Exercises on to infinitives and bare infinitives

Question 1: They offered ...................... her but she refused

• A. to help

• B. helping

• C. help

• D. being helped

Question 2: You must try not to ...................... so many mistakes again.

• A. say

• B. do

• C. tell

• D. make

Question 3 : Let’s ...................... on a picnic this saturday.

• A. to go

• B. go

• C. going

• D. went

Question 4: It’s impolite ...................... people about their salary.

• A. ask

• B. asking

• C. to ask

• D. asked

Question 5: Tom is looking for something ………………

• A. to eat

• B. eating

• C. eat

• D. ate

Question 6 : Mr Smith decided ................ to buy a new car

• A. buy

• B. buying

• C. to buy

• D. buys

Question 7 : What makes you ……………………… so ?

• A. to think

• B. having thought

• C. thinking

• D. think

Question 8 : I regret ……………………… you that you have failed the singing contest.

• A. tell

• B. to tell

• C. telling

• D. told

Question 9: 1.       My mother told me_________to anyone about it.

• A. not speak

• B. not speaking

• C. not to speak

• D. not to speaking

Question 10 : I tried ________him ______with your proposal

• A. to persuade/ to agree

• B. persuade/ to agree

• C. to persuade/ agree

• D. persuading/ to agree