This second gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topic of gerunds and infinitives of English grammar. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of gerunds and infinitives.
Gerunds and Infinitives Advanced Level Test 2
Question 1 |
Researchers found that a pocket near the top of the brain stem may be key in _____ whether someone is likely _______ in compulsive behaviour or become hooked on drugs.
A | to determine / engaging |
B | to have determined / to have engaged |
C | having been determined / to engaged |
D | determining / to engage |
E | being determined / to be engaged |
Question 2 |
The adverts on the internet have made it possible for many performers _____ their work on their own.
A | producing |
B | to be produced |
C | to produce |
D | to have produced |
E | being produced |
Question 3 |
It could be an ill food worker or just an ill person who happens _____ the same living space as you.
A | being shared |
B | sharing |
C | to share |
D | share |
E | having shared |
Question 4 |
It is often difficult ______ the difference between feeling gloomy and having a depressive illness.
A | to be told |
B | having told |
C | telling |
D | to tell |
E | being told |
Question 5 |
A lawyer like him is too valuable for her time _____ on the years of research.
A | to spend |
B | to be spent |
C | to have spent |
D | to have been spending |
E | spent |
Question 6 |
Field’s lawyers spent dozens of hours mostly _____ the question of infection in depositions with the physician.
A | to pursue |
B | pursuing |
C | having pursued |
D | to have pursued |
E | being pursue |
Question 7 |
Childhood obesity in the U.S. appears _____ girls to reach puberty at an earlier age.
A | to be causing |
B | to be caused |
C | to have been caused |
D | causing |
E | being caused |
Question 8 |
It is the first organization of its kind in the region _____ a full spectrum of policy research on _____ challenges facing the three states.
A | to be conducted / pressing |
B | conducting / having pressed |
C | conducted / pressing |
D | to conduct / to press |
E | to conduct / pressing |
Question 9 |
She was the first American woman _____ this prize.
A | to win |
B | winning |
C | to have won |
D | to be winning |
E | to be won |
Question 10 |
Mark has promised ____ direct air links with China as part of a comprehensive plan _____ closer trade and economic ties.
A | opening / building |
B | to have opened / to build |
C | opened / built |
D | to be opened / to be built |
E | to open / to build |
Question 11 |
BP recently announced that it plans _____ its investment in alternative and renewable energies_____ a new low-carbon power business.
A | to be doubled / to have created |
B | to double / creating |
C | to have doubled / to be created |
D | doubling / creating |
E | to double / to create |
Question 12 |
The three presidential candidates all had their opportunity _____ the importance of their particular policy proposal on Iraq.
A | to be restated |
B | restating |
C | to have restated |
D | being restated |
E | to restate |
Question 13 |
The device was the most important navigation instrument _____ in the last millennium.
A | to be invented |
B | inventing |
C | to have invented |
D | having invented |
E | being invented |
Question 14 |
None of her relatives understood her _____ a promising career ______ in a civil rights movement.
A | being left / participating |
B | having left / participate |
C | to leave / participated |
D | leaving / to participate |
E | leave / for participating |
Question 15 |
Earth's shadow will completely block the face of the moon from ______ the sun's light for one hour and 13 minutes on March 3.
A | being reflected |
B | reflecting |
C | to reflect |
D | to have reflected |
E | to be reflected |
Question 16 |
The Spanish were among the first Europeans _____ the New World and _____ in what is now the United States.
A | exploring / settling |
B | to have explored / settled |
C | explored / settled |
D | to explore / to settle |
E | to be explored / to be settled |
Question 17 |
The secretary hired a few days ago seems _____ difficulty _____ with the typewriter she has been given.
A | to be having / coping |
B | to have had / coped |
C | to having / having coped |
D | having / copes |
E | having had / cope |
Question 18 |
With 70 per cent of Polish public opinion calling for its troops _____ home, the president of Poland said he preferred to wait until Iraq had a new government _____.
A | having brought / to be installed |
B | to be brought / installed |
C | bringing / to install |
D | to bring / install |
E | to have brought / installed |
Question 19 |
The police arrested 44 demonstrators on Wednesday as they tried _____ in protest over a proposed law that _____ foreign financing for local organizations, an official said.
A | marching / had to block |
B | to be marching / will be blocked |
C | to march / would block |
D | having marched / would have blocked |
E | to be marched / should block |
Question 20 |
I watch him ____ around and ______ away.
A | turn / to walk |
B | turning / walking |
C | to turn / to walk |
D | turning / to walk |
E | turn / walk |
Question 21 |
Bill had the janitor ____ the door and ______.
A | opening / entered |
B | open / entered |
C | opened / entered |
D | opening / enters |
E | to open / had entered |
Question 22 |
The finding could help prevent addiction by _____ those predisposed to such behaviour and could also lead to new ways _______ it.
A | to predict / treating |
B | being predicted / to treat |
C | to be predicted / being treated |
D | to have predicted / treat |
E | predicting / to treat |
Question 23 |
The poet was caught ____ his sermons from other deists and fled the country.
A | to be plagiarizing |
B | plagiarized |
C | plagiarizing |
D | plagiarize |
E | to have been plagiarized |
Question 24 |
Educational practices should strive _____ the catastrophe of nuclear warfare by _____ a sense of the reality and accessibility of peace.
A | to have averted / communicating |
B | to have been averted / communicating |
C | averting / communicate |
D | to avert / communicating |
E | to avert / being communicated |
Question 25 |
An understanding of psychosurgery will help neurosurgeons _____ the ethical, and technical challenges that are sure _____ ahead as modern science continues to unlock the secrets of the mind and brain.
A | to face / lying |
B | to have faced / to lie |
C | faced / to lie |
D | face / to lie |
E | face / being lain |
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