Practice test

Infinitive and gerund - Test Set 2

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20 questions

Questions and explanations

  1. Question 1

    ________ a new language is exciting.
    1. learning
    2. to learned
    3. to learn
    4. to learning
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  2. Question 2

    They want _________ their friends.
    1. To help
    2. help
    3. helping
    4. helped
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  3. Question 3

    She made me _______ at the joke.
    1. laugh
    2. laughing
    3. laughed
    4. to laugh
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  4. Question 4

    Children love _____________ outside after school.
    1. playing
    2. to play
    3. to played
    4. to playong
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  5. Question 5

    She won't let me _____.
    1. going
    2. to go
    3. go
    4. to going
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  6. Question 6

    He didn't allow me _______ for the drink.
    1. to play
    2. play
    3. played
    4. playing
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  7. Question 7

    You ought _________ peace with him.
    1. making
    2. made
    3. make
    4. to make
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  8. Question 8

    She quit her job because they made him __________ overtime.
    1. To working
    2. working
    3. work
    4. To work
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  9. Question 9

    You must not ___________ this secret to annyone.
    1. reveal
    2. revealing
    3. to reveal
    4. to revealed
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  10. Question 10

    They are relieved _________ the traffic _______ more easily.
    1. to find, flowing
    2. to find, to flow
    3. find, flow
    4. find, flowing
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  11. Question 11

    Would you mind ________ me write an application?
    1. to help
    2. help
    3. helping
    4. to helping
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  12. Question 12

    I look forward at meeting the president of America.
    1. to meeting
    2. no improvement
    3. to meet
    4. meet
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  13. Question 13

    I regret ___________ the exam due to illness.
    1. missing
    2. to missing
    3. missed
    4. about missing
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  14. Question 14

    I regret ________ you that your son has been detained.
    1. to informing
    2. about informing
    3. no word required
    4. to inform
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  15. Question 15

    _________ and ___________ cannot go together.
    1. drinking, drive
    2. drinking, driving
    3. to drink, to drive
    4. drink, drive
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  16. Question 16

    _________ the dog, the boyran away.
    1. saw
    2. seen
    3. seeing
    4. sees
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  17. Question 17

    ___________ it was safe; the owner left the car unlocked.
    1. Planning
    2. Confusing
    3. Thinking
    4. Maintaining
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  18. Question 18

    ___________ by his friends, he joined the match.
    1. Having encouraged
    2. Being encouraged
    3. Encouraging
    4. Encouraged
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  19. Question 19

    Maya kept ___________ about her college days.
    1. talking
    2. to talk
    3. talked
    4. would talk
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  20. Question 20

    It is no use ____________ about that.
    1. worry
    2. worrying
    3. worried
    4. to worry
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