GERUNDS & INFINITIVES TEST 4 (25 QUESTIONS)

1.The Louvre Museum in Paris is considered ---- one of the most comprehensive collections of oil paintings in the world.

A)   to have
B)   having had
C)   have
D)   having
E)   to be having

2.The conference is too far away for you ---- there and back in one day. You'll have to stay overnight.

A)   travel
B)   travelling
C)   to travel
D)   to be travelling
E)    having travelled

3.His eagerness ---- the meeting early may have had something to do with the cup final being shown on television that evening.

A)   finish
B)   finishing
C)   finished
D)   to finish
E)   to be finishing

4.It's the third time this year that the Smiths have had their restaurant ----. Some youths broke the windows and sprayed paint everywhere.

A)   vandalizing
B)   vandalized
C)   vandalize
D)   to vandalize
E)   being vandalized

5.When he failed ---- his assignment four times consecutively, his math’s teacher made him ---- out "I will do my homework in the future," fifty times.

A)   doing/writing
B)   to have done/written
C)   having done/to write
D)   do/having written
E)   to do/write

6.When he was at university, he imagined the life of a lawyer ---- quite easy, but when he started ---- for a law firm, he found the work quite stressful.

A)   being/having worked
B)   to have been/work
C)   to be/working
D)   having been/to work
E)   be/to be working

7.Please accept my apologies ---- to conclusions without ---- to your explanation first.

A)   to be jumping/to be listening
B)   by jumping/having listened
C)   to have jumped/not to listen
D)   having jumped/listen
E)   for having jumped/listening

8.In some popular tourist spots, reservations must be made weeks in advance, which often means ---- a travel agent ---- it for you.

A)   asking/to do
B)   to ask/having done
C)   being asked/doing
D)   having asked/done
E)   to be asked/do

9.Understandably, the residents in the slum area watched desperately their houses ---- down by the municipality officials.

A)   to be pulled
B)   having pulled
C)   pulling
D)   being pulled
E)   to be pulling

10.The soldier was caught ---- while on duty and was severely punished for it.

A)   to sleep
B)   sleeping
C)   having slept
D)   to be sleeping
E)   to have slept

11.I think we should get the car ---- before we go on holiday.

A)   to service
B)   being serviced
C)   serviced
D)   servicing
E)   having serviced

12.They were on the point ---- when they spotted reinforcements ---- in the distance.

A)   to have surrendered/come
B)   to surrender/to be coming
C)   for surrendering/having come
D)   of surrendering/coming
E)   with surrendering/to come

13.He is lucky ---- in the accident, because his car was judged irreparable and written----off by the insurance officials.

A)   not having killed
B)   not being killed
C)   not to have killed
D)   not having been killed
E)   not to have been killed

14.The government's scheme ---- up the beaches never really got started, although there were several institutions that had offered----part in the cause voluntarily.

A)   cleaned/to have taken
B)   clean/to be taking
C)   cleaning/having taken
D)   having cleaned/taking
E)   to clean/to take

15.Suicide----prevention centres have been set up in many countries, which maintain telephone hot lines that desperate or lonely individuals may use ---- help.

A)   getting
B)   to get
C)   to be getting
D)   having got
E)   to have got

16.I want to get to the conference hall early ---- enough time ---- up the equipment.

A)   for leaving/setting
B)   leave/to have set
C)   leaving/being set
D)   to leave/to set
E)   being left/having set

17.He sat there, on the platform, ---- into space without ---- anything particular in his mind.

A)   to stare/having had
B)   having stared/have
C)   to be staring/to have
D)   staring/having
E)   to have stared/to be having

18.According to criminal law, it is no defence for a person ---- he was unaware that what he did was against the law.

A)   to say
B)   to have said
C)   said
D)   saying
E)   having said

19.The author would like ---- her friends, family and colleagues who encouraged her ---- this book.

A)   have thanked/producing
B)   thanking/to have produced
C)   to thank/to produce
D)   having thanked/being produced
E)   to be thanked/having produced

20.The two businessmen made a fortune ---- their product until several other companies began ---- similar items.

A)   to have sold/manufacturing
B)   sold/to be manufacturing
C)   for selling/manufacture
D)   sell/to have manufactured
E)   by selling/to manufacture

21.The way he avoided our questions made us ---- his sincerity.

A)   to doubt
B)   doubt
C)   having doubted
D)   doubted
E)   doubting

22.The slave trade from Africa following the European settlement of America is said ---- as many as 20 million people from their homes and brought them to the Americas.

A)   to be uprooting
B)   to have uprooted
C)   having uprooted
D)   to uproot
E)   uprooting

23.He was proud ---- contributing something to such a worthwhile community project.

A)  of
B)  for
C)  with
D)  from
E)  over

24.This song is appropriate ---- including in our end-of-term presentation.

A)   in
B)   from
C)   with
D)   about
E)   for

25.She was delighted ---- being asked to play the piano at the party.

A)   in
B)   on
C)   at
D)   for
E)   of