English Grammar Tests » Test 11: Infinitive - Gerund

Test 11: Infinitive - Gerund
- Infinitive
- Gerund
  1. He admitted ___ the car but denied ___ it by himself.
    • A) stealing / doing
    • B) to steal / doing
    • C) stealing / to do
    • D) to steal / to do
    • E) stealing / to be done
  2. How do you feel if someone laughs at you? I hate people ___ at me.
    • A) laughed
    • B) laughing
    • C) being laughed
    • D) to be laughed
    • E) to be laughing
  3. We often hear her ___ at concerts.
    • A) sings
    • B) singing
    • C) sang
    • D) to sing
    • E) have sung
  4. Mother wants him ___ to the country during the summer.
    • A) goes
    • B) go
    • C) to go
    • D) will go
    • E) went
  5. ___ many books on history helps school children to get knowledge about the past of different nations.
    • A) read
    • B) reads
    • C) has read
    • D) will read
    • E) reading
  6. As well as ___ I like ___ .
    • A) running/walking
    • B) run/walk
    • C) run/walked
    • D) running/walked
    • E) run/to walk
  7. The man ___ the newspaper is my brother.
    • A) read
    • B) reads
    • C) has read
    • D) reading
    • E) will read
  8. It is very pleasant ___ in the river on hot days in the summers.
    • A) bathe
    • B) bathing
    • C) bathed
    • D) to bathe
    • E) having bathed
  9. He warmed himself by ___ hot tea.
    • A) drinking
    • B) drank
    • C) drunk
    • D) to drink
    • E) is drinking
  10. It’s very pleasant ___ on the beach in summer.
    • A) lie
    • B) to lie
    • C) lay
    • D) lain
    • E) lying
  11. - I hope my dream will come true this year.
    - And what do you dream of?
    - Oh, I dream of ___ a law school and ___ a lawyer.
    • A) to enter / to become
    • B) enter / become
    • C) entering / becoming
    • D) entered / become
    • E) to enter / becoming
  12. He sat in the arm-chair ___ a newspaper.
    • A) read
    • B) reads
    • C) reading
    • D) had read
    • E) is read
  13. ___ English is the best way of ___ it.
    • A) speak / learn
    • B) speaking / learning
    • C) to speak / to learn
    • D) spoke / learning
    • E) speak / learning
  14. She dreams of her son’s ___ a director of the company.
    • A) becoming
    • B) is becoming
    • C) become
    • D) became
    • E) was becoming
  15. Why didn’t you try ___ yourself a job?
    • A) found
    • B) have found
    • C) finding
    • D) to find
    • E) to be found
  16. We watched the coastline ___ slowly.
    • A) recede
    • B) to recede
    • C) recedes
    • D) have receded
    • E) receded
  17. Nobody heard her ___ English.
    • A) spoke
    • B) speaks
    • C) speak
    • D) was speaking
    • E) had spoken.
  18. We stopped at the motorway services ___ something to eat.
    • A) to get
    • B) to have got
    • C) was getting
    • D) get
    • E) got
  19. I’m not really interested in ___ to the University.
    • A) go
    • B) went
    • C) going
    • D) being gone
    • E) have gone
  20. This article is worth ___ .
    • A) reading
    • B) read
    • C) to read
    • D) has read
    • E) will read
  21. They have got enough money ___ to the cinema.
    • A) go
    • B) having gone
    • C) to have gone
    • D) to go
    • E) going
  22. I saw him ___ a newspaper.
    • A) to read
    • B) to have read
    • C) reading
    • D) to be reading
    • E) having read
  23. Watch me ___ the fence.
    • A) jumping
    • B) jumped
    • C) to jump
    • D) had jumped
    • E) did jump
  24. She decided ___ to Spain for her holidays.
    • A) to go
    • B) go
    • C) goes
    • D) to be going
    • E) to have gone
  25. In winter he spends much time in the mountains, he is fond of ___ .
    • A) to skate
    • B) skated
    • C) skating
    • D) to be skated
    • E) having skated
  26. The street was full of people ___ and ___ home.
    • A) laughed / gone
    • B) laughing / going
    • C) having laughed / go
    • D) to laugh / to go
    • E) to be laughed / going
  27. ___ a foreign language you can ___ great opportunities in your life.
