This fourth 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 4
Question 1 |
_____ as severely obese, a person must have a body mass index of 40 or more, which is roughly 100 pounds overweight for an average adult man.
A | To classify |
B | Classified |
C | To be classified |
D | Being classified |
E | Classifying |
Question 2 |
_____ a little bit of history, it was thought to be impossible in any computer system _____ a window with a functioning channel.
A | To have given / to have |
B | Giving / having |
C | To give / to have |
D | Given / having |
E | To be giving / to have |
Question 3 |
For more severe illnesses, medication is likely _____, but this may be supplemented with psychotherapy.
A | to be needed |
B | to need |
C | to have needed |
D | to have been needed |
E | being needed |
Question 4 |
We regret _____ that all buses to Nottingham will experience delays due to bad weather conditions.
A | announcing |
B | to announce |
C | to have announced |
D | to have been announced |
E | to be announced |
Question 5 |
Your proposals deserve _____ in detail.
A | being considered |
B | considered |
C | to have considered |
D | having considered |
E | to be considered |
Question 6 |
My brother and I meant _____ some studying last night, but Alicia called and we both spent half an hour on the phone.
A | doing |
B | to have done |
C | to do |
D | to have been doing |
E | to be done |
Question 7 |
The company has considered _____ a new group of engineers to its office in Brazil.
A | send |
B | sending |
C | to send |
D | to have sent |
E | to be sent |
Question 8 |
Her refusal _____ the violence left her open to the charge of positive support for the campaign.
A | to condemn |
B | condemning |
C | being condemned |
D | to be condemned |
E | to have condemned |
Question 9 |
A new tax that is thought _____ protests _____ soon.
A | to have caused / have been introduced |
B | to cause / will be introduced |
C | to be causing / has introduced |
D | to have caused / introduces |
E | to be causing / is introduced |
Question 10 |
_____ the impact of educational options, researchers took into account the fact that students participating in school choice were likely _____ from nonparticipants in terms of motivation.
A | Estimating / to have been differed |
B | To estimate / to differ |
C | Estimated / differing |
D | To be estimated / to differ |
E | Having estimated / being differed |
Question 11 |
The first boss _____ all the employees _____ late in the workshop was James Drilldown.
A | to make / stay |
B | to make / staying |
C | made / stayed |
D | to have made / stayed |
E | making / staying |
Question 12 |
Some contractors in Iraq _____ _____ deceptive, bait-and-switch hiring practices and charging recruiting fees that indebted low-paid migrant workers.
A | find / using |
B | are found / used |
C | were found / to be used |
D | have been found / using |
E | found / to have been used |
Question 13 |
We suggest some ways to overcome the challenges, from _____ state bureaucracies to _____ public awareness that investments shouldn’t be justified on their academic benefits alone.
A | reorganizing / raising |
B | reorganizing / to raise |
C | being reorganized / being raised |
D | having reorganized / having raised |
E | reorganized / raised |
Question 14 |
Studies that are under development aim _____ leaders _____ an assortment of public and private responses related to housing and government performance.
A | helping / to strengthen |
B | to help / strengthening |
C | to be helped / strengthened |
D | to help / strengthen |
E | help / to strengthen |
Question 15 |
To help the new city _____ its challenges, the project was estimated _____ at least $33 billion in private investment over the next ten years.
A | to be met / to require |
B | meet / to have required |
C | to meet / requiring |
D | meeting / to be required |
E | meet / to require |
Question 16 |
In the grand drama of geologic time, palaeontologists have seen countless species _____ and _____ the stage.
A | enter / exit |
B | to be entering / exiting |
C | entered / exited |
D | being entered / exited |
E | to have entered / exited |
Question 17 |
It is unreasonable _____ the returns for a program serving a disadvantaged population _____ when the same program serves a broader population.
A | to expect / to be matched |
B | expecting / to match |
C | to be expected / to be matched |
D | expecting / matching |
E | to be expecting / to have matched |
Question 18 |
We have to plan ahead and recognize what we need _____ _____ the potential damage and loss.
A | to do / to limit |
B | doing / limiting |
C | to do / limit |
D | to have done / to limit |
E | to do / limited |
Question 19 |
During the 17th century, people left England _____ from religious persecution.
A | to be escaping |
B | to have escaped |
C | escaping |
D | to escape |
E | escape |
Question 20 |
_____ a strong country means _____ a leader among its neighbours.
A | Be / to be |
B | To have been / being |
C | Being / being |
D | To be / to have been |
E | Being / be |
Question 21 |
_____ quite truthful with you, the meal you made was too awful _____.
A | To have been / to eat |
B | To be / to be eating |
C | Being / eat |
D | To be / to have eaten |
E | To be / to be eaten |
Question 22 |
When left unchecked, small forest fires become more intense, difficult _____, and likely _____ out and spread.
A | to be controlling / to break |
B | controlling / to have broken |
C | to have controlled / to be broken |
D | controlling / being broken |
E | to control / to break |
Question 23 |
In the 1930s, physicists devised machines for _____ subatomic particles by electromagnetic forces and making them _____ faster and faster.
A | pushing / going |
B | having pushed / to go |
C | pushing / go |
D | being pushed / go |
E | pushing / gone |
Question 24 |
Our city became the first in the country _____ single-use plastic bags as the mayor signed a measure _____ what she called "a plastic flood."
A | to ban / to end |
B | banning / to have ended |
C | having banned / ending |
D | to ban / being ended |
E | being banned / to end |
Question 25 |
The World Health Organisation, trying to attract attention to the threat, has called on governments _____ their pandemic plans _____ the health consequences.
A | update / to minimise |
B | updating / minimising |
C | to have updated / to minimise |
D | to be updating / minimise |
E | to update / to minimise |
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