Focus: Identifying incorrect and correct forms of gerunds, infinitives, and simple forms.
Directions: Underline the form that best completes each sentence. The first one is done as an
example.
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2) Sleeve bearings allow pistons (to move/move) back and forth.
3) One of the most important steps in (producing/to produce) a motion picture is film editing.
4) An opera singer is required (having/to have) a powerful and beautiful voice.
5) The Wampanoag Indians taught the Pilgrims how (growing/to grow) corn.
6) Frogs and certain kinds of birds use their tongues (to catch/catch) insects.
7) Isadora Martinez invented a knee implant that lets people with arthritis (to bend/bend) their knees easily.
8. Smells can be more effective than any other sensory stimuli in vividly (bringing/bring) back memories.
9) Modems permit computers (communicating/to communicate) with one another over telephone lines.
10) A sudden sound can make a golfer (to miss/miss) a shot.
11) Heavy spring snows may cause the branches of trees (snap/to snap).
12) Modern race cars store fuel in rubber bladders that are almost impossible (rupturing/to rupture).
13) New words are constantly being invented (describe/to describe) new objects and concepts.
14. Dr. Mary Walker, a surgeon in the Union Army during the Civil War, was the first and so far only woman (to be awarded/awarding) the Congressional Medal of Honor.
15) In 1957 Ralph Abernathy founded an organization devoted to (achieve/achieving) racial equality for black Americans