GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES GAME | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 12 Public

error detector and rewriting

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There's no point to invite George because he never goes to parties

FALSE: There's no point (in) inviting George ...

TRUE OR FALSE: What's that noise? Someone seems to try to open the door!

FALSE: Someone seems to be trying to open

TRUE OR FALSE? it's no use sitting around talking about it. We need actions, not words

TRUE

TRUE OR FALSE? Your remarks offended me. I will not put up with speaking to me like that

FALSE: I will not put up with being spoken like that

TRUE OR FALSE? Having studied abroad will certainly be an advantage when you come to apply for a job

TRUE

TRUE OR FALSE? We enjoyed the holiday, but we would rather have stayed at home

TRUE

TRUE OR FALSE? I expect to have finished the report by Friday afternoon

TRUE

REWRITE THIS SENTENCE: I'm concerned that I haven't been contracted yet. I'm concerned about_______________yet

I'm concerned about not having been contracted yet

REWRITE THIS SENTENCE: He was fed up with this wife telling him what to wear He was fed up with_____________ what to wear by his wife

He was fed up with being told what to wear by his wife

REWRITE THIS SENTENCE: It would have been better if the director had informed me personally I would rather_____________ by the director in person

I would rather have been informed by the director in person

REWRITE THIS SENTENCE: It is thought that the police are searching the whole area The police is thought ______________________ the whole area

The police is thought to be seaching the whole area

REWRITE THIS SENTENCE: It won't do you any good to feel guilty about what happened. It's no good ________________ guilty about what happened

It's no good feeling guilty about what happened