Elementary / Pre-Intermediate: 13 (gerund

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13 (gerund - infinitive)

- Gerund
- Infinitive

Choose the best alternative.

He wants _____ a cold drink.
- A) drink
- B) to drink
- C) drinking
- D) drinks
He never _____ by plane.
- A) travels
- B) to travel
- C) traveling
- D) travel
Will you _____ off the photocopier?
- A) to turn
- B) turning
- C) turned
- D) turn
Would she like _____ to the moon?
- A) going
- B) go
- C) to go
- D) goes
Do you like_____ football on TV?
- A) watch
- B) watched
- C) watches
- D) watching
We must_____ back the mixer back to the shop. It doesn’t work.
- A) taking
- B) take
- C) took
- D) to take
She can _____ German and Italian.
- A) speak
- B) speaking
- C) to speak
- D) speaks
Could you _____ more slowly?
- A) speaking
- B) spoke
- C) speak
- D) speaks
I hope _____ you soon.
- A) to see
- B) seeing
- C) see
- D) saw
We’d better _____ to the manager.
- A) to talk
- B) talking
- C) talked
- D) talk
It takes him an hour _____ to the bank.
- A) getting
- B) get
- C) gets
- D) to get
I am sorry _____ you.
- A) disturbing
- B) to disturb
- C) disturb
- D) disturbed
He spoke too quickly for us _____.
- A) to understand
- B) understand
- C) understanding
- D) understood
He’s not strong enough _____ me.
- A) beating
- B) beats
- C) to beat
- D) beaten
She is able _____ 100 meters in 9 seconds.
- A) running
- B) run
- C) to run
- D) ran
It is important _____.
- A) to win
- B) winning
- C) win
- D) won
A: This problem is too difficult. I can’t solve it.
B: Is it really too difficult for you _____?
- A) solving
- B) solve
- C) to solve
- D) solved
A: He is a doctor. He looks very young.
B: Yes. He doesn’t look old enough _____ a doctor.
- A) being
- B) be
- C) been
- D) to be
A: Shall I buy meat or fish?
B: I’ve already told you what _____.
- A) to buy
- B) buying
- C) buy
- D) bought
A: What are you _____?
B: I’m resting.
- A) done
- B) do
- C) doing
- D) to do
Thank you for_____ me.
- A) helping
- B) help
- C) to help
- D) helped
Let’s _____ in the sun.
- A) sitting
- B) to sit
- C) sat
- D) sit
A: Why do we go to school?
B: _____.
- A) To learn
- B) Learning
- C) Learned
- D) Learn
Could you _____ me the time?
- A) telling
- B) to tell
- C) tell
- D) told
There is nothing _____.
- A) to do
- B) doing
- C) did
- D) do
Have you got anything _____?
- A) reading
- B) to read
- C) read
- D) reads
She is good at _____.
- A) to swim
- B) swimming
- C) swims
- D) swum
It takes a long time _____ a foreign language.
- A) learning
- B) learned
- C) learns
- D) to learn
A: I’ve got a headache.
B: Well, why don’t you _____ an aspirin?
- A) to take
- B) take
- C) taken
- D) taking
Why are you _____ my tea?
- A) drinking
- B) to drink
- C) drunk
- D) drink
She typed the letters carefully without _____ any mistakes.
- A) made
- B) to make
- C) makes
- D) making
I haven’t _____ Anna more than five years.
- A) seeing
- B) seen
- C) to see
- D) see
Why don’t we go and _____ the film at the Moonstar?
- A) see
- B) seen
- C) to see
- D) seeing
My son wants _____ a manager.
- A) been
- B) to be
- C) be
- D) being
I’d rather not _____ late for my interview.
- A) be
- B) to be
- C) been
- D) being
A farmer uses tractors _____ fields with.
- A) ploughing
- B) to plough
- C) ploughed
- D) ploughs
She wants _____ a complaint about the waiter.
- A) to make
- B) making
- C) makes
- D) made
My father does the _____ himself.
- A) ironing
- B) irons
- C) to iron
- D) iron
My mother does all the _____.
- A) cleaning
- B) to clean
- C) cleans
- D) clean
Shall I _____ you a glass of lemonade?
- A) making
- B) made
- C) make
- D) to make
Do you lie in bed after _____?
- A) to wake up
- B) waking up
- C) woken up
- D) wake up
Let him _____ that for you.
- A) to do
- B) do
- C) doing
- D) does
How long has he _____ the manager?
- A) been
- B) to be
- C) being
- D) be
She is _____ to school by her mother every morning.
- A) takes
- B) taken
- C) to take
- D) taking
A new factory is _____ here.
- A) being built
- B) to build
- C) build
- D) building
I’m afraid of _____ mistakes.
- A) to make
- B) made
- C) make
- D) making
I’m looking forward to _____ you next summer.
- A) visit
- B) visited
- C) visiting
- D) visits
It is not necessary for him _____ every page.
- A) reading
- B) read
- C) to read
- D) reads
