?

Mark the right alternative:

a.
He avoided talking to her all the time.

b.
I can’t stop looking at those beautiful earrings.

c.
He denied going there together with her.

d.
Paul is trimming the plants in the garden.

e.
We went rollerblading in the park last Sunday.


PERGUNTA 2

Read attentively the following passage and complete the gaps with either the Gerund, the Infinitive or the Bare Infinitive.

Della stopped (1) __________________ and she washed her face. She stood by the window, and looked out at a grey cat on a grey wall in the grey road. Tomorrow would (2) ___________ Christmas Day, and she had only one dollar and eighty-seven cents (3) ________________ Jim a Christmas present. Her Jim. She wanted very much (4) _______________ him something really fine, something to show how much she loved him.

Mark the right alternative:

a.
(1) to cry; (2) to be; (3) to buy; (4) to buy

b.
(1) crying; (2) to be; (3) to buy; (4) buying

c.
(1) crying; (2) be; (3) to buy; (4) buy

d.
(1) crying; (2) be; (3) to buy; (4) to buy

e.
(1) cry; (2) be; (3) buying; (4) to buy


PERGUNTA 3

Complete the following gap with the correct form of the verb.

On my last vacation to Hawaii I went (1) ____________________ every day.

Mark the right alternative:

a.
(1) to snorkel

b.
(1) snorkeling

c.
(1) snorkel

d.
(1) to snorkeling

e.
(1) go snorkeling


PERGUNTA 4

Read the sentences and mark the alternative that presents correct examples of the Gerund, the Infinitive or the Bare Infinitive:

I. They admitted stealing the money from the wallet.
II. It’s no use crying over the spilled milk.
III. Let me share this piece of information with you.
IV. You make me feel so brand new.
V. They told me they want go to tomorrow’s barbecue.
Mark the right alternative:

a.
Only I, II and IV are correct.

b.
Only I, III and V are correct.

c.
Only II, III and IV are correct.

d.
Only III and V are correct.

e.
Only I, II, III and IV are correct.

Answer 1

1-d
2- a
3- b
4- e.
Only I, II, III and IV are correct.