QUIEN PODRIA AYUDARMEcomplete the text with a gerund or infinitiveIt is a great honor to be awarded this generous prize tonight?

QUIEN PODRIA AYUDARME complete the text with a gerund or infinitive It is a great honor to be awarded this generous prize tonight. (1) _________(present) an award for something that I enjoy doing anyway thrills me. (2) _______(say) that I am indebted to my parents would be an understatement. (3)_________ (have) parents who were trained as teachers gave me an important start. From the time I was very young, (4) __________(study) four hours every day after school was required. It was a frequent sight (5)_______ (see) my siblings discussing main points and rehearsing the answers to problems. (6) _______(scold) by our parents for not paying enough attention to our work would have been the greatest shame. Besides doing my homework for school, (7)________ (read) fiction and nonfiction books took up much of my leisure time. (8) _______(read) so many types of books by the time I got to college proved to be a marvelous advantage. (9)______ (see) so many good written models allowed me to creatively and effortlessly produce my own work for my university English classes. Today, it requires more discipline for me (10) ____(be) a good writer. (11) _______(marry) with three children leaves less time to write. It requires initiative (12) Ñ__________(arise) every day at 5 : 00 A. M. to write. (13) _________(write) in this manner is the only way that I have been able to produce several short stories and a few poems. (14)___________ (not receive) very good marks on my essay pieces in college, I have left essay writing to some other writer! Well, I can see that my time is up. It has been an honor (15)_________ (select) as the winner of this contest and I thank my parents, family, and all of you for your recognition today.