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You might feel stressed if you’ve decided __________ your girlfriend’s parents for the first time, but with these top tips you’ll manage __________ it right.

• TO MEET / TO GET

• TO MEET / GETTING

• MEETING / GETTING

• MEETING / TO GET

You need __________ some 'homework' before you go. Ask your girlfriend about her parents. Where does her mother work? Does her father like football? Do you have any common interests? Such background information will allow you __________ a conversation with them.

• DOING / HAVING

• DOING / TO HAVE

• TO DO / TO HAVE

• TO DO / HAVING

Try __________ punctual. You mustn’t arrive late at a first meeting.

• being

• to be

When they greet you at the door shake the father's hand firmly (no father likes a weak handshake!). Ask your girlfriend what kind of __________ her mum will prefer.

• to greet

• greeting

Call her parents Mr and Mrs (Smith) until they tell you __________ them 'Dave' and 'Sharon'.

• to call

• calling

• call

Now we have some examples of Murphy's Law. The law took its name from Captain Edward Murphy, an American aerospace engineer from the 1940s. He was trying __________ safety for pilots flying military planes.

• to improve

• improving

Not surprisingly, he got a reputation for always __________ of the worst thing that could happen in every situation.

• to think

• thinking

If you are in a check-in queue and you change to another queue which is moving more quickly, what will happen? The queue you were in before will suddenly start ________ faster.

• to move

• moving

What will happen if you take your umbrella because you think it's going to rain later? It won't rain, of course. It will only rain if you forget __________ your umbrella.

• to take

• taking