Gerunds and Infinitives Advanced Level MCQs Test With Answers 1
Question 1 |
The terrorist group is known ---- an extensive supply of weapons.
A | to have |
B | having |
C | having had |
D | to be having |
E | have had |
Question 2 |
Please play something else instead of Chris rea. His music is too slow ---- at a party.
A | playing |
B | to play |
C | played |
D | having played |
E | being played |
Question 3 |
---- the cottages, we raised enough money to renovate the manor house.
A | For selling |
B | By selling |
C | To have sold |
D | On being sold |
E | Not being sold |
Question 4 |
As Sheila is moving house on Monday, she’s asked me ---- her ---- up all her belongings.
A | helping / packing |
B | help / having packed |
C | to help / pack |
D | to be helped / to pack |
E | help / to be packing |
Question 5 |
My son has scribbled with a ballpoint pen on the kitchen wall. In an effort to remove it, I’ve tried ---- it, but that didn’t work, so I intend ---- the kitchen at the weekend.
A | to clean / to be repa |
B | having cleaned / repainted |
C | to have cleaned / repainting |
D | cleaning / to repaint |
E | clean / being repainted |
Question 6 |
The rebels in Sierra Leone try ---- the village people ---- them by cutting off some of the inhabitants’ hands.
A | making / obeyed |
B | to have made / to obey |
C | having made / obeying |
D | make / to be obeying |
E | to make / obey |
Question 7 |
When you telephone Lisa ---- her of the departmental meeting, please make it clear that we don’t blame her ---- the order.
A | to have informed / to lose |
B | informing / to have lost |
C | having informed / about losing |
D | to be informed / on losing |
E | to inform / for losing |
Question 8 |
I will be sorry ---- this company, but I was offered an opportunity ---- in a field which I really enjoy.
A | leaving / to have worked |
B | to leave / to work |
C | having left / about working |
D | with leaving / for working |
E | to have left / work |
Question 9 |
I was surprised at the low level of service offered by them as I had believed them ---- a respected company.
A | be |
B | being |
C | to be |
D | having been |
E | have been |
Question 10 |
There is no point in going ---- when you haven’t got enough money ---- anything.
A | to shop / on buying |
B | to be shopping / for buying |
C | shop / having bought |
D | shopping / to buy |
E | having shopped / to be buying |
Question 11 |
It will cost too much money ---- a full-colour leaflet. The advertising agency has advised us to have one ---- in black and white.
A | producing / being produced |
B | produced / to produce |
C | to produce / produced |
D | to be producing / producing |
E | having produced / produce |
Question 12 |
Your willingness ---- new things resulted in your ---- this management training.
A | learning / to be offered |
B | to have learnt / for offering |
C | learn / to have offered |
D | to learn / being offered |
E | learnt / having been offered |
Question 13 |
I don’t think it is a good time ---- Linda. She’ll be busy ---- thirty exam papers this evening, which won’t be easy.
A | visiting / to mark |
B | to have visited / mark |
C | for visiting / to be marked |
D | to visit / marking |
E | to be visiting / having marked |
Question 14 |
She was furious when she found her younger sister ---- on her clothes.
A | try |
B | being tried |
C | to try |
D | on trying |
E | trying |
Question 15 |
It is a lovely drawing, but I think it needs ---- to look its best.
A | to frame |
B | to be framed |
C | to have framed |
D | being framed |
E | framed |
Question 16 |
The new football stadium is said ---- seating for 100,000 spectators.
A | to have |
B | having |
C | had |
D | to have had |
E | have |
Question 17 |
I managed ---- the tall bottle of cola into the refrigerator ---- the middle shelf.
A | fitting / to move |
B | to fit / by moving |
C | being fitted / to be moving |
D | by fitting / to have moved |
E | for fitting / moving |
Question 18 |
The rebels are estimated ---- tens of thousands of civilians during the civil war which lasted six years.
