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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

Infinitive - Gerund

Book 1 Part C