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Book 1 Part C
Infinitive - Gerund

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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