-ing and the infinitive

Jun 15, 2016

Choose all the right answers below (in some sentences more than one answer is possible).
1. You can’t stop me . . .
  doing
  what I want.
  - doing
  - do
  - to do
  - that I do
2. I must go now. I promised . . .
  not to be
  late.
  - not being
  - not to be
  - to not be
  - I wouldn’t be
3. Do you want . . .
  me to come
  with you or do you want to go alone?
  - me coming
  - me to come
  - that I come
  - that I will come
4. I’m sure I locked the door. I clearly remember . . .
  locking
  it.
  - locking
  - to lock
  - to have locked
5. She tried to be serious but she couldn’t help . . .
  laughing
  .
  - laughing
  - to laugh
  - that she laughed
6. I like . . .
  to clean
  the kitchen as often as possible.
  - cleaning
  - clean
  - to clean
  - that I clean
7. I’m tired. I’d rather . . .
  not go
  out this evening, if you don’t mind.
  - not going
  - not to go
  - don’t go
  - not go
8. “Shall I stay here?”
  “I’d rather . . .
  you came
  with us.”
  - you come
  - you to come
  - you came
  - you would come
9. Are you looking forward . . .
  to seeing
  Ann again?
  - seeing
  - to see
  - to seeing
10. When Jane came to Britain, she had to get used . . .
  to driving
  on the left.
  - driving
  - to driving
  - to drive
11. I’m thinking of . . .
  buying
  a house. Do you think that’s a good idea?
  - to buy
  - of to buy
  - of buying
12. I’m sure you’ll have no . . .
  difficulties passing
  the exam.
  - difficulty to pass
  - difficulties to pass
  - difficulties passing
  - difficulty passing
13. A friend of mine phoned . . .
  to invite
  me to a party.
  - for invite
  - to invite
  - for inviting
  - for to invite
14. Jim doesn’t speak very clearly. . . .
  It is difficult to understand him.
  - It is difficult to understand him.
  - He is difficult to understand.
  - He is difficult to understand him.
15. The path was icy, so we walked very carefully. We were afraid . . .
  of falling
  .
  - of falling
  - from falling
  - to fall
16. I didn’t hear you . . .
  come
  in. You must have been very quiet.
  - come
  - to come
  - came
17. . . .
  Having found
  a hotel, we looked for somewhere to have dinner.
  - Finding
  - After finding
  - Having found
  - We found

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