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Test Infinitive and Gerund

The document provides a test on infinitives and gerunds by presenting 17 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the infinitive or gerund form of verbs. The test covers verbs related to living a healthy lifestyle, such as eating nutritious meals, avoiding fast food, exercising regularly, and making wise choices about food. It warns test-takers to check their answers carefully before submitting since spelling mistakes in the verbs would deduct points from their score.

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Test Infinitive and Gerund

The document provides a test on infinitives and gerunds by presenting 17 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the infinitive or gerund form of verbs. The test covers verbs related to living a healthy lifestyle, such as eating nutritious meals, avoiding fast food, exercising regularly, and making wise choices about food. It warns test-takers to check their answers carefully before submitting since spelling mistakes in the verbs would deduct points from their score.

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Test your knowledge on Infinitive and Gerund

1. What can we do ……………(live / to live /living) a healthy life?


2. In our society, people spend more and more time ………….(work / to work /working).
3. So we often don't bother ……….(prepare / to prepare / preparing) healthy meals.
4. In order ………..(save / to save / saving) time, we tend ……………(buy / to buy /
buying) fast food.
5. At fast food restaurants, we can ………(eat / to eat /eating) quite a lot without ………
(have / to have / having) …… (pay/ to pay/ paying) a fortune.
6. And children enjoy ………(eat/ to eat/ eating) chips and burgers and ……..(drink/ to
drink/ drinking) lemonade and cola.
7. That's a problem because eating habits are hard ………(shake/ to shake/ shaking).
8. The high amount of carbohydrates in fast food and sugary drinks is blamed for ……..
(destabilise/ to destabilise/ destabilising) the body's regulation of appetite.
9. So we keep on ……….. (want/ to want/ want)…….… (eat/ to eat/ eating) more.
10. Bad eating habits result in people ……….. (become/ to become/ becoming) obese.
11. Obese people risk …………(suffer/ to suffer/ suffering) from heart diseases.
12. We can ………(avoid/ to avoid/ avoiding)…….……..(risk/ to risk/ risking) such
diseases by ………… (choose/ to choose/ choosing)….……. (eat/ to eat/ eating) healthy
food.
13. Be careful though. Some people are convinced ………….. (do / to do / doing)
something for their health by ……………(live/ to live/ living) on energy bars or
cornflakes.
14. And this is what the advertising for these products wants ……..(make/ to make/
making) us ………….. (think/ to think/ thinking) .
15. Sugar is not mentioned as clearly as the low fat - that's why experts warn against
…………..(rely / to rely / relying) on the ads.
16. To live a healthy life, we ought …………… (choose / to choose / choosing) our food
wisely.
17. We should ………(eat / to eat / eating) regular meals and ……….. (try / to try /
trying) ……..(find / to find / finding) ways of ………..(exercise/ to exercise/ exercising)
more.

Before submitting the test, check your answers. Don’t forget the spelling.
In the test I cannot give you a second try. Such careless mistakes would therefore cost
you valuable points. (30 verbs X 0.30 points = 9 points)

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