Gerund/to infinitive/bare infinitive.Help me !
Hello everyone! I found an exercise on the internet andt tried to do it. There were some mistakes,but I couldnt find any explanaition why exactly this form is used. In other cases I chose correct answers relying on my intuition,but also don't know why I chose exactly this form...Maybe somebody could explain those words in brackets?

People now have the choice between (paying) the charge and not (driving) into the City.
The charge has proven very successful in (turning) away traffic from the City.
As the traffic has been reduced by about 20 percent, journey times in the City tend (to decrease).
According to an opinion poll, more than 50 percent of Londoners say that it is okay (to charge) people for (driving) into the City.
They are relieved to find the traffic (flow) more easily.
Before (introducing) the charge, average speed in the City was about 10 mph.
Many Londoners, however, have chosen (to go) by bus
London's buses have seen passenger numbers (rise) by 14 percent.

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Gerund/to infinitive/bare infinitive.Help me !
Hello everyone! I found an exercise on the internet andt tried to do it. There were some mistakes,but I couldnt find any explanaition why exactly this form is used. In other cases I chose correct answers relying on my intuition,but also don't know why I chose exactly this form...Maybe somebody could explain those words in brackets?

People now have the choice between (paying) the charge and not (driving) into the City.
The charge has proven very successful in (turning) away traffic from the City.
As the traffic has been reduced by about 20 percent, journey times in the City tend (to decrease).
According to an opinion poll, more than 50 percent of Londoners say that it is okay (to charge) people for (driving) into the City.
They are relieved to find the traffic (flow) more easily.
Before (introducing) the charge, average speed in the City was about 10 mph.
Many Londoners, however, have chosen (to go) by bus
London's buses have seen passenger numbers (rise) by 14 percent.

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A gerund is a verb ending in -ing that is used as a noun. They may have modifiers, objects, or complements, and almost never require punctuation. So, in your example: "People now have the choice between paying the charge and not driving into the city," when the people perform the action "to pay," the object of the sentence is "paying." Another way to write this without the gerund may be: "People now have the choice to pay the charge or to not drive into the city."

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I found this explanation http://www.correctenglish.ru/theory/grammar/gerund-infinitive/
hope it is useful

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Hey Monika! Take a look at this list: http://english.lingolia.com/en/grammar/verbs/infinitivegerund/gerund
In the English language there are some words which must be followed by a gerund.

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