Gerund vs Infinitive, Герундий или Инфинитив
English
Intermediate
Do you know to use gerunds. Train the difference between using gerund and infinitive.
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Not an original test. Questions, answers, explanations were copied from an existing test. E.g.:
#q1, #q1, #q3, etc <= https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/gerund-vs-infinitive-practice
1) I often___ on a Saturday night.
This is not a matter of gerund/infinitive, but rather present simple or continuous. It should be the simple 'dance', as it uses 'often', making it a regular repeat action. To make this a gerund, the sentence should be "I often *go* dancing on a Saturday night", or something like "I can usually *be found* dancing on a Saturday night"
https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/present-simple-and-present-continuous.
2) If you forget ___ the monthly bills, you can always check your payments online.
In this case, forget should be followed by the infinitive. In special cases it can be followed by a gerund, but not in a conditional such as this:
https://www.ef.edu/english-resources/english-grammar/using-forget-regret-remember/
3) He refuses ___ to me.
Same here, infinitive after refuse.
https://www.ef.edu/english-resources/english-grammar/verbs-followed-infinitives/
Only in very special circumstances, where it means 'can't help but' is the gerund used:
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/to-refuse-gerund.2034209/
4) I prefer … detective stories.
Both the infinitive and gerund are acceptable after 'prefer'.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/hate-like-love-and-prefer
5) The cold coach watched his team … football.
'Play' is also acceptable here.
"I watched him get into a cab." - https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/watched
6) Would you consider___ the speech at our anniversary party?
This sentence simply doesn't make sense – I can't think of a scenario when someone would 'buy' a speech at a party. Maybe give, or "pay for", if perhaps they were hiring a guest speaker.