    • A) know / have
    • B) knowing / to have
    • C) knowing / have
    • D) knows / having
    • E) knowing / having
  28. On ___ the classroom the teacher asked to the pupil on duty, “Who is absent?”
    • A) entering
    • B) entered
    • C) to enter
    • D) be entering
    • E) being entered
  29. Working in the garden it is pleasant ___ to music.
    • A) listening
    • B) listened
    • C) to listen
    • D) after listening
    • E) having listened
  30. You are lucky you have not got a child ___ .
    • A) to look after
    • B) should look after
    • C) looking after
    • D) having looked after
    • E) is looking after
  31. She saw the girl ___ in the yard.
    • A) playing
    • B) on playing
    • C) played
    • D) to play
    • E) was playing
  32. He usually left us without ___ a word.
    • A) to say
    • B) saying
    • C) said
    • D) say
    • E) having been said
  33. I’m fond of ___ in the river.
    • A) have swum
    • B) swam
    • C) swim
    • D) swimming
    • E) having swum
  34. The aim of the exhibition is ___ experience.
    • A) to be exchanged
    • B) exchanged
    • C) to have exchanged
    • D) to exchange
    • E) being exchanged
  35. The horse ___ the race ___ the winner of the same event two years ago.
    • A) led / was
    • B) leading / is
    • C) leading / was
    • D) to lead / was
    • E) leads / being
  36. His mother was against his ___ football.
    • A) play
    • B) was playing
    • C) played
    • D) to play
    • E) playing
  37. Miss Benson was looking forward to ___ the title role in the new play.
    • A) play
    • B) playing
    • C) to be played
    • D) played
    • E) being played
  38. Pete likes ___ . His dream is to visit Japan.
    • A) painting
    • B) reading
    • C) writing
    • D) traveling
    • E) swimming
  39. My friends need ___ English
    • A) learns
    • B) to learn
    • C) to have learned
    • D) to be learned
    • E) having learned
  40. When I came into the room she stopped ___ T.V.
    • A) watching
    • B) watch
    • C) watched
    • D) on watching
    • E) watches
  41. Which of the boys ___ in the yard is Ted?
    • A) play
    • B) played
    • C) plays
    • D) is playing
    • E) playing
  42. We saw them ___ the street.
    • A) crossed
    • B) crossing
    • C) will cross
    • D) had crossed
    • E) will be crossing
  43. It’s never too late ___ .
    • A) being learned
    • B) not to learn
    • C) learned
    • D) learning
    • E) to learn
  44. The girls ___ in the garden are my sisters.
    • A) played
    • B) to play
    • C) playing
    • D) on playing
    • E) are playing
  45. I like ___ the people happy.
    • A) to have made
    • B) made
    • C) making
    • D) having made
    • E) being made
  46. Besides ___ I like ___ swimming competitions.
    • A) swimming / to watch
    • B) to swim / to watch
    • C) swimming / watched
    • D) to swim / watching
    • E) swimming / watch
  47. Tom wants to read a book but Susan makes him ___ something in the paper. It’s an advertisement for a better job. She wants him ___ for this job.
    • A) to read / to apply
    • B) to read / apply
    • C) read / to apply
    • D) reading / apply
    • E) to read / applying
  48. She left the room without ___ good bye.
    • A) say
    • B) saying
    • C) to say
    • D) said
    • E) on saying
  49. The friends spoke of their ___ together.
    • A) to go
    • B) going
    • C) gone
    • D) is going
    • E) on going
  50. If your plane has crashed high in the mountains, it’s best ___ close to the plane. Rescuers have got a better chance of ___ the plane than one person alone.
    • A) to keep / finding
    • B) keeping / found
    • C) kept / to have found
    • D) kept / not to find
    • E) keeping / being found
  51. Robert saw the doctor ___ the patient.
    • A) to examine
    • B) to have examined
    • C) having examined
    • D) being examined
    • E) examine
  52. The girl ___ in the yard asked me the time.
    • A) play
    • B) to play
    • C) played
    • D) playing
    • E) was playing
  53. The emperor thought of ___ his state powerful.
    • A) becoming
    • B) become
    • C) became
    • D) having become
    • E) had become
  54. Mother was anxious ___ her family.
    • A) to see
    • B) seeing
    • C) to be seen
    • D) having seen
    • E) being seen
  55. I can’t help ___ you about it.
    • A) to tell
    • B) telling
    • C) having told
    • D) having been told
    • E) being told
  56. Many builders and engineers from other republics began ___ to build new houses in Moscow in 1995.
    • A) helping
    • B) would help
    • C) helped
    • D) shall help
    • E) having helped
  57. I have never heard him ___ French.
    • A) to speak
    • B) speaking
    • C) spoken
    • D) being spoken
    • E) to have spoken
  58. Nobody expected him ___ Lola.
    • A) marry
    • B) married
    • C) to marry
    • D) will marry
    • E) would marry
  59. This holiday is worth ___ .
    • A) celebrates
    • B) celebrated
    • C) celebrating
    • D) have celebrated
    • E) to celebrate
  60. Frank is in hospital. He feels bad. He has to give up ___ and ___ beer. But he can’t. He says to his wife, ‘’Would you mind ___ some cigarettes next time?”
    • A) smoking / to drink / bringing
    • B) to smoke / drinking / bringing
    • C) smoking / drank / bringing
    • D) smoking / drinking / bringing
    • E) to smoke / to drink / to bring
  61. Ernest Hemingway was fond of ___ books.
    • A) read
    • B) to read
    • C) reading
    • D) be read
    • E) to be read
  62. Turn on the radio. I want ___ to the news.
    • A) listen
    • B) listening
    • C) to listen
    • D) listened
    • E) have been listened
  63. How do you feel if someone interrupts you?I hate people ___ me.
    • A) interrupted
    • B) to be interrupted
    • C) not to interrupt
    • D) having interrupted
    • E) interrupting
  64. After ___ my work I’ll join you.
    • A) finish
    • B) to finish
    • C) have finished
    • D) finishing
    • E) finished
  65. Please, try ___ quiet, everyone is sleeping.
    • A) be
    • B) to be
    • C) being
    • D) having been
    • E) been
  66. He enjoyed ___ .
    • A) singing
    • B) sing
    • C) was singing
    • D) to sing
    • E) sung
  67. The man ___ in the garden is listening to music.
    • A) work
    • B) is working
    • C) working
    • D) to work
    • E) worked
  68. ___ the article we began ___ it.
