GERUND & TO-INFINITIVE

1. He is used to------------ up early in the morning.

A. get B. getting C. have gotten D. got
2. The boy was kept indoors----------- naughty.
A. to be B. have been C. for being D. when he
3. I shall never forget-----------with you to Paris last year.
A. staying B. to staying C. to stay D. stayed
4. I am looking forward to -----------you.
A. having seen B. seeing C. to see D. all are wrong
5. I am always remember------------ off the lights before I leave my house.
A. turning B. to turn C. turned D. being turned
6. I can remember---------- very proud and happy when I graduated.
A. to be B. being C. be D. been
7. Did you remember------------ Jack my message?
A. have given B. be given C. giving D. to give
8. What did you forget------------ before you left for class this morning?
A. to do B. doing C. have done D. being done
9. Don’t forget------------ your homework tonight!
A. doing B. to do C. to be done D. having done
10. It’s important--------------.
A. not worrying B. not worry C. to not worry D. not to worry
11. That book isn’t worth-----------.
A. read B. reading C. being read D. to read
12. It’s no good---------- him the truth now.
A. to tell B. tell C. telling D. not to tell
13. It’s no use------------ you didn’t know.
A. pretending B. pretend C. to pretend D. pretended
14. When I’m on holiday, I enjoy----------- to get up early.
A. not have B. not having C. having not D. not to have
15. Sorry ----------- you waiting so long.
A. to keep B. have kept C. keeping D. to keeping
16. That’s all right. I don’t mind------------ waiting.
A. have kept B. having kept C. be kept D. being kept
17. She admitted---------- the money.
A. stolen B. be stealing C. have stolen D. having stolen
18. Would you mind----------- the door?
A. close B. have closed C. closing D. to close
19. William suggested---------- to the cinema.
A. to go B. gone C. go D. going
20. Your shoes need------------.
A. to be cleaned B. cleaning C. to clean D. A&B are correct
21. Our house wants------------.
A. to be decorated B. decorating C. to decorate D. A&B are correct
22. How about --------- a drink?
A. to have B. having C. have D. have had
23. I suggest---------- at home for a change.
A. staying B. to stay C. having stayed D. stay
24. Do you consider---------- our friends on Sunday?
A. to invite B. invite C. inviting D. have invited
25. Would you mind ------------ me a hand?
A. to give B. have given C. give D. giving
26. We escaped----------- to the meeting.
A. have been asked B. to be asked C. being asked D. be asked
27. Why did she avoid----------you?
A. to have met B. meeting C. to meet D. being met
28. I prefer----------- to------------.
A. walking-cycle B. walk-cycle
C. walking-cycling D. to walk-cycling
29. I ran ten kilometers without-----------.
A. stop B. stopping C. stopped D. be stopping
30. He is quite used to -----------.
A. work hard B. hardly working
C. work hard D. working hard
31. I strongly objected to----------- a fee for using my credit card.
A. be charged B. charge C. be charging D. being charged
32. We should avoid ----------- our environment.
A. to pollute B. polluted C. polluting D. being polluted
33. Do you consider---------- another job?
A. to get B. to have got C. get D. getting
34. Nobody will approve of your----------- that way.
A. have behaved B. behaving
C. having to behave D. behave
35. The tender plants need----------- against the cold weather.
A. protecting B. to protect C. protection D. A&C are correct
36. ---------- natural resources is of great importance.
A. Be preserve B. Preserving C. Preserved D. Presevered
37. The exam is coming, so the teachers make their students--------- a lot.
A. working B. worked C. to work D. work
38. Her parents want her--------- a doctor.
A. to become B. become C. to becoming D. becoming
39. It is kind of you -----------me the direction.
A. giving B. give C. to give D. gives
40. The teacher never lets us ----------out when-----------.
A. to go- explains B. go-explaining
C. go-to explain D. gone-explained
41. Whenever I see an action film ,I feel my heart----------- strongly.
A. thump B. to thump C. be thumped D. being thumped
42. These employees are made----------- overtime.
A. work B. to work C. working D. worked
43. I think he is not reliable enough-----------our bussiness.
A. to inform B. informing C. to be informed D. being informed
44. He advised me --------the facts before I made a decision------- the job.
A. considering-accept B. to consider- accepting
C. to consider- accept D. to consider-to accept
45. Look! Do you see an insect---------- on your foot.
A. to crawling B. crawl C. to crawl D. crawled
46. They spent two months------------- their house.
A. renew B. renewed C. renewing D. to renew
47. Their company was made---------100,000 USD in taxes.
A. paying B. to pay C. pay D. paid
48. We don’t have enough time--------- the essay so we asked the teacher for a
delay.
A. wrote B. writing C. to write D. written
49. I caught her---------- my diary.
A. reading B. read C. to read D. have read
50. -----------, Mrs Pike took the baby in her arms.
A. To smile happily B. Smiled happily
C. smiling happily D. as soon as smiling happily
51. These workers stopped-------- some coffee because they felt sleepy.
A. to have B. have C. having D. had
52. Due to having a lot of things----------- last night,we missed----------- the film.
A. for doing/to see B. done/saw
C. doing/see D. to do/seeing
53. I want to travel because I enjoy---------- people and---------new places.
A. meet/see B. meeting/seeing
C. meeting/to see D. to meet/to see
54. The council considers----------vehicles from the city center to relieve traffic jams
and air pollution.
A. ban B. banning C. banned D. to banning
55. He risked -------- his house when his company went bankrupt.
A. lose B. to lose C. losing D. lost
56. Did you notice someone---------the room last night?
A. enter B. to enter C. entered D. entering
57. Loyalty is considered---------- one of the important qualities for true friendship.
A. being B. been C. to be D. be
58. Those tourists were too tired----------their journey.
A. continue B. to continue C. continuing D. continued
58. He didn’t permit them----------- through the military zone. He forced them---------
another way.
A. going/to go B. to go/to go C. to go/going D. go/go
59. His doctor advised him---------,but he found it impossible--------- his habit.
A. stopped smoking/quit B. to stop to smoke/quitting
C. stopping smoking/for quitting D. to stop smoking/to quit
60. It takes three hours----------- to Paris.
A. getting B. get C. got D. to get
61. They are whispering to avoid---------- by their friends.
A. being heard B. hearing C. to be heard D. being hearing
62. I remember--------- my mother said the carpets needed----------.
A. to hear/to clean B. to hear/cleaning
C. hearing /cleaning D. hearing/to clean
63. Would you like---------- me some tea?
A. make B. making C. made D. to make
64. They reminded me---------- late.
A. to not come B. not coming C. not to come D. to come not
65. The police let him ---------- after they had asked him some questions.
A. to leave B. leave C. leaving D. left
66. Would you mind---------- me your pocket calculator?
A. lend B. to lend C. lending D. lent
67. Despite--------- very rich, she is often generous to the poor.
A. is not B. not being C. not to be D. is not
68. She wanted-------- home but the boss made her---------- until she finished--------
those contracts.
A. to go/stay/typing B. going/to stay/to type
C. to go/staying/type D. go/stay/typed
69. John suggested----------- to the new branch in Vietnam.
A. appointing B. being appointed
C. to appoint D. to be appointed
70. Peter is not used to--------in front of the public. He often feels too
nervous-----------anything.
A. speak/to say B. speak/saying
C. spoken/for saying D. speaking/to say