Gerunds and Infinitives Advanced Level MCQs Test With Answers 3
Question 1 |
That’s strange. I saw him ---- his bike along the river this morning and he didn’t mention anything about ---- his job.
A | riding / changing |
B | having ridden / change |
C | to be riding / to change |
D | ride / to have changed |
E | to ride / having changed |
Question 2 |
I imagine Sally was about ---- when I asked her ---- a letter for me, as she looked rather reluctant.
A | leaving / to have typed |
B | to be leaving / typing |
C | to leave / to type |
D | to have left / type |
E | having left / typed |
Question 3 |
Don’t you think we should consider ---- the chimney ---- before the winter?
A | to be getting / to sweep |
B | to have got / sweep |
C | having got / sweeping |
D | to get / being swept |
E | getting / swept |
Question 4 |
In an emergency, even a child can save a life if he or she knows what ----.
A | to do |
B | doing |
C | being done |
D | have done |
E | having done |
Question 5 |
Knowledge of nutrition helps you ---- proper eating habits ---- a healthy life.
A | to develop / having maintained |
B | developing / maintaining |
C | developed / maintained |
D | develop / to maintain |
E | having developed / maintain |
Question 6 |
Mankind first used indestructible materials to erect large structures ---- in but ---- their gods from.
A | without living / being worshipped |
B | to be living / having worshipped |
C | having lived / to be worshipped |
D | not to live / to worship |
E | by not living / worshipped |
Question 7 |
I tried ---- careful ---- his feelings.
A | being / not hurting |
B | to be / not to hurt |
C | to have been / didn’t hurt |
D | having been / didn’t hurt |
E | be / not to have hurt |
Question 8 |
---- at the details of the famous sculptor Rodin’s works, we can see his ability ---- feeling through facial expression and through hands.
A | To look / being conveyed |
B | By looking / to convey |
C | Having looked / convey |
D | To be looking / conveying |
E | Being looked / to be conveying |
Question 9 |
Ludlow is considered ---- the most beautiful mediaeval street in England. Do you fancy ---- there for sightseeing tonight?
A | having / to go |
B | had / go |
C | to have / going |
D | have / to go |
E | having / go |
Question 10 |
The singer Nick Hucknall has decided ---- a two-year break, but he won’t have any money problems. He has already made enough money ---- a lifetime.
A | to take / to last |
B | taking / lasting |
C | take / to be lasting |
D | taken / to have lasted |
E | having taken / lasted |
Question 11 |
Remember ---- off the washing machine before you leave home, will you?
A | switching |
B | to have switched |
C | having switched |
D | switch |
E | to switch |
Question 12 |
Both sides seem ---- on to their determination ---- a peaceful solution, don’t they?
A | to be held / finding |
B | to be holding / to find |
C | holding / to be finding |
D | having held / found |
E | held / having found |
Question 13 |
It is sometimes difficult for parents ---- whether ---- their children for misbehaving.
A | to decide / to punish |
B | deciding / to be punishing |
C | being decided / punish |
D | decided / having punished |
E | having decided / punishing |
Question 14 |
A: Did you have difficulty ---- our office? B: No, it was quite easy ---- here.
A | to find / to have got |
B | having found / getting |
C | finding / to get |
D | to be finding / get |
E | find / having got |
Question 15 |
I never seem ---- enough time ---- everything I want.
A | having / doing |
B | to be having / done |
C | have / to be doing |
D | to have / to do |
E | to have had / do |
Question 16 |
A talented actress like Tracy shouldn’t be wasting her talent ---- in a soap opera.
A | acting |
B | to act |
C | act |
D | acted |
E | to be acted |
Question 17 |
Money motivates most people ---- hard, even though it may cause them ---- a lot of stress.
A | working / undergoing |
B | to be working / undergo |
C | to work / to undergo |
D | work / to have undergone |
E | worked / having undergone |
Question 18 |
She caught her son and his friend ---- computer games when they were supposed ---- an assignment for school.
A | to play / to be prepared |
B | playing / to be preparing |
C | play / having prepared |
D | to be playing / preparing |
E | played / to prepare |
Question 19 |
I was against my daughter ---- to a late-night party, but she got the permission in the end because she really knows how ---- people.
