Complete the following sentences using –ing forms or to-infinitives.

1. I started ………………….. when I was twenty.

a) to teach
b) teaching
c) Either could be used here

2. I am proud …………………

a) of having won
b) to have won

3. I still remember ………………….. the piano for the first time.

a) to play
b) playing

c) Either could be used here

4. You must remember …………………. this letter.

a) posting
b) to post

5. I forgot ……………………. the ticket.

a) buying
b) to buy
c) Either could be used here

6. I regret ……………….. school at 12.

a) to leave
b) leaving

7. We regret …………………… you that the 3.30 train to Mumbai has been cancelled.

a) informing
b) to inform

8. I wouldn’t advise ………………….. out in the rain.

a) to go
b) going

9. I wouldn’t advise you …………………. out in the rain.

a) to go
b) going

10. This law doesn’t permit ……………….. in public places.

a) smoking
b) to smoke

11. This law doesn’t permit people ………………… in public places.

a) smoking
b) to smoke

Answers

1. I started to teach / teaching when I was twenty.

2. I am proud of having won / to have won.

3. I still remember playing the piano for the first time.

4. You must remember to post this letter.

5. I forgot to buy the ticket.

6. I regret leaving school at 12.

7. We regret to inform you that the 3.30 train to Mumbai has been cancelled.

8. I wouldn’t advise going out in the rain.

9. I wouldn’t advise you to go out in the rain.

10. This law doesn’t permit smoking in public places.

11. This law doesn’t permit people to smoke in public places.