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gerunds exercise

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

No one enjoys _______ at.

a)

A. laughing

b)

B. to laugh 

c)

C. being laughed

d)

D. to be laughed

2.

You must do something to prevent your house _______.

a)

A. to be broken in

b)

B. from being broken in

c)

C. to break in 

d)

D. from breaking in

3.

They insisted on _______ another chance to try.

a)

A. given

b)

B. giving

c)

C. being given

d)

D. to be given

4.

--- Where is my passport? I remember _______ it here.

       --- You shouldn't have left it here. Remember _______ it with you all the time.

a)

A. to put;to take

b)

B. putting;taking

c)

C. putting;to take

d)

D. to put;taking

5.

After finishing his homework he went on _______ a letter to his parents.

a)

A. write

b)

B. writing

c)

C. wrote 

d)

D. to write

6.

She decided to devote herself _______ the problem of old age.

a)

A. to study

b)

B. studying

c)

C. to studying

d)

D. study

7.

As she is looking forward to _______ from me, please remember _______ this letter on your way to school.

a)

A. hear;post

b)

B. hearing;to post

c)

C. be heard;posting  

d)

D. be hearing;to posting

8.

Grandma said that she had a lot of trouble _______ your handwriting.

a)

A. to read

b)

B. to see

c)

C. reading

d)

D. in seeing

9.

Writing stories and articles _______ what I enjoy most.

a)

A. is

b)

B. are

c)

C. was

d)

D. were

10.

Would you mind _______ quiet for a moment? I'm trying _______ a form.

a)

A. keeping;filling out 

b)

B. to keep;to fill out

c)

C. keeping;to fill out   

d)

D. to keep;filling out

11.

I’d like to suggest _______ the meeting till next week.

a)

A. to put off

b)

B. putting off 

c)

C. put off  

d)

D. to be put off

12.

_______ the news of his father's death, he burst into tears.

a)

A. After hearing

b)

B. Before hearing 

c)

C. While hearing

d)

D. If hearing

13.

If he succeeded _____ a job, his children wouldn't be suffering from hunger now.

a)

A. to find

b)

B. to look for

c)

C. in finding

d)

D. in looking for

14.

Can’t you remember ____ me the story last night?

a)

A. to tell 

b)

B. telling

c)

C. to be told      

d)

D. to be telling

15.

——I had a wonderful time during the holidays.

—— No wonder you cannot help ____ about your trip.

a)

A. to talk

b)

B. talking

c)

C. to have talked  

d)

D. talk