A | to go / to be persuading |
B | gone / persuading |
C | go / to have persuaded |
D | going / to persuade |
E | to be going / persuade |
Question 20 |
The actor is believed ---- the TV drama because of an illness.
A | to have left |
B | leaving |
C | to be left |
D | leave |
E | left |
Question 21 |
As trainees, we spent several days ---- to presentations and lectures about how ---- the product.
A | to listen / selling |
B | listen / to be selling |
C | listened / to have sold |
D | listening / to sell |
E | having listened / sell |
Question 22 |
Her lifelong wish ---- the country of her parents came true when she visited Ukraine last month.
A | having visited |
B | visit |
C | visited |
D | to visit |
E | visiting |
Question 23 |
Before offering you the position, we need ---- if you are prepared ---- evenings and weekends when it is necessary.
A | knowing / working |
B | know / to have worked |
C | to know / to work |
D | having known / worked |
E | to have known / work |
Question 24 |
We had arranged ---- after work on Friday ---- our holiday plans.
A | to meet / to discuss |
B | meeting / discussing |
C | to meet / discussing |
D | meeting / to discuss |
E | meet / having discussed |
Question 25 |
The florist was nervous about the wedding order ---- account ---- the customer being very hard to please.
A | on / of |
B | with / on |
C | about / for |
D | in / with |
E | for / to |
Question 26 |
If I were you, I would forget ---- getting promoted there and looking for a more rewarding job somewhere else.
A | for |
B | about |
C | of |
D | in |
E | with |
Question 27 |
If you insist ---- having all this paperwork completed, how do you expect your staff ---- any time with customers?
A | of / spending |
B | on / to spend |
C | about / spent |
D | for / spend |
E | to / for spending |
Question 28 |
The manager wants us to concentrate ---- gaining new business and says that the head office will take care ---- looking after existing customers.
A | in / for |
B | to / in |
C | on / of |
D | about / with |
E | of / from |
Question 29 |
We’ve urged him ---- for the promotion, but he won’t as he is afraid of ----.
A | to apply / being rejected |
B | for applying / rejecting |
C | applying / to be rejected |
D | to have applied / rejected |
E | from applying / to reject |
Question 30 |
The first woman ---- as a foreign correspondent in the United States was Margaret Fuller, who was also a social reformer, critic and teacher whose words enriched the lives of many people.
A | be served |
B | being served |
C | has served |
D | to serve |
E | to be serving |
Question 31 |
The minister for defence thanked the soldiers ---- carrying out their mission successfully.
A | with |
B | of |
C | in |
D | on |
E | for |
Question 32 |
If she hadn’t devoted herself ---- teaching her autistic son, she probably would have been a scientist.
A | to |
B | on |
C | in |
D | about |
E | for |
Question 33 |
In the article, the environmentalists warned consumers ---- purchasing genetically modified produce.
A | with |
B | against |
C | on |
D | to |
E | of |
Question 34 |
When I was a child, I would often ---- of living in a motor home and travelling around the world.
A | feel |
B | dream |
C | imagine |
D | plan |
E | anticipate |
Question 35 |
I ---- to having to clear up somebody else’s mess.
A | mind |
B | dislike |
C | object |
D | can’t stand |
E | complain |
Question 36 |
After the murder of the prize-winning cameraman, the foreign office has ---- people against going to the region for any reason.
A | insisted |
B | worried |
C | deterred |
D | warned |
E | stopped |
Question 37 |
They ---- him in Spain for murdering a van driver in England.
A | forbade |
B | dealt |
C | accused |
D | suspected |
E | arrested |
Question 38 |
The airline ---- to me for losing my luggage, but I wasn’t in the right frame of mind to forgive them.
A | thanked |
B | complained |
C | excused |
D | denied |
E | apologized |
Question 39 |
I was ---- from buying a house in that area by the high crime rate.
A | deterred |
B | afraid |
C | advised |
D | compelled |
E | obliged |
Question 40 |
Because of the protests from the local residents, the farmers ---- not to participate in growing genetically modified crops.
A | appreciated |
B | failed |
C | decided |
D | considered |
E | urged |
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