Gerunds vs. Infinitives

In the text, Teaksta shows you the occurrences of:

• gerunds in orange,
• to-infinitives in purple,
• clue phrases in blue

The clue phrases are verbs or fixed expressions which can help you decide whether to use a gerund or a to-infinitive.

Teaksta colors the gerunds and to-infinitives in the text, and prompts you to click on their corresponding clue phrases.
If your first guess is wrong, try again until you get it right.

Choose either the infinitive or the gerund from the drop-down list and Teaksta will show you whether you guessed right or wrong. You can get help by clicking on ?.

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs shown in parentheses. Use the clue phrases as hints. If you guessed wrong or you find it too difficult you can get help by clicking on ?.