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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

Book 1 Part C

Infinitive - Gerund