Complete the spaceship captain's log about his unusual crew.

I strictly ordered the alien pilot not to touch the shiny red button. However, a friendly robot encouraged him to push it anyway, and now we are flying backwards!

I strictly ordered the alien pilot not to touch the shiny red button. However, a friendly robot encouraged him to push it anyway, and now we are flying backwards!

Gap 1 & 2: The verb order uses the Verb + Object + to-infinitive pattern. To make the infinitive negative, we place "not" directly before "to" (not to touch). The distractor made would take a base verb (made him not touch), and demanded requires a "that" clause.

Gap 3 & 4: The verb encourage also uses the Verb + Object + to-infinitive pattern: encourage + object (him) + to-infinitive (to push). The distractor let uses the base verb (let him push), and suggested cannot be followed directly by an object and a to-infinitive.