Navigate Upper-Intermediate Gerund and Infinitive slide 48, ex-es 7a,10
7a. Look at the extracts from the listening in exercises 5a and 5b. Put the verbs in brackets in the -ing form or infinitive with or without to.
- My father let me sit on his shoulders.
- I remember feeling disappointed because Princess Elizabeth… didn’t look like a princess.
- I tried to get the horse to slow down.
- I made myself fall off the horse.
- In my panic, I didn’t remember to follow the teacher’s instructions.
10. Choose the correct options to complete the text.
I’ll never forget being locked in the bathroom when I was two. I remember hearing my mother outside the door. She was trying to explain how to unlock it, but she couldn’t get me to do it. I was too young to understand and I was crying too much. In the end, she called the fire brigade. When one of the firemen climbed up a lader and broke through the bathroom window, it made me cry even more. He picked me up, opened the door and handled me to my mother. I only stopped crying when , later, he let me try on his helmet. Although I was only two, I can recall it vividly. The fact that the story has been told so many times has probably helped me to remember it.