a) Chapter 1 5 Gerunds and Infinitives, Part 2 > Practice 1. Infinitive of purpose: in order fo. (Chart 15-1) Correct the errors. Not every sentence has an error. David is in Mexico 1. for visit 5. for learn Spanish 2. fora convention 6. this health 3. for his cousin's wedding 7. forsee the Mayan ruins 4. to go sightseeing 8. for the cool mountain air > Practice 2. Infinitive of purpose: in order to. (Chart 15-1) Circle the letter of the correct completion. In some sentences, both are correct. 1. Emily likes ice skating every weekend. a. to go b. in order to go 2. Darcy opened the door ___ some fresh air in. a. tolet b. in order to let 3. Beth practices night and day ___ ready for her piano recital next month. a. tobe b. in order to be 4. Sue sent me an email ___ me that the meeting had been canceled. a. to inform ». in order to inform 5. We've decided not ___ a vacation this year. a. worake b. in order to take 6. Did you remember Mr. Johnson? a. tocall b. in order to call 7. Onnice summer nights, we often walk on the beach ___ the sunsets. a. to watch b. in order to watch 8, The boys were so noisy that I had to ring a loud bell ___ their attention. a. to get b. in order to get 9. Airport workers wear ear protectors ___ their ears from jet noise. a. to protect b, in order to protect 153> Practice 3. Adjectives followed by infinitives. (Chart 15-2) Complete the conversations. Write the letter of the phrase from the list. > Practice 4. Using infi 154 a, to hear that to bring the paper cups and paper plates 4. tobe alive to get into one . to introduce our country’s president £. to lose the next game ‘Marta had a bad accident, I heard. }: Yes, she did. She's lucky __. Why does Mr. Carlin walk up twelve flights of stairs every day? Is it for the exercise? : No, not at all, He has a phobia about elevators, He’s afraid __. : Tcan’t cook, but I'm willing __. A B: A B: ‘A: Who is going to cook dinner for our next meeting? B: A: Our dog died. B: Oh, that’s a shame. I'm very sorry __. A: Our three best soccer players are out with injuries. B: Tknow. Without them, you're likely __. A: Turn the volume up. I want to hear what the senator is saying. B: !: “Ladies and gentlemen, Tam proud —__.” tives with foo and very. (Chott 15-3) Write very or ¢oo to complete each sentence correctly. 1, The box is very ___ heavy, but Ian lift it. 2, John dropped his physics course because it was ____ difficult for him. 3. [think it’s ___late to get tickets to the concert. I heard they were all sold. out. 4. Peter has tuned 20. Now he’s ___ old to take part in the ski races for teenagers. 5. Nancy was ____ ill, Nevertheless, she came to the family reunion. 6. Learning a second language can be ______ difficult, but most students in the class are doing well. 7. Professor Andrews is always _________ interesting, but I'm 8. Phi tired to go to the lecture tonight. young to understand. He'll understand when he’s older, 9. Pm sleepy to watch the rest of the TV movie. Let me know how it turns 10. out in the end. A: [like your pin. It looks antique. B: Itis. It’s old. It belonged to my great-grandmother. (CHAPTER 15,> Practice 5. Using infinitives with foo and enough. (Chart 15-3) Write very, too, or enough to complete each sentence correctly 1, ‘The classroom is ___very __ small, but it’s big _enough __ to hold fifteen. students, 2, I's _____ dark to see in here, Please turn on the lights. ‘There's not ight in here, Can you turn on another light? 4, ‘These new windows are made of specially treated glass. ‘The glass is _ strong. It's strong to resist the strong winds of hurricanes. 5, We'd like to go out in our sailboat today because the weather is nice However, there isn’t wind to sail, 6. Attrip to Europe is __ expensive for our family this year, We don’t have money to travel this year. 7, You're ___ young to drive a car, Emily. You're only twelve years old! There will be time to drive when you're older. 8. Dinner was ___ good. ‘This restaurant is good to come back to, 9. Its hot today, but P’'m going to take my daily walk anyway. 10, It’shor ___to fry an egg on the sidewalk! > Practice 6. Passive infinitives and gerunds. (Chart 15-4) ‘Complete the sentences with the passive form of the verbs in parentheses. Thope (accepted) at State College, would like (fven) a scholarship. Leo wants (picked) —— for the soccer team. Cats enjoy (petted) — Babies need (Held) really appreciate (invited) to join this group. Alis shy. He avoids (noticed) Harold mentioned (invited) —___ toa dinner at his boss’s house. > Practice 7. Passive infinitives and gerunds. (Chort 15-4) ‘Choose the infinitive or the passive infinitive. Write the letter of the correct completion, 1, ‘The mail is supposed ___ before noon, a. to deliver b. to be delivered c 2. ‘The mail carrier is supposed ___ the mail before noon. a. to deliver b. to be delivered 3, Janice is going to fill out an application. She wants ___ for the job. a, to consider b. to be considered Gerunds and infiniives, Part 2. 