Verbal Practice Questions (Infinitive, Gerund, and Participle) Set 1

 

Verbal Practice Questions (Infinitive, Gerund, and Participle) Set 1

1.      I prefer _____ tea in the morning.
a) drink
b) to drink
c) drank
d) drinking

2.      She apologized for _____ late.
a) be
b) to be
c) being
d) been

3.      We are planning _____ a trip next week.
a) take
b) taking
c) to take
d) took

4.      _____ the book, she felt sleepy.
a) Read
b) Reading
c) Reads
d) To read

5.      He likes _____ football after work.
a) playing
b) play
c) played
d) to playing

6.      The _____ child looked tired.
a) cry
b) cried
c) crying
d) cries

7.      It's important _____ your homework on time.
a) doing
b) done
c) do
d) to do

8.      They watched the birds _____ in the sky.
a) flying
b) fly
c) flew
d) flies

9.      She is interested in _____ foreign languages.
a) learn
b) learning
c) learned
d) to learn

10. He has a habit of _____ loudly.
a) snore
b) snoring
c) to snore
d) snores

11. _____ his work, he went home.
a) Finished
b) Finishing
c) Finish
d) To finish

12. We saw the thief _____ out the window.
a) jump
b) jumping
c) jumped
d) to jump

13. She refused _____ the door.
a) to open
b) open
c) opening
d) opens

14. His dream is _____ a successful engineer.
a) be
b) being
c) been
d) to be

15. The man _____ by the police was innocent.
a) arresting
b) to arrest
c) arrested
d) arrests

16. Do you mind _____ the window?
a) open
b) opened
c) opening
d) to open

17. I am tired of _____ the same thing every day.
a) do
b) to do
c) doing
d) done

18. The _____ dog barked all night.
a) bark
b) barking
c) barked
d) barks

19. He was the first _____ the exam.
a) finished
b) to finish
c) finishing
d) finishes

20. She kept _____ even when it was hard.
a) try
b) trying
c) tried
d) to trying

21. The girl was caught _____ the cake.
a) ate
b) to eat
c) eating
d) eat

22. _____ a letter, she heard a knock on the door.
a) Write
b) Wrote
c) Writing
d) To write

23. Would you like _____ with us?
a) come
b) to come
c) coming
d) came

24. The _____ leaves covered the ground.
a) fall
b) falling
c) fallen
d) falls

25. We managed _____ the work on time.
a) finishing
b) finish
c) to finish
d) finished

Answers 

1.      b) to drink

2.      c) being

3.      c) to take

4.      b) Reading

5.      a) playing

6.      c) crying

7.      d) to do

8.      b) fly

9.      b) learning

10. b) snoring

11. a) Finished

12. a) jump

13. a) to open

14. d) to be

15. c) arrested

16. c) opening

17. c) doing

18. b) barking

19. b) to finish

20. b) trying

21. c) eating

22. c) Writing

23. b) to come

24. c) fallen

25. c) to finish

 

30 practice from Verbal: Infinitives, Gerunds, and Participles Set 2

1.      She enjoys _____ in the garden every morning.
a) work
b) to work
c) working
d) worked

2.      I forgot _____ the door before leaving.
a) locking
b) lock
c) locked
d) to lock

3.      _____ his homework, he went out to play.
a) Finishing
b) Finished
c) Finish
d) To finish

4.      They went on _____ even after it started raining.
a) to play
b) playing
c) played
d) play

5.      My hobby is _____ stamps.
a) collect
b) collected
c) collecting
d) to collecting

6.      He refused _____ the truth.
a) to tell
b) telling
c) tell
d) tells

7.      She kept _____ despite the pain.
a) running
b) run
c) to running
d) ran

8.      We saw the children _____ in the park.
a) to play
b) playing
c) play
d) played

9.      _____ by her kindness, he smiled.
a) Touched
b) Touching
c) To touch
d) Touch

10. He was the last person _____ the hall.
a) left
b) to leave
c) leaving
d) leave

11. _____ a bike is my weekend activity.
a) Ride
b) To ride
c) Rides
d) Riding

12. They watched the stars _____ in the sky.
a) shining
b) shine
c) shone
d) shined

13. She offered _____ us with the luggage.
a) help
b) helping
c) to help
d) helped

14. I’m looking forward to _____ you again.
a) see
b) to see
c) seeing
d) seen

15. _____ tea, she sat down to rest.
a) Make
b) Making
c) Made
d) To make

16. He went home without _____ a word.
a) saying
b) say
c) to say
d) said

17. The _____ rain made the road slippery.
a) fall
b) falling
c) fallen
d) falls

18. I need _____ my homework before dinner.
a) to finish
b) finishing
c) finish
d) to finishing

19. The _____ dog wagged its tail happily.
a) bark
b) barking
c) barked
d) barks

20. He admitted _____ the mistake.
a) made
b) make
c) to make
d) making

21. It’s too cold _____ outside.
a) going
b) to go
c) go
d) went

22. She is afraid of _____ alone at night.
a) walk
b) to walk
c) walked
d) walking

23. I heard him _____ a song.
a) sang
b) singing
c) sing
d) to sing

24. The _____ leaves rustled in the wind.
a) fall
b) falling
c) fallen
d) falls

25. His dream is _____ a pilot.
a) become
b) to become
c) becoming
d) became

26. _____ the bell, the students left the class.
a) Hear
b) Hearing
c) Heard
d) To hear

27. She stood by the window, _____ outside.
a) to look
b) looked
c) looking
d) looks

28. I remember _____ him at the meeting.
a) see
b) seeing
c) saw
d) to see

29. They discussed _____ to Italy in summer.
a) travel
b) traveling
c) to travel
d) travelled

30. _____ by the movie, the audience clapped loudly.
a) Move
b) Moved
c) Moving
d) To move

 Answers

1.      c) working

2.      d) to lock

3.      b) Finished

4.      b) playing

5.      c) collecting

6.      a) to tell

7.      a) running

8.      c) play

9.      a) Touched

10. b) to leave

11. d) Riding

12. b) shine

13. c) to help

14. c) seeing

15. b) Making

16. a) saying

17. b) falling

18. a) to finish

19. b) barking

20. d) making

21. b) to go

22. d) walking

23. c) sing

24. c) fallen

25. b) to become

26. b) Hearing

27. c) looking

28. b) seeing

29. b) traveling

30. b) Moved