Gerund, to-infinitive or bare infinitive? The first thing I wanted to do was [closed]

Which of these sentences is correct:

  1. The first thing I wanted to do was send you a text.
  2. The first thing I wanted to do was to send you a text.
  3. The first thing I wanted to do was sending you a text.

Thanks.


Solution 1:

The to-infinitive and bare infinitive work here—the gerund does not.