1554. Texpect —— at the airport by my uncle, a, to meet b. tobe met 5, Mr, Steinberg offered us to the train station, a. to drive b. tobe driven 6. ‘The children appear ___ about the trip. a, to excite b, tobe excited 7. My co-worker and I agreed ___ the work equally. a. to divide b, tobe divided 8, Our boss appears with this arrangement. fa. to please b, tobe pleased > Practice 8. Passive infinitives and gerunds. (Chart 15-4) Choose the gerund or the passive gerund, Write the letter of the correct completion, 1. Shhh! Don't ask questions! ‘The professor doesn’t appreciate __ when he’s speaking. a, interrupting b. being interrupted 2. Avoid ___ Highway 77. ‘There are a lot of delays because of construction. a, taking b. being taken 3, ‘The mountain climbers are in danger of ___ by an avalanche, a. killing b. being killed 4. Does Dr, Johnson mind ___ at home if his patients need his help? a. calling bb. being called 5. I'm interested in __ my conversational skill ‘a. improving b. being improved 6. When Alex got home from school, he didn’t mention a. scolding being scolded by his teacher. 7. Sally’s low test scores kept her from ___ to the university. a. admitting b. being admitted 8, Mr, Miller gave no indication of __ his mind. a. changing b. being changed > Practice 9. Passive infinitives and gerunds. (Chart 15-4) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. 1. We turn off the phone during dinner. We don’t want (call), ———____________— at that time, Not many people enjoy (call) ________— by salespeople. Each candidate hopes (elect) by a lange majority of the people. Ie's not easy (elect) —____________—- ‘Our mayor has an excellent chance (re-eleet), ——_________—. Sometimes teenagers complain about not (understand) —_____________— by th parents. 156 CHAPTER 157. Sometimes teenagers would like just (leave) 8, Don’t all of us want (love) alone. and (need) by other people? > Practice 10. Using gerunds or passive infinitives following need. (Chat 15-5) Circle the letters ofall the sentences that can follow the given sentence. 1, A loc of things in our house don’t work. a, We need to repair them. b. They need to repair. c. They need to be repaired 4, They need repairing 2. ‘The refrigerator is so old that it hardly works anymore. a, We need to replace the refrigerator. b. Itneeds to replace. c. It needs to be replaced. d, Ieneeds replacing. 3, ‘The sink has been leaking for a month. a, A plumber needs to fix the sink. ‘The sink needs to fix. ‘The sink needs to be fixed. ‘The sink needs fixing, aes > Practice 11. Using verbs of perception. (Cha | 4, ‘The color of the walls has faded. a, We need to paint the walls. b, The walls need to paint. c. The walls need to be painted, d. The walls need painting, 5. We don’t have a good repair person. a, We need to find a good repair person. b. A good repair person needs to find. c. A good repair person needs to be found. d. We need a repair person to find. 6. Please tell your repair person to call me. ‘a, [need to call your repair person. b, I need to be called by your repair person. cc. Your repair person needs to call me. d. Your repair person needs calling. Complete the sentences with a verb from the list. Use each word only once. Use the simple form or the ing form, whichever seems better to you. Sometimes both are OK, arrive do pass reach talk cry leave practice rock win 1, Whenever I can, I like to watch the basketball team. for the ‘upcoming game. It’s interesting to sit in the airport and watch all the people by. Theard an upset baby Did you see Charles Te was a thrill to see my brother Iwas amazed to see the firefighters erase ee when I try them, itis hard. [can’t stand to be on a boat. When I feel the boat When I watch my yoga instructor — the office? He ran out in a really big hurry! the chess tournament last year. so soon after my call. » I get seasick. the exercises, it seems easy, but Gerunds and Infintives, Part 2. 1579. We listened to the newscaster ____ about the oncoming tornadoes. 