Question

Cloze Exercise: Gerunds and Infinitives

Yuri was in his first year at university, studying History. He was rather a lazy student, and he tended to avoid (work)_____ whenever he could. In the middle of the semester, his history professor gave out an assignment, due in two weeks. Yuri intended (do)_____ the assignment, but he postponed (write)_____ it for a week. The following week, he forgot (do)_____ it. The night before the assignment was due, he suddenly remembered it, and rushed to the library. He tried (read)_____ as much as possible on the topic, but there wasn't enough time. Yuri considered (ask) _____ for more time to do his paper, but the History professor was known to be very tough on students, so finally he decided (cheat) _____ and copy his paper from somewhere else. He found an old article on the same topic, and quickly typed it out. The next day, he submitted the paper.
The following week, he was alarmed (see)_____ the professor approaching him, looking angry.
"Is this your own work, or did you copy it?" asked the professor. Yuri denied (copy)_____ the paper.
"If you expect me (believe)_____ that, you must be very stupid," said the professor. "Every word is taken from an article I wrote myself five years ago. Did you really think I would forget (write)_____

Answer 1

working

doing

wrote

doing

reading

asking

to cheating

seeing

coping

beliving

wrote

Answer 2

Respuesta:

Yuri was in his first year at university, studying History. He was rather a lazy student, and he tended to avoid (work) working whenever he could. In the middle of the semester, his history professor gave out an assignment, due in two weeks. Yuri intended (do) to do the assignment, but he postponed (write) writing it for a week. The following week, he forgot (do) to do it. The night before the assignment was due, he suddenly remembered it, and rushed to the library. He tried (read) to read as much as possible on the topic, but there wasn't enough time. Yuri considered (ask) asking for more time to do his paper, but the History professor was known to be very tough on students, so finally he decided (cheat) to cheat and copy his paper from somewhere else. He found an old article on the same topic, and quickly typed it out. The next day, he submitted the paper.

The following week, he was alarmed (see) to see the professor approaching him, looking angry. "Is this your own work, or did you copy it?" asked the professor. Yuri denied (copy) copying the paper.

"If you expect me (believe) to believe that, you must think I am very stupid," said the professor. "Every word is taken from an article I wrote myself five years ago. Did you really think I would forget (write) writing it?"

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