Gerund or infinitive with a change in meaning 1
Index
Put the verbs in brackets using either an
-ing
or a
to-infinitive
form.
ANSWERS
STOP
1)
She stopped
a cup of tea. (drink)
2)
I stopped
alcohol fifteen years ago. (drink)
3)
My daughter stopped
the piano when she was 20. (play)
4)
John stopped
us a lift to the station. (give)
REMEMBER
5)
She remembers
the conference the day before yesterday. (mention)
6)
Remember
your grandfather on Saturday. It's his birthday. (visit)
7)
Did you remember
the car when you left. (lock)
8)
Jim doesn't remember ever
this gallery. (visit)
REGRET
9)
Gina now regrets
to the party last week. (go)
10)
I regret
you that your son has failed the exam. (inform)
11)
I regret
up the self-defence course. (give)
12)
We regret
you that your application for the job was unsuccessful. (tell)
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Answers
STOP + GERUND
give up an activity:
Stop
making
that terrible noise.
STOP + TO + INFINITIVE
stop to do something different:
She stopped
to have
a lunch at eleven.
REMEMBER + GERUND
you remember something that you had done:
I remember
calling
her last week.
REMEMBER + TO + INFINITIVE
you remember that you have to do something:
I will remember
to buy
the newspaper.
REGRET + GERUND
something you wish you hadn't done:
I regret ever
meeting
this girl.
REGRET + TO + INFINITIVE
feel sorry (especially with
regret to say / to tell / to inform
):
I regret
to say
she is not here.
1) to drink 2) drinking 3) playing 4) to give 5) mentioning 6) to visit 7) to lock 8) visiting 9) going 10) to inform 11) giving 12) to tell
