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1. Peter promised _______ me with my homework.
A. help
B. helping
C. for helping
D. to help
2. Please keep the fire _______. It’s so cold in here.
A. burns
B. burn
C. to burn
D. burning
3. Most people enjoy _______ letters to their friends.
A. writing
B. written
C. to write
D. write
4. Keep on _______. I don’t want _______ your work.
A. study/ to interrupt
B. to study/ to interrupt
C. studying/ interrupting
D. studying/ to interrupt
5. I would like to have my car __________.
A. repair
B. to repair
C. repairing
D. repaired
6. The scheme allows students from many countries _______ with each other.
A. communicate
B. to communicate
C. communicating

D. communicated
7. English people spent 18 hours per week _____ TV.
A. watching
B. to watch
C. watch
D. for watching
8. _____ for the job you should have a knowledge of English and French.
A. Prepare
B. Prepared
C. Preparing
D. To prepare
9. Will you help me _______ this desk ?
A. move
B. moving
C. by moving
D. moved
10. Would you like _____ your bike or should I have a painter ______it for you ?
A. to paint / to do
B. painting / to do
C. to paint / do
D. painting / do
11. He warned me ______ late.
A. don’t come
B. not come
C. not coming
D. not to come
12. Is _____ or ______ the best way of cooking this fish ?
A. boil / frying
B. boil / fry
C. boiling / frying

D. boiling / fry
13. Your doctor advised ______ to bed early, so I can’t understand your wanting to stay up late.
A. going
B. you go
C. you going
D. to go
14. You should give up _________ right now if you want _________ longer.
A. smoke / lived
B. to smoke / living
C. smoking / to live
D. smoked / live
15. I remember hearing him say the grass needed ______.
A. cutting
B. to cut
C. cut
D. being cut
16. I would rather ________ unemployed than ________ in that factory.
A. to be / to work
B. be / work
C. being / work
D. being / working
17. She used _____ here but she doesn’t work here now.
A. worked
B. to working
C. to work
D. working
18. _______ at the party, we saw Ruth standing alone.
A. Arrived

B. We arrived
C. Arriving


D. To arrive
19. “Go on, finish the dessert. It needs _____ up because it won’t stay fresh until tomorrow.”
A. to eat
B. eating
C. eaten
D. eat
20. Mr Robbins _______ by his wife and children is arriving tonight.
A. to accompany
B. accompanying
C. Accompanied
D. who accompanies
21. My parents decided _________ a taxi because it was late.
A. take
B. to take
C. taking
D. took
22. They stopped ______because of the hot weather.
A. to work
B. working
C. to working
D. worked
23. Employment is said _______ the most important thing to the youth today.
A. being
B. is
C. to be
D. be

24. They spend half an hour ________ the news on TV every day.
A. to watch
B. watch
C. watched


D. watching
25. We avoid_______ our environment.
A. polluted
B. polluting
C. pollute
D. to pollute
26. He is used to_______ up early in the morning.
A. get
B. getting
C. have gotten
D. got
27. I am looking forward to _______you.
A. having seen
B. seeing
C. to see
D. all are wrong
28. That book isn’t worth _______.
A. read
B. reading
C. being read
D. to read
29. In my free-time, I often help mom with _______the house.
A. to clean
B. clean

C. cleaning
D. cleans
30. If he_______ in such a pale light, he will ruin his eyes.
A. read
B. reads
C. to read
D. reading