Question

1. It is important for her children ... to university.
A going B to go C go
2. Joe wanted ... us, but he had no time.
A to help B helping C to have helped
3.Gregory went to the supermarket... a new pair of gloves.
A in order to buy B to buy C for buying
4. Our teacher doesn't allow ... during the breaks.
A smoking B us to smoke C to smoke
5. Larry is used ... grammar diligently.
A to study B to studying C studying
6. The writer wanted his new story so he asked the secretary to do it.
A to type B being typed C to be typed
7. Jane says she wouldn't mind ... us. Would you like ... us?
A to join; to join B joining; to join C joining; joining
8. George appears ... the truth.
A to know B to be known C knowing
9. The criminal was believed ... two soldiers.
A to shoot B to have shot C to be shooting
10. It took me half an hour ... there.
A to have got B to be getting C to get
11. James seems ... on the computer now.
A to be working B to work C to have been working
12. lt is never too late .... (proverb)
A to be mended B to mend C mending
13. His work was criticized and he was made ... it again.
A do B to do C doing
14. Ann seemed ... everything; she knew what had happened.
A to tell B being told C to have been told
15. He is known ... in economics.
A be an expert B being an expert C to be an expert
16. Diplomacy is …… and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
A to do B to be doing C to have been doing
17. I didn’t want to join this dispute, so I pretended to ……..
A to read B to be reading C to have read
18. Modern art is when you buy a picture ……… a hole in the wall - and decide, that hole looks better.
A to be covering B to have covered C to cover
19. Jenny seemed ……… no attention to what was going on areound her.
A to pay B to be paying C to have paid
20. Anna tried …….. two birds with one stone.
A to have killed B to be killing C to kill

Answer 1

1. B

2. A

3. A

4. B

5. A

6. A

7. B

8. A

9. A

10. C

11. A

12. B

13. B

14. A

15. C

16. B

17. B

18. C

19. A

20. C