1. 'Is Marsha still here?' 'No. She was the first ______.
a. leaving b. that she left c. to leave d. in leaving
2. I've heard a lot about Dr. James, and I'm looking forward ______ his talk tomorrow.
a. hear b. hearing c. to hear d. to hearing
3. 'Did Nancy faint yesterday?' 'Yes, and that led to ______ to the emergency clinic.'
a. her taking b. her to be taken c. her to go d. her being taken
4. He was often made ______ milk by his mother.
a. drink b. drinks c. to drink d. drunk
5. I don't blame you ______ to go outside in this awful weather.
a. not wanting b. for not wanting
c. not to want d. not to have wanted
6. The spy admitted ______ some highly secret information to enemy agents.
a. having given b. having been given
c. to have given d. to have been given
7. They were fortunate ______ from the fire before the building collapsed.
a. rescuing b. to have rescued
c. to rescue d. to have been rescued
8. It is important that the TOEFL Office ______ an applicant's registration.
a. will confirm b. confirm c. confirms d. must confirm
9. It's no good ______ me of getting the figures wrong!
a. to accuse b. accusing c. having accused d. to have accused
10. No sooner ______ the corner than the wheel came off.
a. the van turned b. did the van turned
c. the van had turned d. had the van turned
11. I'm sure it's not my fault that Peter found out what we were planning.
I don't remember ______ anyone about it.
a. to tell b. being told c. having told d. to be told
12. The charity is appealing for volunteers ______ elderly patients to and from hospital.
a. to take b. taking c. taken d. who take
13. The building ______ the earthquake but then it______ by a fire.
a. was survived - destroyed b. survived - was destroyed
c. survived - destroyed d. was survived - was destroyed
14. ______ by the boys' behaviour, she complained to the head teacher.
a. She annoyed b. Annoyed c. She was annoyed d. Annoying
15. 'Wait a minute,' said Frank, ______ through the door.
a. run b. runs c. running d. ran
16. ______ a hotel, we looked for somewhere to have dinner.
a. Finding b. We found c. Found d. Having fauna
17. The children enjoyed ______ on fishing .trips.
a. taking b. to be taken c. being taken d. having taken
18. Stacey seems like a bright student. She's always the first ______ her work.
a. to finish b. finishing c. being finished d. to be finished
19. We were shocked to hear the news of your ______.
a. having fired b. to be fired
c. having been fired d. to have been fired
20. I think I hear someone ______ the back window. Do you hear it, too?
a. trying open b. trying to open c. try opening d. try to open
21. My teachers always encourage _______ hard at school.
a. to work b. us to work c. working d. that we work
22. Six months after the accident, he still has difficulty _______.
a. to walk b. walking c. walked d. to walking
23. I really hate _______ away from home so much.
a. you have to be b. you having to be
c. your have to be d. your having to be
24. Staff say that the new computer system _______ to greater levels of stress in their work.
a. led b. would lead c. has led d. had led
25. He apologized _______ able to finish the project on time.
a. his colleagues not being b. his colleagues for not being
c. his colleagues not to be d. to his colleagues for not being
26. It's a pity we didn't visit Tom when we had the chance. I _______ him before he left the country.
a. would like to see b. should like to see
c. would like having seen d. would like to have seen
27. His doctor suggested that he _______ a short leave of absence.
a. will take b. take c. would take d. took
28. It is no use _______ to school if you _______ to work hard.
a. going - do not ready b. to go - do not ready
c. going - are not ready d. go - are not ready
29. Mary's father approved of _______ in the United States for another year in order to work toward her M.A.
a. her to stay b. she to say c. she staying d. her staying
30. Nowadays, young men with a technical education _______ because of the great demand for highly skilled workmen.
a. is well paid b. should pay well c. are well paid d. could pay well
31. If the technology _______ available, we would be able to expand the business.
a. would become b. were become c. had become d. Became
32. If the North Sea _______ in winter, you could walk from London to Oslo.
a. happened to freeze b. froze
c. should freeze d. should happen to freeze
33. It would have been a much more serious accident _____ fast at the time.
a. was she driving b. had she been driving
c. she had driven d. if she drove
34. If you _______ to my advice in the first place, you wouldn't be in this mess now.
a. listen b. will listen c. had listened d. listened
35. I'll give you a lift if it _______.
a. is raining b. rained c. will rain d. had rained
36. If I _______ a more reliable car, I ' to Spain rather than fly.
a. would have - would drive b. had - had driven
c. had - would drive d. would have had - would drive
37. I _______ you sooner had someone told me you were in the hospital.
a. would have visited b. had visited c. visited d. visit
38. They couldn't decide _______ it was worth re-sitting the exam.
a. if b. whether c. if or not d. whether not
39. _______ how difficult the job was, I mightn't have taken it.
a. If I know b. If I would know c. Did I know d. Had I known
40. _______ in my seventies and rather unfit, I might consider taking up squash.
a. Were I not b. Was I not c. Weren't I d. If I am not
