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Gerunds and Infinitives Error Correction

  •  English    17     Public
    Students read different sentences and identify the mistake.
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  • What's wrong with the following sentence? I asked my roommate to let me to use his shoe polish.
    ...roommate to let me use his..."
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  • What's wrong with the following sentence? I heard a car door to open and closing.
    "...door open and close."
  •  15
  • What's wrong with the following sentence? I had my friend to lend me his car.
    "...my friend lend me..."
  •  15
  • What's wrong with the following sentence? You should visit my country. It is too beautiful.
    very not too. Remember that "too" has a negative semantic connotation.
  •  20
  • What's wrong with the following sentence? I went to the college bookstore for getting my books for the new term.
    "I went to the college bookstore to get..."
  •  20
  • What's wrong with the following sentence? There are two mistakes: One of our fights ended up with me having to sent to the hospital for getting stitches.
    "...with me having to be sent...to get stitches."
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  • What's wrong with the following sentence? Lilly deserves to be tell the truth about what happened last night.
    "...to be told"
  •  10
  • What's wrong with the following sentence? Barbara always makes me laughing. She has a great sense of humor.
    "...makes me laugh."
  •  10
  • What's wrong with the following sentence? Stop telling me what to do! Let me to make up my own mind.
    "...me make..."
  •  10
  • What's wrong with the following sentence? I went to the pharmacy for having my prescription to be filled.
    "...to have my prescription filled."
  •  25
  • What's wrong with the following sentence? You shouldn't let children playing with matches.
    "...let children play..."
  •  20
  • What's wrong with the following sentence? When Shelley needed a passport photo, she had her picture taking by a professional photographer.
    "...she had her picture taken by..."
  •  25
  • What's wrong with the following sentence? I've finally assembled enough information for beginning writing my research paper.
    "...information to begin writing..."
  •  25
  • What's wrong with the following sentence? There are two mistakes: Omar is at the park right now. He is sit on a park bench watch the ducks swimming in the pond.
    "He is sitting on a park bench watching..."
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  • What's wrong with the following sentence? The sad expression on Omar's face makes me to feel sorry for him.
    "...makes me feel.."
  •  20
  • What's wrong with the following sentence? The music director tapped his baton for beginning the rehearsal.
    "...tapped his baton to begin..."
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