Advanced grammar tests - English exam centre 2015
Gerunds & Infinitives/ Test-1
1. The terrorist group is known ... an extensive supply of weapons.
A) to have
B) having
C) having had
D) to be having
E) have had
2. Please play something else instead of Chris rea. His music is too slow ... at a party.
A) playing
B) to play
C) played
D) having played
E) being played
3. ... the cottages, we raised enough money to renovate the manor house.
A) For selling
B) By selling
C) To have sold
D) On being sold
E) Not being sold
4. As Sheila is moving house on Monday, she’s asked me ... her ... up all her belongings.
A) helping / packing
B) help / having packed
C) to help / pack
D) to be helped / to pack
E) help / to be packing
5. My son has scribbled with a ballpoint pen on the kitchen wall. In an effort to remove it, I’ve tried ... it, but that didn’t work, so I intend ... the kitchen at the weekend.
A) to clean / to be repainted
B) having cleaned / repainted
C) to have cleaned / repainting
D) cleaning / to repaint
E) clean / being repainted
6. The rebels in Sierra Leone try ... the village people ... them by cutting off some of the inhabitants’ hands.
A) making / obeyed
B) to have made / to obey
C) having made / obeying
D) make / to be obeying
E) to make / obey
7. When you telephone Lisa ... her of the departmental meeting, please make it clear that we don’t blame her ... the order.
A) to have informed / to lose
B) informing / to have lost
C) having informed / about losing
D) to be informed / on losing
E) to inform / for losing
8. I will be sorry ... this company, but I was offered an opportunity ... in a field which I really enjoy.
A) leaving / to have worked
B) to leave / to work
C) having left / about working
D) with leaving / for working
E) to have left / work
9. I was surprised at the low level of service offered by them as I had believed them ... a respected company.
A) be
B) being
C) to be
D) having been
E) have been
10. There is no point in going ... when you haven’t got enough money ... anything.
A) to shop / on buying
B) to be shopping / for buying
C) shop / having bought
D) shopping / to buy
E) having shopped / to be buying
11. It will cost too much money ... a full colour leaflet. The advertising agency has advised us to have one ... in black and white.
A) producing / being produced
B) produced / to produce
C) to produce / produced
D) to be producing / producing
E) having produced / produce
12. Your willingness ... new things resulted in your ... this management training.
A) learning / to be offered
B) to have learnt / for offering
C) learn / to have offered
D) to learn / being offered
E) learnt / having been offered
13. I don’t think it is a good time ... Linda. She’ll be busy ... thirty exam papers this evening, which won’t be easy.
A) visiting / to mark
B) to have visited / mark
C) for visiting / to be marked
D) to visit / marking
E) to be visiting / having marked
14. She was furious when she found her younger sister ... on her clothes.
A) try
B) being tried
C) to try
D) on trying E) trying
15. It is a lovely drawing, but I think it needs ... to look its best.
A) to frame
B) to be framed
C) to have framed
D) being framed
E) framed
16. The new football stadium is said ... seating for 100,000 spectators.
A) to have
B) having
C) had
D) to have had
E) have
17. I managed ... the tall bottle of cola into the refrigerator ... the middle shelf.
A) fitting / to move
B) to fit / by moving
C) being fitted / to be moving
D) by fitting / to have moved
E) for fitting / moving
18. The rebels are estimate ... tens of thousands of civilians during the civil war which lasted six years.
A) killed
B) to kill
C) to have killed
D) killing
E) being killed
19. Sonia got accustomed to her job at the private hospital quickly because, apart from ... richer patients, it is quite similar to ... for the health authority.
A) to have / work
B) have / be worked
C) to have had / worked
D) having / working
E) had / having worked
20. I know she isn’t here at the moment because I saw her ... the building, but I don’t know if she intends ... later today.
A) to leave / returning
B) leave / to have returned
C) leaving / to return
D) left / to be returned
E) to be leaving / return
21. I was worried about my sister’s ... divorced from her husband, and for days, I couldn’t help ... how she’d cope with it.
A) get / to wonder
B) getting / wondering
C) to get / wonder
D) to have got / having wondered
E) having got / wondered
22. I was unable to help my friends ... for ’Help the Aged’ because my boss had asked me ... the Saturday.
A) to campaign / work
B) campaigning / worked
C) campaign / to work
D) being campaigned / working
E) campaigned / to have worked
23. I started my journey without ... at the map, but I soon regretted ... so, as I drove a long way off the route.
A) looking / doing
B) to look / to do
C) look / to have done
D) having looked / do
E) looked / having done
24. Johnny, will you stop ... your father so many questions? He’s busy ... out his tax return.
A) to have asked / to fill
B) asked / to have filled
C) to be asked / fill
D) to ask / to be filling
E) asking / filling
25. Veronica is so vain that every time she passes a mirror, she stops ... at her reflection.
A) looking
B) looked
C) having looked
D) to look
E) to have looked
26. The workers would be even willing ... lower wages if it meant the factory ... open.
A) accepting / stayed
B) to accept / staying
C) accept / to have stayed
D) accepted / having stayed
E) to have accepted / stay
27. My clearest memory of my childhood is of ... with the street dogs and I also remember ... to the beach, which was very close to our house.
A) to play / to have gone
B) play / having gone
C) playing / going
D) played / gone
E) having played / to go
28 ... when I don’t feel well is the worst thing about acting in stage plays.
A) Perform
B) By performing
C) Performing
D) For performing
E) Performed
29. Innocent people deserve ... from the gunmen and thieves in the area.
A) to be protected
B) to have protected
C) having protected
D) for protecting
E) to protect
30. Asbestos is thought ... around the time of Aristotle, and during Roman times, it was used ... fireproof clothing.
A) to have discovered / to making
B) being discovered / making
C) having been discovered / make
D) to discover / to have made
E) to have been discovered / to make
31. It was such an unruly class that the teacher struggled just ... order, but she endeavoured ... those students who were willing to learn.
A) keeping / teach
B) keep / teaching
C) to have kept / taught
D) to be kept / having taught
E) to keep / to teach
32. Some Third World countries spend so much of their annual budgets ... interests on loans that there is little left over with which ... social problems.
A) paying / to tackle
B) pay / to have tackled
C) to pay / tacking
D) paid / having tackled
E) to be paying / tackle
33. He regretted ... the contract without ... the small print on the back of he form.
A) to sign / to read
B) signing / reading
C) having signed / read
D) sign / to have read
E) signed / having read
34. I think Julia dislikes ... the documents although she claims ... it willingly.
A) file / having done
B) filed / to be doing
C) filing / to do
D) to file / doing
E) to be filed / done
35. The Egyptian Pharaoh Akhnaten, who worshipped only the Sun, is thought ... the inspiration behind Moses, whose monotheism provided the basis for Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
A) to have been
B) had been
C) having been
D) about being
E) have been