I don’t _____ sugar, thank you.
- A) take
- B) to take
- C) taking
- D) taken
He prefers walking to _____.
- A) driving
- B) drive
- C) drives
- D) drove
I expect she will _____.
- A) comes
- B) coming
- C) come
- D) to come
I expect her _____.
- A) to come
- B) comes
- C) coming
- D) come
Hadn’t we better _____ soon?
- A) leaving
- B) leave
- C) leaves
- D) left
He usually goes _____ tennis at the weekend.
- A) to play
- B) playing
- C) plays
- D) play
She can’t stand _____ to rock music.
- A) listening
- B) to listen
- C) listen
- D) listens
Will you _____ to what I’m saying?
- A) listening
- B) to listen
- C) listen
- D) listened
Haven’t you _____ your calculator?
- A) finding
- B) find
- C) found
- D) to find
It is difficult _____ a good hotel, in this town.
- A) find
- B) to find
- C) found
- D) finding
May I _____ you tomorrow?
- A) seeing
- B) to see
- C) seen
- D) see
I can see a man _____ towards us.
- A) come
- B) coming
- C) comes
- D) to come
Terry wants to read, but he hasn’t got a _____ lamp.
- A) read
- B) to read
- C) reading
- D) read
They don’t have _____ water in their house.
- A) running
- B) to run
- C) run
- D) ran
Everyone is expected _____ to school.
- A) going
- B) goes
- C) to go
- D) gone
Turkey is not an oil _____ country.
- A) producing
- B) to produce
- C) produces
- D) produced
I’ve just eaten a _____ potato.
- A) boiling
- B) to boil
- C) boils
- D) boiled
She didn’t get a _____ grade on the test.
- A) to pass
- B) passing
- C) passed
- D) passes
Let her _____ the potatoes.
- A) fry
- B) fries
- C) frying
- D) fried
We’ll eat the _____ potatoes with salt and pepper.
- A) fried
- B) frying
- C) to fry
- D) fry
Did somebody _____ the dishes?
- A) wash
- B) washing
- C) to wash
- D) washed
Yes, I saw the _____ soldiers.
- A) wounding
- B) wound
- C) wounded
- D) to wound
The boy _____ in the dentist’s chair has got toothache.
- A) sitting
- B) sat
- C) sit
- D) sits
Everything is _____.
- A) changes
- B) to change
- C) changing
- D) change
Will you _____ here tomorrow?
- A) to be
- B) been
- C) being
- D) be
He should give up _____.
- A) to smoke
- B) smoking
- C) smoke
- D) smoked
He would like _____ after dinner.
- A) to rest
- B) resting
- C) rests
- D) rested
We are peace _____ people.
- A) love
- B) loved
- C) loving
- D) to love
He agreed _____ us with our assignment.
- A) to help
- B) helping
- C) helped
- D) helps
The doctor advised him _____ a little exercise every day.
- A) takes
- B) taking
- C) to take
- D) taken
She told him not _____ too much noise.
- A) making
- B) make
- C) to make
- D) made
Do you mind if I _____ you question?
- A) asked
- B) ask
- C) to ask
- D) asking
The plane has _____ off.
- A) taken
- B) took
- C) taking
- D) takes
Our house was _____ in 1984.
- A) building
- B) builds
- C) built
- D) been built
He is too ill _____.
- A) moving
- B) moves
- C) moved
- D) to move
Does she have _____ up early?
- A) gets
- B) getting
- C) got
- D) to get
_____ in Ankara is expensive.
- A) Don’t live
- B) Living
- C) Live
- D) Lived
You must _____ at once.
- A) apologize
- B) to apologize
- C) apologizing
- D) apologized
You ought _____ exercise regularly.
- A) take
- B) to take
- C) taking
- D) takes
The man _____ in that car is my father.
- A) sits
- B) sit
- C) sitting
- D) sat
She punished the child for _____ lies.
- A) telling
- B) to tell
- C) told
- D) tells
You can’t live without _____.
- A) eat
- B) to eat
- C) eating
- D) eaten
They can _____ in now.
- A) to come
- B) coming
- C) came
- D) come
I saw the bus _____ towards me.
- A) to come
- B) comes
- C) coming
- D) come
His father was _____ in a car accident.
- A) killing
- B) kills
- C) be killed
- D) killed
English is an easy language _____.
- A) be learned
- B) to learn
- C) learning
- D) learned
Could you tell me where _____ off the bus?
- A) to get
- B) get
- C) getting
- D) got
When I was young I used _____ to school on my bicycle.
- A) going
- B) to going
- C) to go
- D) gone
This problem is hard _____ because it is very complicated.
- A) solving
- B) to solve
- C) solved
- D) be solved
I expected Mary _____ me last night but she didn’t.
- A) to phone
- B) phoning
- C) phones
- D) phone
I’ll never again ask you _____ me.
- A) helping
- B) help
- C) to help
- D) helped

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