Passive forms of gerunds and infinitives

Choose the correct answer. Mind your using either active or passive voice.

The children agreed __________ the snacks evenly.

• to divide

• to be divided

• dividing

• being divided

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I resent __________ when I'm speaking.

• to be interrupted

• to interrupt

• interrupting

• being interrupted

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When I told my students the news, they seemed __________.

• to surprise

• to be surprised

• surprising

• being surprised

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Mr. Rueda offered ___________ the National Soccer Team to the World Cup.

• to take

• to be taken

• taking

• being taken

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Geraldine filled out an application since she wanted ________ for the job.

• to consider

• to be considered

• considering

• being considered

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Students are always interested in ________ their communication skills.

• to improve

• to be improved

• improving

• being improved

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You'd better save some money for a rainy day. You can't depend on _______ by your family or friends every time you have financial problems.

• to rescue

• to be rescued

• rescuing

• being rescued

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Avoid __________ your houseplants too much water.

• to give

• to be given

• giving

• being given

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Everyone appears ___________ about celebrating Christmas this year.

• to excite

• to be excited

• exciting

• being excited

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Andrés didn't mention ____________ about his Christmas home decoration, so I'm sure everything looks beautiful!

• to worry

• to be worried

• being worrying

• being worried