Gerund and Infinitive Quiz
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After verbs: agree, appear,arrange, ask,attempt,encourage,forcé,manage, decide,expect,help,need,promise,want
A. Infinitive
B. Gerund
I remember _________ here when I was a child
A. to be
B. being
C. be
__________ used to be my favorite hobby at your age.
A. Fish
B. To fish
C. Fishing
The stranger keeps ___ (follow) me in this crowded place.
A. following
B. to follow
C. follow
D. follows
………..…. by a Roman-Goth coalition in Gaul i n 452 AD, the Huns, led by King Attila, invaded northern Italy, ……………. Padua and Verona.
A. To be defeated / to attack
B. Having been defeated / attacking
We talked about __________ together next summer.
A. Traveling
B. Travel
C. To travel
I was very angry. My friend John refused ______ me a lift as he had promised.
A. give
B. to give
C. giving
D. gave
I always put off …………….. my homework until the last possible moment.
A. to do
B. doing
Disease or injury may prevent nerves from sending appropriate signals or force them ………………. inappropriate ones.
A. sending
B. to send
She avoided ___________________ (talking) to her boss.
A. talking
B. to talking
C. talk
D. to talk
There’s nothing worth ………………. in this newspaper.
A. read
B. to read
C. reading
She finished ………….. the report during the weekend.
A. type
B. to type
C. typing
D. typed
He managed _______________ (open) the door without the key.
A. to open
B. open
C. opening
Tracy was very excited about…..to the party.
A. go
B. to go
C. going
I suggest____there.
A. he not go
B. he doesn’t go
C. he not going
Our teacher made me ………………. all the questions.
A. answer
B. answering
C. to answer
I think I hear someone ______ the back windows. Do you hear it, too?
A. trying open
B. trying to open
C. tried opening
D. try opened
He doesn’t want_______
a. to know
b. know
c. knowing
d. to be knowing
Your hair needs _________ It’s too long.
A. to cut
B. cutting
C. cut
Ann agreed …… after my dog.
A. looking
B. to look
C. look
D. to looking
She refuses ………………. to my advice.
A. to listen
B. listening
C. listen
He imagines ___________________ (work) there one day.
A. to work
B. work
C. to working
D. working
The villagers claimed ___ (see) a UFO flying across their farms several days ago.
A. to see
B. seeing
C. see
D. saw
After Ann got a speeding ticket and had to pay a big fine, she decided ________ over the speed limit on interstate highways.
A. to stop driving
B. to stop to drive
C. stopping to drive
D. stopping driving
It isn’t sale .for children ……………………..on ladders.
A. play
B. to play
C. playing