Gerunds, To Inf., and Bare Inf.

Choose the sentence that uses the gerund correctly:

• Her success relied on to persevering through challenges.

• Her success relied on persevering through challenges.

• Her success relied on persevered through challenges.

• Her success relied on perseveres through challenges.

Which is an example of a gerund as a direct object in the following sentence:

The team members discussed the possibility of ... the project deadline.

• extending

• extend

• to extend

• extends

Choose the sentence that uses the gerund as the subject correctly:

• Writing creatively can be challenging.

• To write creatively can be challenging.

• Writes creatively can be challenging.

• Wrote creatively can be challenging.

Fill in the blanks below with the correct gerund:

I'm interested in ... foreign languages.

• learn

• learning

• to learn

• learned

Which is an example of a gerund as a direct object in the following sentence:

I love ... books in my free time.

• reading

• to read

• reads

• read

Choose the sentence that uses the full infinitive correctly:

• The decision to not intervene shocked everyone.

• The decision not to intervene shocked everyone.

• The decision to not intervened shocked everyone.

• The decision not intervened shocked everyone.

Fill in the blanks below with the correct full infinitive:

His dream is ... an astronaut.

• become

• becoming

• to become

• became

Fill in the blanks below with the correct full infinitive:

She wanted her daughter ... the piano.

• play

• to play

• plays

• played

Choose the sentence that uses the full infinitive correctly:

• His goal is to being a successful entrepreneur.

• His goal is being a successful entrepreneur.

• His goal is to be a successful entrepreneur.

• His goal is be a successful entrepreneur.

Fill in the blanks below with the correct full infinitive:

Her goal is ... a successful business owner.

• being

• to be

• be

• been