INFINITIVE, GERUND & PARTICIPLES

Exercise 1: Choose the word or phrase that best complete the sentence (A, B, C, or D):
1. Remember _____ john a present . Today is his birthday.
A. send B. to send C. sent D. sending
2. I suggest _____ some more mathematical puzzles.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. done
3. Would you mind _____ the door?
A. open B. to open C. opening D. opened
4. You should give up _____ or you will die of cancer.
A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoking D. smoked
5. The driver stopped _____ a coffee because he felt sleepy.
A. have B. to have C. having D. had
6. That old man tried to stop _____ because of his bad health.
A. drink B. drinks C. drank D. drinking
7. There is nothing prevent us from______ the mystery of that palace.
A. discover B. discovery C. discovering D. discoveries
8. Mr. Thomas does not allow_____ in his office.
A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoked D. smoking
9. We are not allowed _____ in that restricted area.
A. to enter B. enter C. entering D. to entered
10. You had better _____ at home until you feel better.
A. stay B. to stay C. staying D. stayed
11. The machine needs_____ .
A. to repair B. be repaired C. repairing D. being repaired
12. I couldn’t help _____ when I heard the story.
A. laughing B. to laugh C. laughed D. laugh
13. I’m sure I locked the door. I clearly remember _____ it.
A. locking B. to lock C. to have locked D. to be locked
14. We must do something. We can’t go on _____ like this.
A. to live B. living C. life D. live
15. My mother rarely allows me _____ things for myself.
A. to buy B. bought C. buy D. buying
16. She admitted _____ the money.
A. to steal B. steals C. steal D. having stolen
17. It was late, so we decided ______ a taxi home.
A. to take B. taken C. taking D. was taken
18. Simon was in a difficult situation, so I agreed _______ him some money.
A. lend B. lending C. to lend D. lender
19. I regret _______ you that we cannot approve your application.
A. inform B. to inform C. informed D.informing
20. I remember ____ you somewhere but I’m sorry I forget your name.
A. meet B. to meet C. met D. meeting
21.I _______ in Paris, but now I live in London.
A. used to live B. are used to living C. get used to living D. live
22.Living so far north, they _______ the very cold weather.
A. used be B. get used to C. are used to D. would be
23.My grandparents _______in the countryside.
A. are used to live B. used to living C. are used to living D. are used to have lived
24. “ How do you like American food ?”– “ Well, it’s not bad . Now I _______ hamburgers .”
A. used to eat B. am used to eat C. used to eating D. am used to eating

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25 .______ a foreign language well is a long process.
A. Learn B. Learning C. To learning D. Having learned
26. My father’s advice made me _______ teaching as my career.
A. to choose B. choosing C. choose D. chosen
27. I can’t bear _______such tight shoes.
A. wear B. wearing C. to wear D. worn
28. This book was written by a well-known writer. It is worth _______
A. read B. to read C. reading D. have read
29. It was difficult _______a date which was convenient for everyone.
A. making B. to make C. make D. made
30.If you know what you want, you should have no difficulty _______ it.
A. get B. getting C. on getting D. at getting
31.The boy avoided_______Mary the truth as he knew she would be angry.
A. telling B. saying C. to tell D. to say
32.Henry promised _______ till we came.
A. to staying B. stayed C. staying D. to stay
33. I think she is accustomed to _______ English at a private school.
A. taught B. teach C. teaching D. be taught
34. My teachers always expected me _______ well in exams.
A. do B. doing C. does D. to do
35. We can prevent flood by _______ forests.
A. preserve B. preserved C. preservation D. preserving
36. John suggested ________ to the new branch in Viet Nam.
A. being appointed B. to be appointed C. to appoint D. appointing
37. Most famous people don’t like ________ personal questions.
A. asked B. be asked C. to be asked D. to be asking
38. She expects _________ soon, but things seem to go wrong.
A. promoting B. promoted C. being promoted D. to be promoted
39. Professor Smith dislikes _______ when he is explaining the lectures.
A. to interrupt B. being interrupted C. interrupted D. to be interrupting
40. I remember ________ to Paris when I was a very small child.
A. taking B. to take C. being taken D. to be taken
41.Jane is going to fill out an application. She wants _________ for the job.
A. considering B. being considered C. to consider D. to be considered
42.The mountain climbers are in danger of _________ by an avalanche.
A. to kill B. to be killed C. killing D. being killed
43. She locked the door of her room all day yesterday to avoid _______.
A. disturbing B. being disturbed C. to disturb D. to be disturbed
44. The little boy hopes _______ to Disneyland Park on his birthday.
A. to take B. to be taking C. to be taken D. taking
45.My children are used to _____________ after school every day.
A. pick up B. be picked up C. being picked up D. picking up
46._______ photographs of the place, I had no desire to go there.
A. Seeing B. Seen C. Saw D. Having seen
47._______ that he was poor, I offered to pay his fare.
A. Knowing B. Known C. Knew D. Having known
48._______ it several times, he didn’t want to read it once again.
A. Reading B. To read C. To have read D. Having read
49.When I glanced out the window, I saw Tom _______ toward my house.
A. walk B. walking C. to walk D. having walked
50._______ exercises helps us to stay fit.

