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Gerunds and Infinitives Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers)

This first gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions


on the topic of gerunds and infinitives of English 5. 5. The company needs someone _____ a
grammar. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use programming supervisor.
this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of
gerunds and infinitives. A) being
B) having been
1. By _____ 1.500.000 tons of insects a year, birds C) be
1.
greatly help American farming. D) to being
E) to be
A) ate
B) eating
C) having eaten
D) eat
6. 6. If you happen _____ the prize, what will you do?
E) to eat
A) win
B) being won
C) have won
2. 2. Betty’s favourite rainy-day pastime is _____ D) to win
pictures from old newspapers and magazines. E) won

A) to clip
B) being clipped
C) having clipped
D) clip 7. 7. I know why you can't read that sign; it is because
of your eyes. I think they need _____ .
E) to be clipped
A) to have them tested
B) testing
C) to test
3. 3. President Roosevelt asked Archibald MacLeish D) be tested
_____ as the Librarian of Congress. E) to have been testing

A) serving
B) to be served
C) to serve
D) being served 8. 8. The Nusret used _____ a warship in the First World
War.
E) serve
A) to have been
B) be
C) to being
4. 4. I’m sorry for _____ your new watch. Will you forgive D) to be
me? E) being

A) breaking
B) to break
C) break
D) broken 9. 9. It can be difficult _____ a jogging partner.
E) being broken A) finding
B) find
C) to find
D) found
E) being found

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10. 10. He enjoys ____ tennis and keeps on _____ sensibly 15. 15. I am going to explain why I decided _____ to
that’s why he is fit. college.

A) to play / eating A) to go
B) playing / to eat B) go
C) to play / to eat C) being gone
D) playing / eating D) going
E) playing / eat E) gone

11. 11. He is learning ____ football these days. 16. 16. After a while we began ______  ______ the ball
back and forth.
A) playing
B) play A) enjoying / hit
C) played B) enjoying / to hit
D) being played C) to enjoy / to hit
E) to play D) to enjoy / hitting
E) to enjoy / hit

12. 12. The turtle at last gave up by ______ his feet under
his shell. 17. 17. I have just quit ____ to the bookstore entirely
because he made me _____ so angry and
A) pulled embarrassed.
B) pull
A) going / feel
C) to pull
B) to go / feel
D) pulling
C) going / to feel
E) being pulled
D) to go/feeling
E) going / feeling

13. 13. I did not plan ____ so much money on my


vacation.
18. 18. It’s difficult to live with them without ______
A) spend .
B) to spend
A) be hurt
C) spending
B) to hurt
D) spent
C) hurt
E) was spent
D) being hurt
E) to be hurt

14. 14. He advised me ____ for the interview at home.

A) to practice 19. 19. She was very upset ______ that all the places in
B) practicing the restaurant ______.
C) have practised A) to hear / were booked
D) being practised B) hear / are booked
E) having practised C) to have heard / have booked
D) to hear / are booked
E) hearing / to be booked

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20. 20. A child who is unhappy about _____ badly, 23. 23. It is necessary in every case ______ in a specific
normally will get over that in a couple of days. way the essence of what is going on, and that is a
philosophical act.
A) being treated
B) treat A) to understand
C) treating B) to have understood
D) having treated C) understanding
E) treats D) being understood
E) having understood

21. 21. Following the 1990 census, the districts were


needed _____ due to the population shift of the 24. 24. One of the best places _____ the costumed,
country. guitar-playing bands there is Plaza Garibaldi.

A) being redrawn A) to hear


B) redrew B) to be heard
C) to be redrawn C) to have heard
D) to have redrawn D) hear
E) to have been redrawing E) heard

22. 22. He asked me ______ my eyes on the ball at all 25. 25. The Museum of Modern Art is an interactive
times. children's museum that takes a whole day_____ .

A) keeping A) to have explored


B) to keep B) to explore
C) kept C) to be exploring
D) keep D) to have been explored
E) for keeping E) to be explored

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Answer Key:

1: B 14: A
2: A 15: A
3: C 16: D
4: A 17: A
5: E 18: D
6: D 19: A
7: B 20: A
8: D 21: C
9: C 22: B
10: D 23: A
11: E 24: A
12: D 25: E
13: B

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