Gerunds and Infinitives Error Correction
B1-B2 Level
This gerunds and infinitives error correction exercise trains you to
spot the verb-pattern mistakes that learners often miss in full sentences. Some verbs
need a gerund: avoid making, finish writing,
suggest trying. Other verbs need an infinitive:
want to improve, decide to leave, hope to pass. The
hard part is recognising the pattern in context instead of choosing the form by instinct.
Wrong: "He enjoys to cook for friends." Correct: "He enjoys cooking for friends."
Wrong: "They plan visiting the museum." Correct: "They plan to visit the museum."
This click-edit format is different from a gap-fill exercise. You read the whole sentence, decide whether it is already correct, then edit only the wrong chunk. That makes it useful for proofreading emails, essays, and exam answers where mistakes such as look forward to see, made me to wait, or used to working can hide inside otherwise natural sentences.
Wrong: "He enjoys to cook for friends." Correct: "He enjoys cooking for friends."
Wrong: "They plan visiting the museum." Correct: "They plan to visit the museum."
This click-edit format is different from a gap-fill exercise. You read the whole sentence, decide whether it is already correct, then edit only the wrong chunk. That makes it useful for proofreading emails, essays, and exam answers where mistakes such as look forward to see, made me to wait, or used to working can hide inside otherwise natural sentences.
Quick Rule
Verb pattern decides the form: verb + gerund, verb + to-infinitive, preposition + gerund, or bare infinitive after make/let/had better
- 1.She avoided answering too quickly. (avoid + gerund)
- 2.He agreed to help with the project. (agree + infinitive)
- 3.We are interested in joining the course. (preposition + gerund)
- 4.The coach made them repeat the drill. (make + object + bare infinitive)
- 5.You had better check the address. (had better + bare infinitive)
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