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 A. Doing B. To do C. Did D. Done

Exercise 2- Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions

1. I find it useful to join the sports club.

A. Joining the sports club is not useful for me. B. It is useful for me to join the sports club.
C. I used to join the sports club. D. I never like joining the sports club.
2. It usually takes her an hour to drive to work.
A. She usually spends an hour driving to work. B. She used to drive to work in an hour.
C. She doesn't usually drive to work in an hour. D. She never spends an hour driving to work.
3. My friend has stopped eating fast food.
A. My friend sometimes eats fast food. B. My friend doesn't like eating fast food.
C. My friend no longer eats fast food. D. My friend has never eaten fast food.
4. He finished his report in three hours.
A.It took him three hours finishing his report. B. It took three hours for him to finish his report.
C. He spent three hours finishing his report. D. He took three hours to finish his report.
5. They didn’t allow us to smoke in here.
A. They didn’t let us to smoke in here . B. We aren’t allowed smoking in here .
C. They didn’t let us smoke in here . D. They didn’t permit us smoke in here .
6. They couldn’t climb up the mountain because of the storm.
A. The storm stopped them from climbing up the mountain.
B. The storm made it possible for them to climb up the mountain.
C. The storm encouraged them to climb up the mountain.
D. They were able to climb up the mountain thanks to the storm.
7. I can’t possibly work in all this noise!
A. It is impossible for him work in all this noise.
B. It is impossible for him working in all this noise.
C. It is possible for him to work in all this noise.
D. It is impossible for him to work in all this noise.
8. He prefers typing to writing by hand .
A. He doesn’t like to write by hand at all . B. He likes typing better .
C. He’d rather type than write by hand. D. He doesn’t like typing .
9. Eating that kind of food is a new experience for me.
A. I didn’t use to eating that kind of food. B. I am not used to eating that kind of food.
C. I do not use to eating that kind of food. D. I used to eat that kind of food many times before.
10. Learning to dance is quite expensive.
A.It is quite expensive to learn to dance. B.It is quite expensive learning to dance.
C.It is quite expensive for learning to dance. D.It will be expensive if we learn to dance.
11. I found it difficult to communicate in English.
A. I had no difficulty communicating in English. B. I didn't like to communicate in English.
C. I was not used to communicating in English. D. I didn’t use to communicate in English.
12. I often get up early in the morning.
A. I’m used to getting up early in the morning. B. I’m used to get up early in the morning.
C. I used to get up early in the morning. D. I used to getting up early in the morning.
13. I used to work as a telephone operator.
A. I’m used to working as a telephone operator.
B. I worked as a telephone operator and I’m used to it.
C. I no longer work as a telephone operator.
D. Working as a telephone operator is useful .
14. Juliet finds it strange to drive on the left.
A. Driving on the left is too strange for Juliet to find.

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 B. Driving on the left is too strange to find Juliet.
C. Juliet is not used to driving on the left.
D. Juliet is not used to drive on the left.
15. It is not expensive to live in a dormitory.
A. It is cheap for a dormitory to live in. B.Living in a dormitory is not expensive.
C. It is not an expensive dormitory for living. D.You’ll find it cheap when live in a dormitory.
16. After fighting the fire for 12 hours, the firemen succeeded in putting it out.
A. The fireman managed in vain to put the fire out after a 12-hour fight.
B. Having fought the fire for 12 hours, the firemen were able to put it out.
C. The firemen wasted 12 hours putting the fire out.
D. Fighting the fire for 12 hours, the fire was put out.
17. The postman realized I was on holiday, so he left the parcel next door.
A.The postman left the parcel next door though I was on holiday.
B. I was on holiday, sent a parcel to the postman who left it next door.
C. The parcel was from my holiday and was left next door by the postman.
D. Realizing that I was on holiday, the postman left the parcel next door.
18. I closed all the windows. I then locked the door.
A. Having locked the door, I closed all the windows.
B. Having locked the door, then all the windows were closed.
C. Having closed all the windows, then the door was locked.
D. Having closed all the windows, I locked the door.
19: Kate completed her higher education. She then decided to travel the world before getting a job.
A. Without completing her higher education, Kate decided to travel the world before getting a job.
B. Given that Kate decided to travel the world before getting a job, she completed her higher education.
C. Having completed her higher education, Kate decided to travel the world before getting a job.
D. Kate had scarcely travelled the world before getting a job when she completed her higher education.
20: Joe has finished his first-aid course. He proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker.
A. Although Joe proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker, he hasn't finished his first-aid course.
B. Without finishing his first-aid course, Joe proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker.
C. However helpful Joe proves as a rescue worker, he hasn't finished his first-aid course.
D. Having finished his first-aid course, Joe proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker.

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