Monday's assignment

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Task 1:

Click on this link to get more practice on the use of gerunds and infinitives. Finish two exercises; repeat them till you get them all right. 

Task 2: 

Complete the text using the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Farmer Jones met Jane when he was just a young man. He couldn’t help falling(1 fall) in love with her immediately and asked her to marry him. She said yes although she knew it would mean getting(2 get) up early to milk the cows for the rest of her life. “Love means never having(3 have) to get up early to milk the cows”, said Farmer Jones, and explained that he would continue to get(4 get) up early to milk the cows so Jane could sleep late every day. Everything went well until they tried to increase(5 increase) their profits by buying some chickens. The first night, a fox ate one of the chickens. Farmer Jones decided to build(6 build) a fence to protect the chickens. But the ground was too hard so he couldn’t. He tried to use(7 use) an axe to break the ground but it was much too hard. So he went to the local shop and tried to buy(8 buy) a gun. But he didn’t have any identification so he couldn’t buy one. He tried to borrow(9 borrow) one from his neighbours but they were all worried about the fox too. “I regret not buying(10 buy) one when I had those rabbit problems”, he told Jane. So Jane went to the shop and bought a gun. That night she tried to stop(11 stop) the fox. At first she tried to scare(12 scare) the fox by shooting into the air but it didn’t work. So she tried to hit(13 hit) the fox but she missed. She called her husband and he ran after the fox to try to catch(14 catch) it but he wasn’t fast enough. They tried shouting(15 shout) at the fox and they tried throwing(16 throw) things at it and they tried leaving(17 leave) other food for the fox but nothing worked. Soon they had only 1 chicken left. They tried to ask(18 ask) their neighbours for help and one of their neighbours told them to try putting(19 put) tiger dung on the ground. So they went to the local zoo to try to buy(20 buy) some tiger dung. They put the dung on the ground and they never saw the fox again. 

Task 3

Answer the questions based on the summaries below. Use either a gerund, an infinitive, or a simple form in your answer.

One Life to Live

Maggie, who teaches children at a school for the deaf, meets Max when she comes to Llanview to visit her cousin, Andrew. Max, a friend of Andrew’s, is a widower with one-year-old twins. After Maggie spends some time with the twins, she suspects that one of them, Frankie, is partially deaf. She tells Max that he must take Frankie for testing. Max refuses to believe that his son is deaf and tells Maggie to stay out of his family’s business. Maggie, who grew up with a deaf brother, pursues the matter, even setting up an appointment for Frankie without Max’s knowledge. When Max finds out about the appointment, he is furious at Maggie.

a. Why did Maggie come to Llanview?

Maggie come to Llanview to visit her cousin, Andrew.

b. Why is Max angry at Maggie?

Because Maggie set up an ear test appointment for Frankie without Max’s knowledge.

c. What is Maggie determined to do?

Maggie determined to take Frankie to an ear test. 

Task 4:

Follow the same pattern, now write a short paragraph with the same title and make sure to use either a gerund, to-infinitive or infinitive without to in your short story. Ask a friend to edit your work.

One Life to Live

Susan, who is one of my best friends, kept complaining to me by phone yesterday. She have to stay at home, because her babie is very young. Every day she is busy doing houseworks. But she hate to do them. I suggested hiring a nanny. She said her family can't afford it. She is thinking of moving to her parents' house, and asking them to help her. Then, she'll have time to do something that she likes to do.