Choose the correct forms of the verbs.
1. Police found the woman to lie/ lying dead on the floor.
2. I don’t mind to be shouted/ being shouted at by him. He threatened to sack/ sacking me last week, but he apologised very politely later.
3. We had arranged to meet/ meeting in my office so that he could check/ checking the documents.
4. We found it very difficult to work/ working with Gemma. She keeps forgetting to pass/ passing on important message, and she won’t let anybody to help/ help her.
5. Thank you for invite/ inviting me to come and see you next month. I’m already excited about to see/ seeing you again.
6. Look! We aren’t allowed to park/ parking here. The car needs to park/ parking on the right position.
7. I came here to see/ seeing Janet. She must have forgotten I was coming. - It seems rather careless of her to forget/ forgetting.
8. You say you need some advice? ~Yes, I’m sorry to bother/ bothering you, but I don’t know who to ask/ to be asked.
9. I planned to visit/ visiting my parents last week, but they suggested to postpone/ postponing the visit for a week because they hadn’t finished to decorate/ decorating the spare room.
10. The orator stopped talking/ to talk. He felt thirsty so he stopped to have/having a drink.
11. I had difficulty to find/ finding way to solve the situation. - There’s nothing you can do about this situation, so it’s no use to worry/ worrying about it.
12. I congratulated Ann on to pass/ passing the exam. She spent a lot of time to study/ studying.
13. Did you accuse Nigel of to break/ breaking a plate? - Well, I saw him knock/ knocking it off the table with his elbow.
14. Are you going to have a rest now after to do/ doing all the cleaning? - No, I’ve got some letter to write/ writing.
15. I’m annoyed about to be/ being late. - Well, I told you to set/ setting off in good time, didn’t I?
16. She would like him to wear/ wearing a tie because they are going to a concert.
17. I’m sorry to keep/ keeping you to wait/ waiting. But I’m really afraid to go/ going out in the rain.
18. I can’t read when I’m traveling. It makes me feel/ to feel sick, even in a train. I’d rather just look/ looking out of the window.
19. I need to know/ knowing what’s in the letter. Why don’t you let me read/ reading it?
20. We’d hate the house to be left/ being left empty.
Lie
Be shouted
Meet
Work
Inviting
Park/to park
See
Brother/who to ask
Visit/to postpone
Choose the correct forms of the verbs.
1. Police found the woman to lie/ lying dead on the floor.
2. I don’t mind to be shouted/ being shouted at by him. He threatened to sack/ sacking me last week, but he apologised very politely later.
3. We had arranged to meet/ meeting in my office so that he could check/ checking the documents.
4. We found it very difficult to work/ working with Gemma. She keeps forgetting to pass/ passing on important message, and she won’t let anybody to help/ help her.
5. Thank you for invite/ inviting me to come and see you next month. I’m already excited about to see/ seeing you again.
6. Look! We aren’t allowed to park/ parking here. The car needs to park/ parking on the right position.
7. I came here to see/ seeing Janet. She must have forgotten I was coming. - It seems rather careless of her to forget/ forgetting.
8. You say you need some advice? ~Yes, I’m sorry to bother/ bothering you, but I don’t know who to ask/ to be asked.
9. I planned to visit/ visiting my parents last week, but they suggested to postpone/ postponing the visit for a week because they hadn’t finished to decorate/ decorating the spare room.
10. The orator stopped talking/ to talk. He felt thirsty so he stopped to have/having a drink.
11. I had difficulty to find/ finding way to solve the situation. - There’s nothing you can do about this situation, so it’s no use to worry/ worrying about it.
12. I congratulated Ann on to pass/ passing the exam. She spent a lot of time to study/ studying.
13. Did you accuse Nigel of to break/ breaking a plate? - Well, I saw him knock/ knocking it off the table with his elbow.
14. Are you going to have a rest now after to do/ doing all the cleaning? - No, I’ve got some letter to write/ writing.
15. I’m annoyed about to be/ being late. - Well, I told you to set/ setting off in good time, didn’t I?
16. She would like him to wear/ wearing a tie because they are going to a concert.
17. I’m sorry to keep/ keeping you to wait/ waiting. But I’m really afraid to go/ going out in the rain.
18. I can’t read when I’m traveling. It makes me feel/ to feel sick, even in a train. I’d rather just look/ looking out of the window.
19. I need to know/ knowing what’s in the letter. Why don’t you let me read/ reading it?
20. We’d hate the house to be left/ being left empty.