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Infinitive - Gerund
Book 1 Part C

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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

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1.
The Remembrance Day and the Veteran’s Day ___ on the 11th of
November every year.
A) celebrated
B) are celebrated
C) will be celebrated
D) was celebrated
E) is celebrated
2.
I hope that the truth ___ very soon.
A) will find out
B) will be finding out
C) is found out
D) will be found out
E) shall find out
3.
Everything ___ before you came.
A) is done
B) was done
C) has done
D) had been done
E) has been done
4.
-Did the company test the equipment yesterday?
-Yes it _____.
A) has tested
B) had been tested
C) had tested
D) was tested
E) tested.
5.
People go to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier to stand in silence
for a minute to honor the memory of those who ___ in wars.
A) is killed
B) will be killed
C) was killed
D) are killed
E) were killed
6.
The sports competitions which ___ on Sunday ___ by a lot of
people.
A) are held / will be visited
B) was held / will visit
C) will held / will visit
D) have been held / have visited
E) will be held / will be visited
7.
The inspector is not in the town. He ___ to another place some
days ago.
A) was sent
B) sent
C) will be sent
D) will send
E) sends
8.
This story ___ to everybody as the name of the first space pioneer
___ in the heart of people all over the world.
A) knows / lives
B) knew / lived
C) is known / is lived
D) is known / lives
E) knows / is lived
9.
The business letter ___ just ___ .
A) is / written
B) has / been written
C) was / written
D) were / written
E) is / going to write
10. Business letters ___ usually on special forms.
A) will be written
B) are written
C) are being written
D) is written
E) write
11. Sometimes a lot of guests ___ to his birthday party.
A) had invited
B) was invited
C) were inviting
D) are invited
E) is inviting
12. The business letters ___ tomorrow.
A) are sent
B) is sent
C) will be sent
D) will send
E) would be sent
TEST 12
Passive voice
13. All the business letters ___ yesterday. They ___ to the post
office immediately.
A) answered / take
B) were answered / took
C) are answered / were taken
D) answered / took
E) were answered / were taken
14. The special information ___ in an hour or so, that’s why it ___ in
the newspapers yesterday.
A) brings / didn’t publish
B) will bring / don’t publish
C) will be brought / wasn’t published
D) will be brought / didn’t publish
E) brought / wasn’t published
15. Houses ___ very quickly now.
A) builds
B) are building
C) built
D) are built
E) were built
16. In 1834 the Houses of Parliament with the exception of
Westminster Hall ___ by fire, they ___ later.
A) destroyed / was rebuilt
B) was being destroyed / rebuilt
C) were destroyed /were rebuilt
D) is destroyed / has been rebuilt
E) destroys / rebuilds
17. You can’t use this textbook now. It ___ by your friend.
A) takes
B) has been taken
C) took
D) were taken
E) had taken
18. Many modern apartments ___ in Berlin since 1980.
A) are built
B) are building
C) were built
D) have been built
E) has been built
19. The new film ___ in all the big theatres of the city.
A) is demonstrated
B) was being demonstrated
C) is being demonstrated
D) would be demonstrated
E) had been demonstrated
20. Nobody likes ___ for at night.
A) be sent
B) is sent
C) was sent
D) to be sent
E) sent
21. I ___ that I ___ at the station at 5.
A) was told / should be met
B) told / is being met
C) tells / am met
D) am told / was met
E) will be told / would be met
22. Heroes ___ by people because they served their people and
their country.
A) is remembered
B) was remembered
C) are remembered
D) had been remembered
E) would be remembered
23. By the time we came to the bookshop all books ___
A) are sold
B) were sold
C) had been sold
D) are being sold
E) is being sold
24. Don’t touch the door, it ___ just ___ .
A) is / being painted
B) has / been painted
C) is / painted
D) will / be painted
E) would / be painted