Question

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct infinitive or -ing form. . Hercule Poirot is one of Agatha Christie's most well- known characters. He's a Belgian detective who loves 1) investigating (investigate) mysteries. He's always busy 2) ....... (look) for clues and he can 3) ..... (solve) the most difficult crimes. At the end of each book, Poirot uses evidence 4) ...................... (reveal) the identity of the criminal. Poirot's character was so popular in the 1960s and 70s that, when he died in the novel Curtain, the New York Times decided 5) ................ oth (publish) an article about him! Even today, decades 00 after Agatha Christie wrote her last Poirot story, vfi millions of people still enjoy 6) ........ (read about the clever Belgian detective.​

Answer 1

Hercule Poirot is one of Agatha Christie's most well-known characters. He's a Belgian detective who loves 1) investigating mysteries. He's always busy 2) looking for clues and he can 3) solve  the most difficult crimes. At the end of each book, Poirot uses evidence 4) to reveal the identity of the criminal. Poirot's character was so popular in the 1960s and 70s that, when he died in the novel Curtain, the New York Times decided 5) to publish an article about him! Even today, decades 00 after Agatha Christie wrote her last Poirot story, millions of people still enjoy 6) reading about the clever Belgian detective.​  

Answer 2

1. investigating (investigate)
2. looking
3. solve
4. to reveal
5. to publish
6. reading