Infinitive and gerund (with key)

Week 2: Infinitive and Gerund
I. Choose the best answer
1. Many young people are fond of -------------- football and other kinds of sports.
A. play
B. to play
C. playing
D. played
2. They couldn’t help -------------- when they heard the little boy singing a love song.
A. laughing
B. to laugh
C. laugh
D. laughed
3. Have you ever considered -------------- a pharmacist?
A. become
B. becoming
C. to become
D. became
4. You had better -------------- at home until you feel better.
A. staying
B. stayed
C. to stay
D. stay
5. My father wanted me -------------- a pilot.
A. become
B. to become
C. becoming
D. became
6. I promised -------------- on time. I mustn’t -------------- late.
A. be/be
B. to be/to be
C. to be/ be

D. be/to be
7. Mary and I are looking forward -------------- you.
A. of seeing
B. for seeing
C. to seeing
D. to see
8. My elder brother always hopes…………… the lottery.
A. win
B.to win
C.winning
D.won
9. Mr Pike enjoys……………..stamps in his free time.
A. collecting
B. to collect
C.collect
D.collected
10.Mai finished………….. “Romeo and Juliet” yesterday.
A.to reading
B.to read
C.reading
D.read
11.Mary is very proud of ………….for the UN.
A.work
B.worked
C.working
D.to work
12.Mr.Quang decided …………a holiday in Ha Long Bay.
A. had
B.have
C.having

D.to have
13.Would you mind……….the windows?
A. open
B.to open
C.opening
D.to opening
14. The boy admitted ………..the vase in the living room.
A.breaking
B.broken
C.to break
D.break
15.He finds it hard …………without his computer.
A. living
B. to live
C.live
D.to living
16.It takes her about an hour ……..to work every day.
A.to going
B.to go
C.going
D.gone
17.Lan is too short ………….. part in Vietnam’s next top model.
A. to take
B.taking
C.take
D.to taking
18. It is easy for him…………….this test. He is the best student in my school.
A.doing
B.to doing
C.do

D.to do
19. He is very rich but he is always afraid of ……………his money.
A.spend
B.to spend
C.spending
D. spended
20. I suggested ……………in an Italian restaurant but he just wanted ……….at home.
A. eat/ staying
B.eating/ to stay
C. eat/ to stay
D.to eat/ staying
21.He has difficulty………………..people’s names and phone numbers.
A. remember
B.to remember
C. remembering
D. to remembering
22.She expects …………….. a foreigner so she often makes friends with foreign men.


A. to marry
B. marrying
C.marry
D. to marrying
23. Tom practices ……………………. very hard to join Vietnam Idol.
A. sing
B.to sing
C.singing
D. to singing
24.His family was very poor so he had to stop………………when he was in grade 7.
A. to study

B. study
C.to studying
D. studying
25.Remember …………off the lights before you go out!
A. to turn
B. turn
C.turning
D.to turning
II.Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box below.
petrol, stamps, food, music, chairs,
books, photos, people
1.Would you like to listen to some…………? I have a new CD?
2. You shouldn’t sit down because there aren’t enough…………….
3.Why don’t we take some…………….? The weather is very nice.
4.Let’s buy some…………….It looks delicious.
5.We need to put some…………..in a car. It’s nearly empty.
6.Do you have any……………..?I want to post these letters.
7.There are many interesting………….in my club.
8. I want some…………..from the library.
III. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
An artist and a farmer
An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out
with his paints and his brushes and painted from morning to evening. And then when it got dark, he went back
to the farm and had good dinner before going to bed.
At the end of his holiday, he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said “No, I don’t want your money but
your painting will still be there.”
The artist was very pleases and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his paintings. The farmer
smiled and answered: “It is not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes here
next month, I will show him your picture and then he will not want to be an artist anymore.”
1.Where did the artist spend his holiday?

A.In a beautiful part of the country
B. On a big farm
C.With a farmer
D.With his paints and brushes
2.What did he do during his summer holiday?
A.He went back to the farm
B.He painted all day.
C.He made paints and brushes
D. He went out to paint every day.
3.What did the farmer ask the artist for at the end of the holiday?
A. Money
B. Many pictures
C.For his wages
D. A picture
4.Why was the artist pleased with the farmer’s request?
A. He thought his picture was so beautiful
B. He had so many kinds of pictures.
C. He would sell one of his pictures
D. The farmer thanked him.
5. The farmer’s son didn’t want to become an artist any more….
A. because he lived in London.
B. because he had the artist’s picture.
C. after he saw the artist’s picture.
D. when he came here.


Keys:
I. 1.C 2.A 3.B 4.D 5.B 6.C 7.C 8.B 9.A 10.C
11.C 12.D 13.C 14.A 15.B 16.B 17.A 18.D 19.C 20.B
21.C 22.A 23.C 24.D 25.A

II.1.music 2.chairs 3.photos 4.food 5.petrol 6.stamps 7.people 8.books
III. 1/A 2/D 3/D 4/A 5/C