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Gerund/Infinitive Practice 2

Complete verbs with gerunds or infinitives

 

 

Review:

• gerunds (verb + ing)   Verbs complemented by gerunds
• infinitives (to + verb)   Verbs complemented by infinitives

 

 

Complete the sentence with a gerund, infinitive, or base verb form.

1. Select the response from the list that best completes the sentence. 
2. Compare your responses to the feedback by clicking the "Check" or "Check 1-20" button.

 

1.

Chuck had always dreamed about  — become becoming to become a baseball star.

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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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