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Practice 1
Play Ball!
Complete the sentence with a gerund, infinitive, or base verb form.
Select the response from the list that best completes the sentence.
Compare your response to the answer by clicking the
"Check 1-20" button at the bottom
, or click the "Check" button to the left as you go.
1.
Chuck had always
dreamed about
—
become
becoming
to become
a baseball star.
Feedback 1
2.
He was always
thinking about
—
play
playing
to play
baseball.
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3.
More than anything else, he
wanted
—
play
playing
to play
professional baseball.
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4.
He
concentrated on
—
improve
improving
to improve
his batting.
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5.
Every night he
insisted on
—
play
playing
to play
catch with his dad.
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6.
He
didn't care about
—
do
to do
doing
his homework.
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7.
Chuck always
looked forward to
—
to get
getting
get
together with his team on the weekends.
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8.
Every week,
he kept
—
improving
to improve
improve
his skills.
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9.
Chuck's parents
objected
to his
—
being
to be
be
at the baseball diamond all the time.
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10.
But they
couldn't tell
him not
—
play
playing
to play
.
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11.
They
believed in
—
let
letting
to let
him follow his heart.
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12.
In college, Chuck
was asked
—
join
to join
joining
the varsity baseball team.
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13.
Fortunately, he
succeeded in
—
graduating
to graduate
graduate
from college.
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14.
Unfortunately, he
didn't get
—
play
to play
playing
on a professional team.
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15.
Now, he
insists on
—
attend
to attend
attending
every Giants game.
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16.
He
loves
—
coaching
coach
to coach
a Little League team.
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17.
Chuck
lets
his own kids
—
play
to play
playing
baseball anytime they want.
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18.
He never
makes
them
—
do
to do
doing
their homework on baseball weekends.
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19.
He
has
them
—
practice
to practice
practicing
"good sportsmanship".
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20.
Chuck will
help
them
—
succeeding
to succeed
succeed
in whatever they choose to do.
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