Exercises. Ex.1. STATE the functions of infinitives and gerunds:

Ex.1. STATE the functions of infinitives and gerunds:

1. The tape stopped playing, but the voices seemed to rattle around the room for a full minute. 2. It would never occur to him to thank you for saving his life. 3. Normally she would send one of the three boys to the store on Saturday, but that morning they had been sentenced by their father to weed-pulling in the garden. 4. Cooking had never amused her, and we soon took to going out almost every day – we would have lunches at small Italian restaurants and used to have dinners of Oriental cuisine – Thai, Chinese, or Japanese. 5. “But I dare say there’ll be other things to worry me. They keep coming up new all the time – things to perplex you, you know.” 6. Sanders hated to see his daughter cry. 7. She was good at knowing things that were hushed up by the government. 8. At first, we thoughtto leave home early in the morning, but then changed our minds and decided on staying until you called. 9. “There’s no returning to the place to correct what has been done wrong”, he went on thinking. 10. Until the botanists succeed, this plant will be the only representative of its species on earth, and it will continue to need protecting from everyone who is prepared to kill it in order to have a small piece. 11. I don't want to call you a liar, Ferguson, but I think you’re stretching diplomacy a bit by saying you’re impressed by this project. 12. “Bringing the kid here was my mistake, I admit,” he said, just loud enough for everyone to hear. 13. But what I myself saw of our housemaid’s conduct began to look mysterious, to say the least of it. 14. Early in the fight, Neddy adopted the rule of dropping to one knee whenever he was struck, in order to halt the fight and allow him to catch his breath. 15. Four of the nine burns were severe enough to be considered third degree. 16. The beautiful halls of Alhambra became desolate, and some of them fell to ruin; the gardens were destroyed, and the fountains ceased to play.

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