LESSON GERUND AND INFINITIVE

LESSON : GERUND AND INFINITIVE
GERUND (V-ing) is used in some other structures :
It’s no good / use, there is no point, what’s the point of, what about ,
how about, be worth, be busy, look forward to, be used to / be accustomed to /
get used to, can’t help, can’t bear, can’t stand ……
Ex: It is no use saying that
I am used to getting up early.
EXERCISE:
1/ Would you mind _______the door?
A. open
B. to open
C. opening
D. opened
2/ Cars must not______in front of the entrance.
A. park
B. to park
C. to be parked
D. be parked
3/ He began_______English two years ago.
A. learn
B. to learn
C. learned
D. learns
4/ The grass needed ______
A. cut
B. to cut
C. to cutting
D. to be cut
6/ The driver stopped _______ a coffee because he felt sleepy.
A. have
B. to have

C. having
D. had
7/ Have you ever considered _______ a pharmacist?
A. become
B. to become
C. becoming
D. became
8/ I’m allowed _________ my grandfather.
A. visit
B. to visit
C. visited
D. visiting
9/ I would rather ________ at home than go out with you.
A. staying
B. to stay
C. stay
D. stayed
10/ He stopped ________ he couldn’t work because it was dark.
A. work
B. to work
C, working
D. to working
11/ You should give up ________ or you will die of cancer.
A. smoke
B. to smoke
C. smoking
D. smoked
12/ He missed ________ her at the airport yesterday.
A. see
B. to see

C. sees
D. seeing
13/ We couldn’t help _______ some things when we went shopping.
A. buying
B. buy
C.to buy
D. bought
14/ He made me _________ happy.
A. feel
B. feeling
C. to feel
D. feels
15/ They suggested ________ a break for much noise.
A. take
B. to take
C. taking
D. took
16/ We will try ________ the same mistakes again.


A. to not make
B. not to make
C. not making
D. not to
making
17/ Would you like ________ with us tonight?.
A. to go
B. go
C going
D. gone

18/ When you see him, remember ________ him my number.
A. to give
B. giving
C. give
D. gave
19/ I am used to _______ up early.
A. getting
B. get
C. got
D. to get
20/ I saw Mary ________ in the park last night.
A. walk
B. to walk
C. to walking
D. walked
21/ I remember ________ you before, but I have forgotten your name.
A. to meet
B. met
C. meet
D. meeting
22/ My parents don’t permit me ________ out at night.
A. gone
B. went
C. to go
D. going
23/ You’d better ________ at home today.
A. stay
B. to stay
C. staying
D. stays

24/ It would be no used ________ him to do it.
A. ask
B. to ask
C. asking
D. asks
25/ He orders me __________ this report.
A. write
B. to write
C. writing
D. wrote
26/ I remember ________ my mother ________ the grass in the graden needed
_________.
A. to hear / said / cuting
B. hear / say / cut
C. head / saying / to cut
D. hearing / say / cutting
27/ They often tell us
smoking .
A. stop
B. stops
C. to stop
D. stopping
28/ I promised
on time . I mustn’t
late .
A. be / be
B. to be / to be
C. to be / be
D. be / to be
29/ Their house is

beautiful than mine .
A. more
B. as
C. so
D. much
30/ It is no use
to him .
A. to talk
B. talk
C. being talking D. talking
31/ They advise me try to give up
.
A. smoking
B. to smoking
C. smoke
D. smokes
32/ Don’t forget
me a cable when you arrive in Ha Noi .
A. sending
B. sent
C. send
D. to send
33/ My parents didn’t permit me
last night .
A. gone
B. went
C. to go
D. going
34/ Try
so many mistakes .

A. not to make
B. not make
C. to make not
D.
make not
35/ I remember
you before, but I have forgotten your name .
A. to meet
B. met
C. meet
D. meeting
36/ Mary prefers
.
A. sing to dance
B. to sing than to dance C. singing to dance
D.
singing to dancing
37/ You had better
if you want to catch the train .
A. to run
B. running
C. run
D. ran
38/ You aren’t allowed
here .
A. smoke
B. to smoke
C. to smoking

D. smoking
39/ Peter would
early than late .
A. to arriving
B. arriving
C. arrive
D. arrived
40/
the story of Kieu
very interesting .
A. Reading / am B. Reading / is
C. Reading / are D. Reading /
was
41/ Do you mind
a suggestion ?
A. make
B. making
C. made
D. to make
42/ Betty
meeting people .
A. would
B. wants
C. enjoys
D. like
43/ She suggests
out for a walk .
A. go
B. to go
C. going

D. went
44/ would you
giving me a hand ?
A. mind
B. like
C. please
D. care
45/ This house needs
.
A. painting
B. to be painted C. to paint
D. A and B are
correct
46/ “ Why have you decided to go back to school ” – “ I’m tired _______ as a
secretary .”
a. for work
b. to work
c. of working
d. about
working
47/ ________ the scholarship really surprised me .
a. Mike got
b. Mike getting c. Mike’s getting d. Mike gets
48/ “ We were opponents of the political regime in our country.”
“ And that led ____ to the United States thirty – five years ago .”
a. us coming
b. our coming
c. come
d. us to
come

49/ “May I have a word with you , Mrs. Adam ? ”


– “ Is this in regard (liên quan đến ai, cái gì) ______ late yesterday ?”
a. of you coming b. to you coming c. to your coming d. of your coming
50/ I think ________ at the train station will surprise Aunt Kate .
a. your being
b. you are
c. you being
d. you to be