Gerunds and Infinitives II

 Instructions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb form. In some cases, both a gerund and an infinitive are possible. 

1. __________ (smoke) in the office is expressly forbidden.

2. It is unwise _________ (spend) all of your money at the casino.

3. Let's talk about __________ (create) more incentives for our customers to enter the store.

4. Rachel agreed ___________(marry) Jack after she found out that he had won the lottery. :-)

5. You need ______________(work) hard if you want to get a raise.'

Causative Verbs

 Instructions: Complete the sentences using the verbs in parentheses. Use the correct pronouns where necessary. 

Example:

Peter keeps annoying his sister with silly comments, and she can't (get/stop) get him to stop. 

1. My car keeps making a strange sound, so I am going to call the mechanic and (have/look) ___________ at it. 

2. One of the students made an insulting remark to another student. The teacher (made/stay) ______________ after class to discuss his bad behavior.

3. There is so much to clean up after the party, so Nadine is going to ask her friends to (help/clean up) ____________________. 

4. Because Joey has not done any homework this week, his mother will not (let/play) ____________ any video games for two weeks. 

5. Wendy has been feeling very depressed lately, so she is going to talk to her psychiatrist and try to  (get/increase) _____________ the dose of her anti-depressant. 

Vocabulary: Tony the Traveller (LARS2)

 

Instructions: Fill in the blanks with vocabulary from the word bank below:

Challenge                                Exposed 

Confidence                            Perspective

Conventional                        Remarkable

Enables                                Unknown

1. Much of the information about the origin of life is _____________. Scientists do not have all of the answers yet.

2. On her visit to Shanghai, Rachel was _____________ to many Chinese traditions.

3. The Internet ___________ us to get information very quickly.

4. Mei-Li got a new _________________ of American history after she took Mr. Davidson's class.

5. The athletes displayed their _____________ skills during the competition. We were all amazed.

6. We need to have some amount of ______________ if we want to achieve our goals.

7. The writer wrote a book that had ideas that most people would not consider _________________; the ideas seemed to go against the traditions of our country.

8. Climbing the mountain was a ______________ for Rosa; she had never gone mountain climbing before. 

Word Forms-Nouns and Adjectives

Instructions: Choose the correct word form in the following sentences.

1.  Some people believe that you have to be ruthless/ruthlessness to be successful in business.

2.  Because of ruthless/ruthlessness, John became a successful businessman.

3. Angela suffers from claustrophobia/claustrophobic, so she cannot get on an elevator.

4. Angela is claustrophobia/claustrophobic, so she cannot get on an elevator.

5. David is immature/immaturity, so I do not think he can handle the responsibility of this job.

6. Because of immature/immaturity, David would not be able to handle the responsibility of this job. 

7. Nora has been vaccinated against that disease, so she is immune/immunity to it.

8. Nora has been vaccinated against that disease, so she has immune/immunity to it.

9. In order to be a fiction writer, you need to be creative/creativity.

10. In order to be a fiction writer, you need to have creative/creativity.

Would, Could, and Should (Modal Auxiliaries)

Instructions: Choose the correct modal auxiliary to complete the sentence. In some sentences, more than one choice could be correct.

1. John: I have a high fever and shortness of breath.
    David: You _________________ go to the doctor right away!

2. I am so sleepy this morning. I ______________ not sleep last night.

3. Janet is sick. She said that she ______________ not be able to come to school.

4. David _________________ clean his room. It is so messy!

5. I am not sure where John is. He _____________ be at home now.

6. _________________ you mind if I borrowed your car to go on a date with my girlfriend?

7. You ________________ never give your Social Security number to someone you do not know.

8.  __________________ you please send me that information right away?

9. I do not know why the restaurant is closed now. It ________________ be that the restaurant does not open until later in the day.

10. _________________ I buy an American car or a Japanese car? Which one is better?

Vocabulary Fill in

Instructions: Fill in the blanks with vocabulary from the word list. Do not change

the form of any of the vocabulary items. Remember that you can use a vocabulary

item only once.

dubious                                gullible                              compatible

ecstatic                                 pessimist                           propel

encountered                         accessible                          retort

evolved                                awe                                    retrieve

fictitious                              cite                                     exempt

               

1.Nadine was happy to learn that she was _________________ from having to write another essay for the class.

2. Tony was ______________ when he learned that he had won the lottery.

3. During her presentation, Laura will need to ________________ at least three examples to support her position.

4. ____________________ people are easily tricked by scam artists.

5. Susan knew that she and Paul were not ________________, so she did not accept his proposal to get married.

6. Because of a problem with the computer, I am not able to _______________ documents from the drive.

7. The stranger that Michele ________________ at the party last night turned out to be her sister's boyfriend.

8. His account of what happened is _________________. It cannot possibly be true!

9. A desire to succeed in business will _________________ you to overcome all obstacles.

10. Don't be such a ________________! Things are not as bad as they may seem to you. 

Verb + From + Verb + ing

Instructions: Change the verbs in parentheses to complete the sentences below using the pattern Verb + From + Verb + ing.

1. The committee banned certain athletes from (compete)_____________________ because they had used performance enhancing drugs.

2. People are prohibited from ___________________ (smoke) on train platforms in this state.

3. The police prevented people from _______________ (enter) the mall because there had been a bomb threat.

4. Timothy is determined to become an author. Nothing will stop him from _____________________ (attain) that goal.

5. Some people believe that capital punishment will deter criminals from _____________________ (commit) major crimes.