Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb.
1) I’m keen TO FINALISE / FINALISING the objectives.
2) I don’t mind DELAY / DELAYING the meeting till this afternoon.
3) If it IS / WERE up to me, I’d recruit some more people for the next stage.
4) We’re happy LET / TO LET central office make the final decision.
5) I’d rather not RELYING / RELY on the new system till it’s been tested.
6) I’m not keen on MAKING / TO MAKE a decision without your agreement.
7) We’d prefer TO COMMUNICATE / COMMUNICATING with the overseas offices directly.
8) They just want TO MAKE / MAKING sure that there are no problems later on.

1. I’m keen TO FINALISE the objectives.
   После прилагательного keen используется конструкция keen to do something.
   Также возможна конструкция keen on doing something, но здесь предлога on нет.

2. I don’t mind DELAYING the meeting till this afternoon.
   После выражения don’t mind употребляется глагол с окончанием -ing: mind doing something.

3. If it WERE up to me, I’d recruit some more people for the next stage.
   Это условное предложение второго типа: речь идёт о гипотетической ситуации. В конструкции If it were up to me традиционно используется were.

4. We’re happy TO LET central office make the final decision.
   После прилагательного happy используется инфинитив с to: happy to do something.
   Обратите внимание: после let глагол употребляется без to — let central office make.

5. I’d rather not RELY on the new system till it’s been tested.
   После конструкции would rather используется начальная форма глагола без to: would rather do something.

6. I’m not keen on MAKING a decision without your agreement.
   После выражения keen on употребляется глагол с окончанием -ing: keen on doing something.

7. We’d prefer TO COMMUNICATE with the overseas offices directly.
   После would prefer обычно используется инфинитив с to: would prefer to do something.

8. They just want TO MAKE sure that there are no problems later on.
   После глагола want используется инфинитив с to: want to do something.

Правильные ответы:

1. to finalise

2. delaying

3. were

4. to let

5. rely

6. making

7. to communicate

8. to make