Answer:
Rainy days were perfect for drinking tea and to read a book
Explanation:
Were is a past tense term, used for before.
Entertaining
At your aunt's retirement party, you would want to give a fun, entertaining speech incorportating a story about your aunt.
At a retirement party, you don't need to persuade anyone to do anything, since you knew about the retirement party, you would have planned a speech (so it would not be extemporanous and done spontasiously) and there's no need to inform anyone of anything at a retirement party.
In order to replace the infinitives with gerunds, all main verbs or actions need be have the -ing ending and eliminate the word "to". The sentence should be revised in the following way:
Hosting a party of this magnitude requires cleaning and organizing the house before getting to the part of adding decorations to the rooms.
