(74) Fill in the Infinitive or-ing form in the appropriate tense. न My uncle Ted likes 1) ..to tellſtelling.. (tell) stories. He claims 2) (meet) lots of famous people and 3) (see) many strange things in his life. Many people believe him because he seems 4) (tell) the truth. Even if they didn't believe him, nobody would risk 5) (say) so, because he's a very big and frighte- ning man. One day he pretended 6) (talk) to the President on the phone while my brother and I were in the room. "Hello, Mr President," he said. "You seem 7) (have) some problems running the country and I would like 8) (offer) you some advice. "My brother and I started 9) (laugh) and my uncle Ted slammed down the receiver. You must 10) (hear) something amusing." he shouted. "What is it?" We were very frightened. We hated 11) (think) what he would do to us if he thought we were laughing at him, so we pretended 12) (tell) jokes to each other. mor
2) meeting - He claims to have met lots of famous people.
3) seeing - He claims to have seen many strange things.
4) to tell - People believe him because he seems to tell the truth.
5) saying - Even if they didn't believe him, nobody would risk saying so.
6) to talk - One day he pretended to talk to the President on the phone.
7) to have - "You seem to have some problems running the country.
8) to offer - and I would like to offer you some advice."
9) laughing - My brother and I started laughing.
10) hear - You must have heard something amusing."
11) thinking - We hated thinking what he would do to us.
12) to tell - so we pretended to tell jokes to each other.