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INTERMEDIATE
UPPER-INTERMEDIATE
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gerund
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infinitive
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participles
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causative
Choose the best answer.
1.
I felt someone _____ me on the shoulder but when I turned round,
there was no-one there.
A) tapping
B) to tap
C) tapped
D) tap
2.
Look at that old man _____ to cross the road.
A) trying
B) tries
C) to try
D) tried
3.
I can feel something _____ up my leg.
A) crawling
B) crawl
C) to crawl
D) crawls
4.
I won’t waste time _____ to his letter.
A) reply
B) to reply
C) replying
D) to have replied
5.
It’s high time we _____.
A) go
B) to go
C) went
D) going
6.
I’d rather _____ in tonight.
A) stayed
B) stay
C) to stay
D) staying
7.
There is no point in _____ with her.
A) to argue
B) arguing
C) argued
D) to have argued
8.
I think we’d better _____.
A) going
B) to go
C) gone
D) go
9.
Would you care _____ a look at my latest report?
A) having
B) to have
C) have
D) had
10. She seems _____ better today.
A) to be feeling B) feeling
C) feel
D) felt
11. I daren’t _____ out after dark.
A) to go
B) go
C) went
D) going
12. Passengers are forbidden _____ to the driver.
A) to talk
B) talking
C) talk
D) talked
13. A: Won’t you stay? There is a good Japanese film on TV.
B: No thanks, I hate _____ Japanese films.
A) to watching
B) watch
C) watching
D) having watched
14. She is afraid of the dentist, so she always puts off _____ till the last
possible moment.
A) to go
B) going
C) go
D) gone
15. I simply couldn’t resist _____ you to tell you the good news!
A) phoning
B) to phone
C) phone
D) phoned
16. They were expected _____ back by eleven.
A) being
B) been
C) have been
D) to be
17. We’ll get Robert _____ it.
A) delivers
B) delivering
C) to deliver
D) deliver
18. Let’s not waste time _____ about this.
A) argue
B) arguing
C) having argued
D) to have argued
19. I went to the airport _____ to meet her, but she didn’t arrive.
A) to have expected
B) expecting
C) to expect
D) to be expected
20. _____ that I would be late for school,I took a taxi instead of a bus.
A) Thinking
B) Thought
C) To think
D) To be thinking
21. A: Why does your sister bite her nails?
B: She doesn’t enjoy _____ them; she just can’t help _____ it.
A) bite / do
B) biting / to do
C) biting / doing
D) to bite / doing
22. You seem to be _____ problems with your washing machine.
A) have
B) to have
C) have had
D) having
23. Susan _____ the mechanic _____ her car yesterday.
A) had / repair
B) has / to repair
C) had / to repair
D) having / repair
24. Richard is _____ the doctor _____ his chest.
A) to be having / examine
B) to have / to examine
C) having / examine
D) being had / to examine
25. The police are looking for a man with dark hair.
A _____ man is being sought by the police.
A) dark hair
B) dark-haired
C) to have dark hair
D) having dark hair
26. Living in London is expensive. It is expensive _____ in London.
A) to live
B) living
C) to have lived D) lived
27. She left without _____ goodbye.
A) to say
B) said
C) having said
D) saying
28. I can’t forgive Tim’s _____ his promise.
A) to break
B) breaking
C) break
D) broken
29. Will you come _____ with me?
A) to shopping B) to shop
C) shopping
D) shop
30. You must see their newly _____ supermarket.
A) decorating
B) be decorated
C) decorated
D) to be decorated
31. The boy _____ a blue jacket is an excellent tennis player.
A) worn
B) wearing
C) to be worn D) wears
32. The freshly _____ store is clean.
A) has been painted
B) painted
C) painting
D) to paint
33. She is the person whom you should see. She’s the person _____.
A) seeing
B) should be seen
C) ought to see
D) to see
34. The person who was driving the blue truck almost had an accident.
The person _____ the blue truck almost had an accident.
A) to drive
B) to have driven
C) had been driving
D) driving
35. Mr. Hopkins plans on ___ his students ___ the English test tomorrow.
A) to have / take
B) having / take
C) having / to take
D) to have / to take
36. Galileo is supposed _____ the telescope.
A) having invented
B) have invented
C) to have invented
D) to invent
37. She went into the kitchen _____ dinner ready.
A) getting
B) to get
C) get
D) to have got
38. Can you tell me how _____ to the library?
A) getting
B) to get
C) got
D) to have got
39. Do you want _____ something _____ now?
A) having / drinking
B) to have / drinking
C) have / for drink
D) to have / to drink
40. They were waiting _____ what the Premier had to say.
A) to hear
B) heard
C) to have heard D) hear
41. A: Did someone really write those words on the wall?
B: Yes, I actually saw them_____ on the wall.
A) written
B) to write
C) to be written D) writing
42. A: Did they play that song on the radio?
B: Well, I heard it _____ on the radio this morning.
A) play
B) playing
C) played
D) to be played
43. I regret _____ you that you are to be dismissed next month.
A) inform
B) to inform
C) informing
D) having informed
Gerund - infinitive (Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate)
Book 1 Part B
