Question

Choose the correct verb forms.1. Ann hopes TO GO/GOING to the wedding.2. Sally seems ENJOYING/TO BE ENJOYING her new job.3. The curry was too hot EATING/TO EAT.4. Mark claims TO HAVE BEEN/HAVING BEEN away from home on the night of the fire.5. Mike can't stand DANCING/TO DANCE.6. John denied TO HAVE TOLD/HAVING TOLD a lie.7. They appear TO WALK/TO BE WALKING around the fire.8. After TO HAVE EATEN/HAVING EATEN, the wedding guests started to sing and dance.

Answer 1

1 to go
2 to be enjoying
3 to eat
4 to have been
5 dancing
6 having told
7 to walk
8 having eaten

Answer 2

1. Ann hopes to go to the wedding. 2. Sally seems to be enjoying her new job. 3. The curry was too hot to eat. 4. Mark claims to have been away from home on the night of the fire. 5. Mike can't stand dancing. 6. John denied having told a lie. 7. They appear to be walking around the fire. 8. After having eaten, the wedding guests started to sing and dance.

In the given sentences, we need to choose the correct verb forms. Let's analyze each sentence:

1. Ann hopes to go to the wedding. In this sentence, the infinitive form "to go" is used after the verb "hopes".

2. Sally seems to be enjoying her new job. Here, the verb "seems" is followed by the gerund form "to be enjoying".

3. The curry was too hot to eat. In this sentence, the infinitive form "to eat" is used after the adjective "hot".

4. Mark claims to have been away from home on the night of the fire. The verb "claims" is followed by the infinitive form "to have been".

5. Mike can't stand dancing. In this sentence, the gerund form "dancing" is used after the verb "can't stand".

6. John denied having told a lie. Here, the verb "denied" is followed by the gerund form "having told".

7. They appear to be walking around the fire. The verb "appear" is followed by the infinitive form "to be walking".

8. After having eaten, the wedding guests started to sing and dance. Here, the gerund form "having eaten" is used after the preposition "after".

By choosing the correct verb forms, we ensure that the sentences are grammatically accurate and convey the intended meaning.