The amazon rain forest is the lung of earth, it located in the South American. There are the most wonderful nature scenery on earth, not only the rain forest, also include thousand kinds of animals, birds, fishes living there. Some Indian tribe still living in the rain forest. You can visit with some of your friends together, hire one or two local tour guides, enter the rain forest by boats. It will be a amazon trip, you will meet the anaconda in the swamp, there are also some kinds of piranha in the river of some area. You also can living in some small towns near by one of the branch of the amazon river for a while,  feeling the free market and relax all your hearts.

108 Axsmith Cres.
Toronto, Ontario M2J 3K3

May 5,2016

5 Hill Street
Toronto, Ontario M7P 3T1

Dear Sir / Madam,

  My name is Li Xie, my file number is:4343254235, I write this letter to you because I lost my PR card yesterday.

  I lost my PR cad when I was in a TTC bus yerterday afternoon, I am on the way to the bank because I am applying the new credit card so I taking the PR card with me. I could not find my wallet after I get off from the bus, I also went to the police station directly and reported all my lost. My report number gave by the police station is: XXXXXXXXX.

  Now I have to apply a new PR card from you, I attached the copy of my landing paper, passport, the report file from the police and my drive license, and, I also email you 2 of the new photo of  mine.

If there is any question you need, or if there is anything else you need, please feel free to let me know.
My cell number is: (647)937-8328.

Sincerely,

Li Xie

Monday's assignment

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Task 1:

Click on this link to get more practice on the use of gerunds and infinitives. Finish two exercises; repeat them till you get them all right. 

A. Complete the following exercise with gerund or infinitive forms of the indicated verbs. 

1. What do you want  (do) tonight? 

I feel like  (go) to a movie.

2. It's not so bad  (tell) a white lie, is it? 

I don't think  (lie) is ever right. 

3. It isn't wrong  (defend) yourself, is it? 

I think  (defend) yourself is the right thing to do if you have a 

good reason. 

4. Why did you end up  (major) in forestry?

I've always loved  (be) outdoors. And I've always had trouble 

 (do) desk jobs.


B. Complete the following exercise with gerund or infinitive forms of the indicated verbs. 

1. She decided  (move) in another city.

2. Grammarbank is one of the best websites  (practice)

English grammar.

3. Alicia enjoys  (watch) soap operas on television.

4. She refuses  (listen) to her father.

5. Students want  (get) good grades.

6. Many drivers avoid  (drive) in traffic. 

7. Do you feel like  (eat) hamburger? 

8. I can't imagine  (jump) out of a flying jet. 

9. The president wishes  (end) the war.

10. I would love  (see) that movie. I heard it's really good.

11. Mrs. Rogala is a really good teacher. She always offers 

 (help) her students.

Task 2: 

Complete the text using the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Farmer Jones met Jane when he was just a young man. He couldn’t help (1 falling) in love with her immediately and asked her to marry him. She said yes although she knew it would mean (2 getting) up early to milk the cows for the rest of her life. “Love means never (3 have) to get up early to milk the cows”, said Farmer Jones, and explained that he would continue (4 to get) up early to milk the cows so Jane could sleep late every day. Everything went well until they tried (5 to increase) their profits by buying some chickens. The first night, a fox ate one of the chickens. Farmer Jones decided (6 to build) a fence to protect the chickens. But the ground was too hard so he couldn’t. He tried (7 to use) an axe to break the ground but it was much too hard. So he went to the local shop and tried (8 to buy) a gun. But he didn’t have any identification so he couldn’t buy one. He tried (9 to borrow) one from his neighbours but they were all worried about the fox too. “I regret not (10 buying) one when I had those rabbit problems”, he told Jane. So Jane went to the shop and bought a gun. That night she tried (11 to stop) the fox. At first she tried (12 to scar) the fox by shooting into the air but it didn’t work. So she tried (13 to hit) the fox but she missed. She called her husband and he ran after the fox to try (14 to catch) it but he wasn’t fast enough. They tried (15 shouting) at the fox and they tried (16 throwing) things at it and they tried (17 leaveing) other food for the fox but nothing worked. Soon they had only 1 chicken left. They tried (18 asking) their neighbours for help and one of their neighbours told them to try (19 putting) tiger dung on the ground. So they went to the local zoo to try (20 to buy) some tiger dung. They put the dung on the ground and they never saw the fox again. 

Task 3

Answer the questions based on the summaries below. Use either a gerund, an infinitive, or a simple form in your answer.

One Life to Live

Maggie, who teaches children at a school for the deaf, meets Max when she comes to Llanview to visit her cousin, Andrew. Max, a friend of Andrew’s, is a widower with one-year-old twins. After Maggie spends some time with the twins, she suspects that one of them, Frankie, is partially deaf. She tells Max that he must take Frankie for testing. Max refuses to believe that his son is deaf and tells Maggie to stay out of his family’s business. Maggie, who grew up with a deaf brother, pursues the matter, even setting up an appointment for Frankie without Max’s knowledge. When Max finds out about the appointment, he is furious at Maggie.

a. Why did Maggie come to Llanview? 

   To visit her cousin, Andrew.

b. Why is Max angry at Maggie?

   To be told that his son is deaf.

c. What is Maggie determined to do?

     Setting up an appointment for Frankie without Max’s knowledge.

Task 4:

Follow the same pattern, now write a short paragraph with the same title and make sure to use either a gerund, to-infinitive or infinitive without to in your short story. Ask a friend to edit your work.

One Life to Live

In  spring, the rabbit born some little rabbits in a hole under the tree in front yard, the old rabbit comes to the front yard to fed their kids everyday. The little rabbit grew up one day and one day, and finally, all the little rabbit can walk out with their parents together, they did not need the hole under the tree and move away.