Bài tập to infinitive và v ing

TO- INFINITIVE OR BARE- INFINITIVE
I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences/Or identify the underlined part that needs
correction:
1. I saw him __________off.
A. to drive
B. drive
C. driven
D. drove
2. You’d better ____________ an umbrella.
A. take
B. to take
C. taking
D. to be taken
3. Would you mind if I _____________ the window?
A. to open
B. opened
C. opening
D. open
4. Wouldn’t you rather _____________?
A. succeed
B. to succeed
C. succeeding D. succeeded
5. He made me __________it all over again.
A. done
B. do
C. to do
D. doing
6. I had the boy ___________ a letter yesterday.
A. posting
B. to post
C. post

D. posted
7. You must _____________ a lot of people.
A. to know
B. know
C. knowing
D. known
8. My father doesn’t let me _____________ out at night.
A. going
B. to go
C. go
D. gone
9. We heard him __________________ downstairs.
A. ran
B. to be run
C. to run
D. run
10. Let’s ____________ an English song.
A. singing
B. sing
C. to sing
D. sang
11. We watched him ______________ the car.
A. park
B. parked
C. to park
D. to be parked
12. Why don’t you ____________ for a job?
A. applying
B. applied
C. to apply

D. apply
13. I am planning __________ Da Lat next week.
A. visit
B. visiting
C. visited
D. to visit
14. I must go now. I promised _____________ late
A. not being
B. not to be
C. not being
D. won’t be
15. Suddenly he stopped the car in order __________.
A. smoke
B. to smoke
C. smoking
D. smoked
16. It was late, so we decided ____________ a taxi home.
A. to take
B. taken
C. taking
D. take
17. How old were you when you learnt _______________?
A. how to drive
B. how drive
C. how driving
D. how driven
18. She always encourages her son ____________ harder.
A. to study
B. studied
C. study

D. studying
19. Don’t forget __________ the letter I gave you.
A. to post
B. posting
C. post
D. posted
20. I got my father ________________ my bike.
A. repair
B. to repair
C. repairing
D. repaired
21. The fire isn’t hot enough _________________ a kettle.
A. boiling
B. to boil
C. boil
D. boiled
22. It is too cold for us ______________________.
A. went out
B. go out
C. to go out
D. going out
23. He went to Britain ___________English.
A. learn
B. learning
C. to learn
D. learned
24. I have some letters ________________.
A. to write
B. writing
C. wrote

D. write


25. It takes me ten minutes _________to school every day.
A. walking
B. to walk
C. walk
D. walked
26. We expect him ______________ tomorrow.
A. arrive
B. arriving
C. to arrive
D. will arrive
27. Would you like __________to my birthday party?
A. coming
B. come
C. came
D. to come
28. I tried ___________the bus, but I missed it.
A. catch
B. catching
C. to catch
D. caught
29. Remember _____________Lan a present because today is her birthday.
A. send
B. sending
C. to send
D. sent
30. We were allowed ___________ photographs in this room.
A. sell

B. to sell
C. selling
D. sold
31. It took me a very long time recovering from the shock of her death.
A
B
C
D
32. Remember taking off your shoes when you are in a Japanese house.
A
B
C
D
33. My parents permitted me going out at weekends.
A
B
C
D
34. Money is used to buying food and clothes.
A
B
C
D
35. He often lets me to use his mobile phone.
A
B
C
D
II. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that its meaning remains unchanged, using the given
words:

1. My parents don’t allow me to play games on computer.
 My parents don’t let …………………………………………
2. I had my friend answer the questions.
 I got my friend ……………………………………………….
3. He spent an hour doing his homework last night.
 It took…………………………………………………………
4. I am going to the post office. I want to send some letter.
 I am going to the post office in order………………………………
5. My grandfather is very weak. He can’t lift the box.
 My grandfather is too …………………………………………
6. My father said that I could use his car.
 My father allowed me…………………………………………
7. The sudden noise caused me to jump.
 The sudden noise made me……………………………………
8. “John, please don’t tell anyone my new address”, said Mary.
 Mary told John………………………………………………..
9. I don’t really want to visit the museum.
 I’d rather………………………………………………………
10. Lan told Nam:” Remember to send your parents my regard”
 Lan reminded Nam…………………………………….……….
11. The lesson was too long for us to learn by heart.
 The lesson wasn’t short enough……………………………….
12. She was very stupid when she went out without a raincoat.
 It was very stupid of her……………………………………….
13. Would you mind making me some tea?
 Would you please…………………………………………………?
14. They got out of the car.
 I watched them……………………………………………………

15. He was the first man who reached the top of the mountain.
 He was the first man to……………………………………………