Advanced Gerunds and Infinitives

• CEFR C1
• Grammar
• Printable
• Answer key

Advanced Gerunds and Infinitives is a printable grammar worksheet for English language learners at CEFR level C1. It covers perfect, passive, and meaning-changing gerund/infinitive patterns, with 5 exercises and an answer key.

Advanced gerund and infinitive patterns often show time, voice, or a change in meaning.

Use perfect forms to show that the action happened earlier: to have done, having done.

Use passive forms when the subject receives the action: to be informed, being criticised, having been selected.

Examples

• She claims to have seen the document.
• He resented being criticised publicly.
• The team was proud to have been selected.
• I remember signing the agreement.
• Please remember to sign the agreement.
• They stopped discussing the issue.
• They stopped to discuss the issue.
• Having completed the course, she applied for promotion.

What's in this worksheet

1. Complete the sentence
2. Correct the mistake
3. Transform the sentence
4. Mixed practice
5. Controlled production

Common mistakes

• She claims seeing the document yesterday.  →  She claims to have seen the document yesterday. Use perfect infinitive after claim for an earlier action.
• He resented to be criticised publicly.  →  He resented being criticised publicly. Resent is followed by a gerund.
• The team was proud having been selected.  →  The team was proud to have been selected. Use proud + perfect infinitive.
• Please remember signing the form before you leave.  →  Please remember to sign the form before you leave. Use remember to for a future obligation.