A | killed |
B | to kill |
C | to have killed |
D | killing |
E | being killed |
Question 19 |
Sonia got accustomed to her job at the private hospital quickly because, apart from ---- richer patients, it is quite similar to ---- for the health authority.
A | to have / work |
B | have / be worked |
C | to have had / worked |
D | having / working |
E | had / having worked |
Question 20 |
I know she isn’t here at the moment because I saw her ---- the building, but I don’t know if she intends ---- later today.
A | to leave / returning |
B | leave / to have returned |
C | leaving / to return |
D | left / to be returned |
E | to be leaving / return |
Question 21 |
I was worried about my sister’s ---- divorced from her husband, and for days, I couldn’t help ---- how she’d cope with it.
A | get / to wonder |
B | getting / wondering |
C | to get / wonder |
D | to have got / having wondered |
E | having got / wondered |
Question 22 |
I was unable to help my friends ---- for ‘Help the Aged’ because my boss had asked me ---- the Saturday.
A | to campaign / work |
B | campaigning / wo |
C | campaign / to work |
D | being campaigned / working |
E | campaigned / to have worked |
Question 23 |
I started my journey without ---- at the map, but I soon regretted ---- so, as I drove a long way off the route.
A | looking / doing |
B | to look / to do |
C | look / to have done |
D | having looked / do |
E | looked / having done |
Question 24 |
Johnny, will you stop ---- your father so many questions? He’s busy ---- out his tax return.
A | to have asked / to fill |
B | asked / to have filled |
C | to be asked / fill |
D | to ask / to be filling |
E | asking / filling |
Question 25 |
Veronica is so vain that every time she passes a mirror, she stops ---- at her reflection.
A | looking |
B | looked |
C | having looked |
D | to look |
E | to have looked |
Question 26 |
The workers would be even willing ---- lower wages if it meant the factory ---- open.
A | accepting / stayed |
B | to accept / staying |
C | accept / to have stayed |
D | accepted / having stayed |
E | to have accepted / stay |
Question 27 |
My clearest memory of my childhood is of ---- with the street dogs and I also remember ---- to the beach, which was very close to our house.
A | to play / to have gone |
B | play / having gone |
C | playing / going |
D | played / gone |
E | having played / to go |
Question 28 |
---- when I don’t feel well is the worst thing about acting in stage plays.
A | Perform |
B | By performing |
C | Performing |
D | For performing |
E | Performed |
Question 29 |
Innocent people deserve ---- from the gunmen and thieves in the area.
A | to be protected |
B | to have protected |
C | having protected |
D | for protecting |
E | to protect |
Question 30 |
Asbestos is thought ---- around the time of Aristotle, and during Roman times, it was used ---- fireproof clothing.
A | to have discovered / to making |
B | being discovered / making |
C | having been discovered / make |
D | to discover / to have made |
E | to have been discovered / to m |
Question 31 |
It was such an unruly class that the teacher struggled just ---- order, but she endeavoured ---- those students who were willing to learn.
A | keeping / teach |
B | keep / teaching |
C | to have kept / taught |
D | to be kept / having taught |
E | to keep / to teach |
Question 32 |
Some Third World countries spend so much of their annual budgets ---- interests on loans that there is little leftover with which ---- social problems.
A | paying / to tackle |
B | pay / to have tackled |
C | to pay / tacking |
D | paid / having tackled |
E | to be paying / tackle |
Question 33 |
He regretted ---- the contract without ---- the small print on the back of the form.
A | to sign / to read |
B | signing / reading |
C | having signed / read |
D | sign / to have read |
E | signed / having read |
Question 34 |
I think Julia dislikes ---- the documents although she claims ---- it willingly.
A | file / having done |
B | filed / to be doing |
C | filing / to do |
D | to file / doing |
E | to be filed / done |
Question 35 |
The Egyptian Pharaoh Akhnaten, who worshipped only the Sun, is thought ---- the inspiration behind Moses, whose monotheism provided the basis for Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
A | to have been |
B | had been |
C | having been |
D | about being |
E | have been |
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