NPTC – Intermediate Grammar – Infinitives and Gerunds – practice 3

1. Jackie tends ........ late on Mondays, but our boss doesn't seem to care about that very much.

2. She imagined ........ on a tropical beach under a palm tree.

3. The winner of the local competition gets ........ in a national competition in Washington D.C.

We don't anticipate ........ any more technical problems during the concert tour.

Debbie failed ........ her credit card lying on the ground.

The politician swore ........ the people honestly and with pride, but the scandal revealed that the promise was little more than a lie.

Mr. Shinohara recollected ........ with his father on his family's fishing boat when he was a young child.

The medical team deserves ....... the award for their volunteer work in sub-Saharan Africa.

9. Don't hesitate ........ for help if you don't understand the directions.

10. She managed ........ with them, even though she didn't speak their language.

11. Everybody arranged ........ at the train station 30 minutes before the train departed.

12. Simona resisted ........ Italian during her English training program in London. She wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to improve her English.

13. Do you care ........ us later for dinner? We are meeting at Tony's Italian Restaurant downtown.

14. We waited ........ what would happen next, but nothing happened.

15. Julius vowed ....... to his home country once again to see the village where he and his family had lived before the war.

16. Diana yearns ........ to far off, exotic destinations

17. When she got through ........ her book, she laid it on the table next to the bed and went to sleep.

18. They expected ........ much earlier, but their plane was delayed in Paris.

19. Michael postponed ........ the bathroom as long as possible. He hates cleaning!

20. How can you defend ........ such terrible things to him?