    • A) reading / discuss
    • B) having read / discussing
    • C) to read / to discuss
    • D) read / discussing
    • E) reading / discussed
  69. The man ___ a cigarette is Tom’s cousin.
    • A) smoked
    • B) to smoke
    • C) smoking
    • D) have smoked
    • E) had smoked
  70. I study English again, because ___ a foreign language is very important.
    • A) speak
    • B) spoken
    • C) having spoken
    • D) speaking
    • E) spoke
  71. I like your ___ English.
    • A) speak
    • B) speaking
    • C) was spoken
    • D) have spoken
    • E) having spoken
  72. Instead of ___ for Olga at home I decided ___ her in the street.
    • A) to wait / to meet
    • B) waiting / to meet
    • C) waiting / meeting
    • D) to wait / to meet
    • E) wait / meeting
  73. They looked at the ___ plane.
    • A) flying
    • B) flown
    • C) flew
    • D) being flown
    • E) having been flown
  74. ___ the language he couldn’t understand the question.
    • A) know
    • B) knows
    • C) not to know
    • D) known
    • E) not knowing
  75. Which of these four young men ___ by the fire is your son?
    • A) sitting
    • B) sit
    • C) will sit
    • D) sits
    • E) sat
  76. We expect him ___ tomorrow.
    • A) arrived
    • B) to arrive
    • C) to have arrived
    • D) to be arrived
    • E) having arrived
  77. They sat up all night ___ .
    • A) talk
    • B) talked
    • C) talking
    • D) to be talked
    • E) to have talked
  78. The young man didn’t stop ___ although I asked him twice.
    • A) is smoking
    • B) smoked
    • C) smoking
    • D) smoked
    • E) to smoke
  79. He introduced me to an acquaintance ___ that I did not know her.
    • A) to believe
    • B) believing
    • C) to have believed
    • D) of believing
    • E) not to believe
  80. I hope ___ you this evening.
    • A) to see
    • B) to be seen
    • C) have seen
    • D) see
    • E) seen
  81. I am thankful for his ___ in time.
    • A) came
    • B) come
    • C) to have come
    • D) coming
    • E) to come
  82. I remember the day when you took me aboard of your ship to help you in ___ the shark.
    • A) hunt
    • B) to hunt
    • C) hunting
    • D) hunted
    • E) having hunted
  83. But the beaver went on ___ lace.
    • A) to make
    • B) make
    • C) made
    • D) making
    • E) have made
  84. ___ with you is real pleasure.
    • A) talked
    • B) is talking
    • C) on talking
    • D) talking
    • E) talks
  85. What time do you come to the office?
    Usually at 9, but tomorrow I’ll have to be there a bit earlier ___ through some documents.
    • A) looking
    • B) looked
    • C) to be looking
    • D) to look
    • E) to be looked
  86. We knew nothing of his ___ a student.
    • A) being
    • B) be
    • C) been
    • D) to be
    • E) to have been
  87. He remembered he was going to buy a new suit ___ the shop.
    • A) pass
    • B) passes
    • C) to pass
    • D) passing
    • E) will pass
  88. ___ for better future many Asians leave their native countries ___ to Europe.
    • A) hope / move
    • B) hoping / moves
    • C) hoped / moving
    • D) hoping / moving
    • E) hope / moving
  89. She tried to be serious but she couldn’t help ___ .
    • A) to laugh
    • B) laughing
    • C) laughed
    • D) laugh
    • E) having laughed
  90. Would you mind ___ the door, please?
    • A) to close
    • B) being closed
    • C) closing
    • D) close
    • E) closed
  91. She has nobody ___ to.
    • A) talked
    • B) to talk
    • C) talk
    • D) talks
    • E) is talking
  92. I enjoy ___ in the garden at week-ends.
    • A) work
    • B) to work
    • C) to be working
    • D) working
    • E) worked
  93. He is an artistic person - very good at ___ poetry.
    • A) to write
    • B) to be written
    • C) having written
    • D) write
    • E) writing
  94. ___ in Geneva for many years he knew the city well.
    • A) Living
    • B) Lived
    • C) Being lived
    • D) To live
    • E) Have lived
  95. Captain was the last ___ the ship.
    • A) leaving
    • B) is leaving
    • C) on leaving
    • D) to leave
    • E) left
  96. I don’t mind ___ .
    • A) to walk
    • B) be walking
    • C) walking
    • D) having been walked
    • E) to have walked
  97. If you are lost in a snow storm it’s best ___ a hole and sit in it until it stops ___ .
    • A) digging / snowing
    • B) dig / snowed
    • C) to dig / snowed
    • D) digging / snowed
    • E) to dig / snowing
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