Exercise on infinitive & gerund

Decide whether to use Infinitive (with/without to) or Gerund.

1) What can we do ( live - to live - living ) a healthy life?

2) In our society, people spend more and more time ( work - to work - working ).

3) So we often don't bother ( prepare - to prepare - preparing ) healthy meals.

4) In order ( save - to save - saving ) time, we tend ( buy - to buy - buying ) fast food.

5) At fast food restaurants, we can ( eat - to eat - eating ) quite a lot without ( have - to have - having ) ( pay - to pay - paying ) a fortune.

6) And children enjoy ( eat - to eat - eating ) chips and burgers and ( drink - to drink - drinking ) lemonade and cola.

7)That's a problem because eating habits are hard ( shake - to shake - shaking )

The high amount of carbonhydrates in fast food and sugary drinks is blamed for ( destabilize - to destabilize - destablizing ) the body's regulation of appetite.

9) So we keep on ( want - to want - wanting ) ( to eat - eat - eating ) more.

10) Bad eating habits result in people ( become - to become - becoming ) obese.

11) Obese people risk ( suffer - to suffer - suffering ) from heart diseases.

12) We can ( avoid - to avoid - avoiding ) ( risk - to risk - risking ) such diseases by healthy food.

13) Be careful though. Some people are convinced ( do - to do - doing ) something for their health by ( live - to live - living ) on energy bars or cornflakes.

14) And this is what the advertising for these products wants ( make - to make - making ) us ( to think - think - thinking ) .

15) In reality, however, these foods are often heavily sugared ( give - to give - giving ) them flavor.

16) But sugar is not mentioned as clearly as the low fat - that's why experts warn against ( rely - top rely - relying ) on the ads.

17) To live a healthy life, we ought ( choose - to choose - choosing )our food wisely.

18) We should ( eat - to eat - eating ) regular meals and ( try - to try - trying ) ( find - to find - finding ) ways of ( exercise - to exercise - exercising ) more