Question

Exercise 12 put the verbs in brackets in the infinitive or the –ing form. He advised me to see a lawyer, (see) 1) I hate to travel by train, (travel) 2) He left without ________ goodbye, (say) 3) She managed ________ a lot of weight, (lose) 4) ________ helps you keep fit, (swim) 5) They made him ________ them the truth, (tell) 6) Matt goes________ every morning, (jog) 7) We are sorry________ you that you have failed the exam, (inform) 8) I'd love ________ to the cinema tonight, (go) 9) I look forward to ________ you again soon, (see) 10) It's no use ________ to make him change his mind, (try) 11) Sue went to the library ________ some books, (borrow) 12) I don't know how ________ this exercise, (do)

Answer 1

1travelling  2saying  3 to love  4swimming  5tell  6jogging  7to inform  8to go  9seeing  10 trying  11to borrow  12 to do

Answer 2

2. saying
3. to lose
4. swimming
5. to tell
6. to jog
7. informing
8. to go
9. see
10. to try
11. to borrow
12. to do

Answer 3

Exercise 12: Putting Verbs in the Infinitive or the -ing Form

1) He advised me to see a lawyer. (see) 2) I hate to travel by train. (travel) 3) He left without saying goodbye. (say) 4) She managed to lose a lot of weight. (lose) 5) Swimming helps you keep fit. (swim) 6) They made him tell them the truth. (tell) 7) Matt goes jogging every morning. (jog) 8) We are sorry to inform you that you have failed the exam. (inform) 9) I'd love to go to the cinema tonight. (go) 10) I look forward to seeing you again soon. (see) 11) It's no use trying to make him change his mind. (try) 12) Sue went to the library to borrow some books. (borrow) 13) I don't know how to do this exercise. (do)

Explanation: In this exercise, you are required to put the verbs in brackets in the infinitive or the -ing form. Here are the correct forms for each sentence:

1) He advised me to see a lawyer. (infinitive form: see) 2) I hate to travel by train. (infinitive form: travel) 3) He left without saying goodbye. (-ing form: saying) 4) She managed to lose a lot of weight. (infinitive form: lose) 5) Swimming helps you keep fit. (-ing form: swimming) 6) They made him tell them the truth. (infinitive form: tell) 7) Matt goes jogging every morning. (-ing form: jogging) 8) We are sorry to inform you that you have failed the exam. (infinitive form: inform) 9) I'd love to go to the cinema tonight. (infinitive form: go) 10) I look forward to seeing you again soon. (-ing form: seeing) 11) It's no use trying to make him change his mind. (-ing form: trying) 12) Sue went to the library to borrow some books. (infinitive form: borrow) 13) I don't know how to do this exercise. (infinitive form: do)

Note: The infinitive form of a verb is the base form of the verb, usually preceded by "to," such as "to see," "to travel," "to lose," etc. The -ing form of a verb is the present participle form of the verb, such as "seeing," "traveling," "losing," etc.