Educational worksheet focusing on gerunds and infinitives in song lyrics, designed to help learners practice grammar through music.

I'll work through this gerunds and infinitives exercise step by step, identifying the correct form for each blank.

Let me analyze each sentence carefully:

1. "want" is followed by an infinitive → to break

2. "seems" is followed by an infinitive → to be

3. "try" + (not worry) - after "try" we use infinitive for attempts → not to worry
"stop" + (cry) - "stop crying" means cease the action → crying

4. "want" + (know) → to know
"promise" + (not/tell) → not to tell
"long" + (hear) - "long to do something" → to hear

5. "can't help" + (fall) - "can't help doing" is a fixed expression → falling

6. "Keep" + (roll) - "keep doing" → rolling

7. "learn" + (fly) - "learn to do" → to fly

8. "meant" + (be) - "meant to be" → to be

9. "tried my best" + (feed) - "try to do" → to feed
"Keep her" + (come) - "keep someone doing" → coming
"Kept" + (play) - "keep doing" → playing
"pretending" + (feel) - already in -ing form, so "feeling" → feeling

10. "get" + (share) - "get to do" (opportunity/permission) → to share

11. "waiting" + (be) - "wait to be" → to be

12. "don't mind" + (spend) - "mind doing" → spending
"wants" + (stay) - "want to do" → to stay

13. "trying" + (keep) - already in -ing form, so "keeping" → keeping
"can" + (do) - modal verb + base form → do

14. "feel like" + (do) - "feel like doing" → doing
"want" + (lay) - "want to do" → to lay
"feel like" + (pick) - "feel like doing" → picking

15. "can't stand" + (lose) - "can't stand doing" → losing

16. "starts" + (spin) - "start to do/start doing" both work, but typically → spinning or to spin
"stop" + (feel) - "stop feeling" → feeling
"stop" + (feel) - → feeling
"stop" + (feel) - → feeling

17. "Remember" + (let) - "remember to do" (future action) → to let
"can" + (start) - modal + base form → start

18. "meant" + (hurt) - "mean to do" → to hurt
"meant" + (lie) - "mean to do" → to lie

Final Answer:
1. to break
2. to be
3. not to worry / crying
4. to know / not to tell / to hear
5. falling
6. rolling
7. to fly
8. to be
9. to feed / coming / playing / feeling
10. to share
11. to be
12. spending / to stay
13. keeping / do
14. doing / to lay / picking
15. losing
16. spinning (or to spin) / feeling / feeling / feeling
17. to let / start
18. to hurt / to lie