Gerund&Infinitive

By _____ 1.500.000 tons of insects a year, birds greatly help American farming.

• ate

• eating

• having eaten

• to eat

Betty’s favourite rainy-day pastime is _____ pictures from old newspapers and magazines.

• to clip

• being clipped

• having clipped

• to be clipped

President Roosevelt asked Archibald MacLeish _____ as the Librarian of Congress.

• serving

• to be served

• to serve

• being served

I’m sorry for _____ your new watch. Will you forgive me?

• breaking

• to break

• break

• being broken

The company needs someone _____ a programming supervisor.

• being

• having been

• to being

• to be

If you happen _____ the prize, what will you do?

• win

• being won

• have won

• to win

I know why you can't read that sign; it is because of your eyes. I think they need _____.

• to have them tested

• testing

• to test

• be tested

The Nusret used _____ a warship in the First World War.

• to have been

• be

• to being

• to be

It can be difficult _____ a jogging partner.

• finding

• find

• to find

• being found

He enjoys ____ tennis and keeps on _____ sensibly that’s why he is fit.

• to play / eating

• playing / to eat

• to play / to eat

• playing / eating