Navigate Upper-Intermediate Gerund and Infinitive slide 48, ex-es 7a, 10

ex. 7a, slide 48 / Look at the extracts. Put the verbs in brackets in the -ing form or infinitive with or without to.

  1. My father let me sit on his shoulders.
  2. I remember feeling disappointed because Princess Elizabeth … didn’t look like a princess.
  3. I tried to get the horse to slow down.
  4. I made myself fall off the horse.
  5. In my panic, I didn’t remember to follow the teacher’s instructions.

ex. 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 ladder and broke through the bathroom window, it made me cry even more. He picked me up, opened the door, and handed 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.