bai tap verb + to infinitive or verb + gerund

Greenway expects 1 …… make a big profit again this year,’ she told me.. lose customers at a time when others have seen their profits fall... Greenway expects 1 to make/to be make make

Verb + to-infinitive or verb + gerund

Complete this newspaper article about a

successful business executive Choose the

to-infinitive or the gerund of the verbs in

brackets.

Sandra King had agreed ( ) to meet (meet)

me in her office in central Manchester The head of Greenway Supermarkets, a smart 40-year-old woman, gave me a big smile of welcome You can’t help ( ) liking (like)

Greenway expects (1) …… (make) a big profit again this year,’ she told

me The company has never failed (2)

… (do) well since she took over five years ago In fact she has managed

(3) … (avoid) (4) … (lose)

customers at a time when others have seen their profits fall

Greenway expects (1) to make/to be make (make) a big profit again this year,’ she told me The company has never failed (2) to do (do) well since she took over five years ago In fact she has managed (3) to avoid

(avoid) (4) losing (lose) customers at

a time when others have seen their

I enjoy (5) … (solve) problems,’ she says Next year Greenway plan (6)

… (open) ten new supermarkets,

and they have also offered (7) …

(buy) the Lu-Price Stores group

Sandra King hopes (8) … (have)

discussions with Lo-Price boss Steven Weyman soon

I enjoy (5) solving (solve) problems,’ she says Next year Greenway plan

(6) to open (open) ten new

supermarkets, and they have also

offered (7) to buy (buy) the Lu-Price Stores group Sandra King hopes (8)

to have/to be having (have)

discussions with Lo-Price boss Steven

You can’t afford (9) … (relax) in this job,’ she told me 'You can

never give up (10) … (think)

about how you can do things

better That’s what you have (11)

… (do) if you want (12) … (be) successful.’

You can’t afford (9) to relax

(relax) in this job,’ she told me

'You can never give up (10)

thinking (think) about how you

can do things better That’s what you have (11) to do (do) if you

want (12) to be (be) successful.’

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