10. A security guard at the bank observed a suspicious-looking man into his pocket for something, The guard thought it was a gun, but it turned out to be the man’s asthma inhaler, > Practice 12. Using the simple form atter let and help. (Chart 15-7) Write the letter of the correct completion. More than one completion may be correct. If so, write both, 1. The school guard stopped all the traffic to let the children ___ the street. a. cross b. to cross, c. crossing 2, My friend Ole is very relaxed. He never lets anything him. a. to bother b. bother c. bothering 3. My daughter helped me __ an application online a. filling out b. filled out c. fill our 4, Will you please help me ___ the kitchen? Otherwise, I'll be here all night! a. clean up b. to clean up . cleaning up 5, Elsa used to have very short hair, but now it is longer. She is letting it a. growing b. to grow ©. grow 6. We don't let our dog —__ around outside. We always take him for walks on a leash. a. run b. torun c. running 7. Isit true that if you eat fish every day, it will help you __ smarter? a. to become b. becoming . become 8. Did someone help you __ this research paper? a. write b. wrote . writing > Practice 13. Using causative verbs: make, have, get. (Chart 15-8) ‘Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. 1. The general made the soldiers (stand) ______ at attention. 2. Don’t get rid of those shoes just because they are old. Have them ( fix) at the shoe repair shop. 3. Exercise makes your heart (bear) ___ faster. 4, What can we do to get Marissa (stop) ____ smoking? 5, Jean finally got her son (clean) _____his room, 6. Paula’s new haircut makes her (look) ____ ten years younger. 7. Pm sorry, sir. Your prescription is not renewable, Have your physician (call) ___ushere at the pharmacy, and then we can refill it for you. 8, Please take this document to the copy store and have 15 copies (make) ____. There are 150 pages, so you'd better have spiral bindings (put) ______on too. 158 CHAPTER 15,> Practice 14, Using causative verbs: make, have, get. 8) Circle the letter of the correct completions. More than one completion may be correct. 1. You can ___ the bookstore order some books for you. a, make b. have ©. pet 2, You can order your books from the online bookstore and __ them sent to you. a, make b, have c. get 3. Ifyou're nice to James, maybe you can ___ him to drive you to the airport. a, make b, have ©. get 4, Pll __ the taxi driver take me to the airport. a. make b. have c. get 5. ‘The comedian is so funny. I can’t help laughing even though I'm sad. That comedian can —— anyone laugh. a. make b. have ©. get 6. ‘The students tried to ___ the professor to postpone the exam, but he a. make b. have c. get 7. T'm going to ___ my car washed on Saturday. a, make b. have eget 8, Ms. Andrews isn’t there? ___ her call me, please. a, Make b. Have ©. Get 9, A magician can ___ a rabbit appear and disappear. a, make b. have c. get > Practice 15. Verb form review. (Chapters 14 and 15) Circle the letter of the correct completion. 1. Lenjoy ___ to the park on summer evenings. a. t0g0 ». going ©. being gone d. £0 2. Don’t forget __ home as soon as you arrive at your destination, a. to call b. calling ©. call 4. tobe called 3. When we kept getting unwanted calls, I called the phone company and had my phone number a. change changed . to change 4. changing 4, Jean should seriously consider ____an actress. She is a very talented performer. a. to become b. become c. becoming 4, will become 5. television to the exclusion of all other activities is not a healthy habit for a growing child, a, Watch , Being watched c. Watching d. Tobe watched 6. After their children had grown up, Mr. and Mrs, Sills decided ___to a condominium in the city. They've never been sorry a. moved b. moving . move d. tomove 7. Are you interested in ___ the movie at University Theater? a. see b. tose c. being seen d. seving Gerunds and Infintives, Pat 2. 1598. The store manager caught the cashier ___ money from the cash register and promptly called the police. They discovered that it had been going on for a long time. a. to steal b. stealing. ©. stole d. being stolen 9. The municipal authorities advised us ___ all drinking water during the emergency. a. to boil b. to be boiled ©. boiling d. boil 10. If we leave now for our trip, we can drive half the distance before we stop ___ lunch. a. having b. to have ©. have 4. for having 11, Tewas difficult __ the dialogue in the movie. The acoustics in the theater were very bad. a. to hear b. hearing heard d. to heard 12, Our schoo! basketball team won the championship game by __ two points in the last five seconds. It was the most exciting game I have ever attended. a. being scored —_b. to score ©. scoring d, score 15. The flight attendants made all the passengers ___ their seat belts during the turbulence. a. to buckle b. buckling ©. to buckled a. buckle 14, Atour class reunion, we had a lot of fun ___ at pictures of ourselves from twenty years ago. a. looking b. look ©. looked 4. to look 15. Ithas become necessary ___ water in the metropolitan area because of the severe drought. a. rationing , ration ¢. have rationed —d, to ration > Practice 16. Verb form review. (Chopters 14 and 15) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses. Some sentences are passive, 1. Bill decided (buy) _______ anew car rather than a used one. 2. We delayed (open) _________ the doors of the testing center until exactly 9:00. 