GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

A. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. It has started ----------- .  

• A. raining  

• B. to rain           

• C. rain

• D. rained

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

2. Don’t waste time ------------ that room.

• A. cleaning 

• B. clean

• C. for cleaning

• D. to clean

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CCSS.L.8.1A

3. She admitted ---------- the money.

• A. stolen

• B. be stealing

• C. have stolen

• D. having stolen

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

4. They agreed not ----------- anyone about what had happened.

• A. tell 

• B. to tell  

• C. telling

• D. told

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CCSS.L.8.1A

5. I prefer ----------- to ------------.

• A. walking - cycle

• B. walk - cycle

• C. walking - cycling

• D. to walk - cycling

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

6. I hate -----------.

• A. to keep waiting

• B. to be kept waiting

• C. being kept waiting

• D. keep to wait

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

7. She expected -------- soon, but things seem ---------wrong.

• A. promoting/ going

• B. being promoted/ to go

• C. to be promoted/ to go

• D. to promote/ going

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

8. They all denied -------- her.

• A. ever having seen   

• B. of seeing

• C. having ever seen

• D. to see

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

9. If she continues ---------- like that, I’ll have to carry her home.

• A. drink 

• B. to drink

• C. drinking

• D. will drink

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

10. We were hoping ------- traffic jam by leaving early.

• A. to avoid

• B. avoiding

• C. not avoiding

• D. not to avoid

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A