160 3. Lreally dislike (ask) ______ to answer questions in class when Thaven’t prepared my lesson. pa e T certainly didn’t anticipate (/rave) to wait in tine for three hours for tickets to the baseball game! When I was younger, I used (wear) _____ mini-shirts and bright colors. Now I am accustomed to (dress) ‘more conservatively. ‘Skydivers must have nerves of steel. I can’t imagine ( jump) our ofa plane and ¢ fall) to the earth, What if the parachute didn’t open? We are looking forward to (take) ____ on a tour of Athens by our Greek. friends. told the mail carrier that we would be away for two weeks on vacation. I asked her (stop) —___ (deliver) our mail until the 21st. She told me (silt) —____ outa form at the post office so that the post office would hold our ‘mail until we returned. (CHAPTER 159. ‘The elderly man next door is just sitting in his rocking chair (gaze) out the window, I wish there were something I could do (cheer) him up. 10. Tresent (Have) ___ to work on this project with Fred. I know I'll end up with, ‘most of the work falling on my shoulders. > Practice 17. Review. (Chapters 14 ond 18 Circle the letter of the correct form of the verb to complete each sentence. 1. Alice didn’t expect ___ to Bill’s party. a. toask d. tobe asked ©. asking 2. Matthew left the office without ___ anyone. a. ell b. telling ©. told 3. It’s useless. Give up. Enough’s enough. Don’t keep ___ your head against a brick wall. a. beat b. beating cto beat 4, Thope a scholarship for the coming semester. a. to award b. tobe awarded c. being awarded 5. Weare very pleased ____ your invitation. a. toaccept b, to be accepted ©. accept 6. Ie was exciting __ to faraway places last year. a. travel b. to travel c. to traveled 7. Conscientious parents don’t let their children ____ too much television, a. watch, b. to watch, c. watching 8. Did you see that deer ___ across the road? a. run b. ran ¢. torun 9, Mr. Carson was very lucky to represent the company in Paris. a. to be chosen b. choosing c. to chose 10. Last Saturday, we went a. to shop . shopping ©. to shopping 11, in the mountains is Tom's favorite activity. a. Hike b. Hiking ©. Goto hike 12, ‘The physical activity makes him good. a. feel b. to feel c. feeling 13, Martha opened the window in some fresh air. a. let b. letting ©. tolet 14, Scott wastes a lot of time ___out with his friends at the mall, a. hanging b. to hang c. hang 15, Did you remember ___ the front door? a. lock b. to lock ¢. locking 16. Idon’t remember ever ____ that story before. a. hearing b. heard ©. tohear 17. You should stop __ if you get sleepy. a. drive b. driving ©. to drive Gerunds and Infinitives, Part 2. 16118. [have trouble ___ asleep at night. a. fall b. to fall . falling 19. After driving for three hours, we stopped ___ something to eat. a. to get b. getting c. got 20. ‘The refrigerator needs again. a. fixing b. wiix ©. fixed 21, ‘That pan is really hot. Ie's too hot —_ up without an oven mit. a. pick b. picking . topick > Practice 18. Verb form review. (Chopters 14 and 15) Correet the errors. 1, You shouldn't let children playing with matches. Bobby was lying in bed to ery. You can get there more quickly by take River Road instead of the interstate highway. 4. Isabel expected being admitted to the university, but she wasn’t. 5. Our lawyer advised us not signing the contract until she had a chance to study it very carefully, 6. John was responsible for to notify everyone about the meeting, 7. Apparently, he failed to calling several people. 8. I couldn’t understand what the passage said, so I asked my friend translated it for me. 9, You can find out the meaning of the word by look it up in a dictionary. 10, No, that’s not what I meant to say, How can I make you understanding? 11, Serena wore a large hat for protect her face from the sun, 12, We like to go to fish on weekends. 13, Maybe you can get Charlie taking you to the airport, 14, My doctor advised me not eating food with a high fat content, 15, Doctors always advise eat less and exercising more. 16. Allen smelled something to burn. When he ran into the kitchen, he saw fire coming out of the oven. 162 CHAPTER 15