Bài tập 2: Chọn từ hoặc cụm từ thích hợp để hoàn thành những câu sau:
1. His parents never allowed him ................
A. smoking B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoke
2. The teacher told his students ______ laughing.
A. to stop B. stopping C. stop D. stopped
3. His sister apologized ______ rude to him.
A. to be B. for being C. to being D. being
4. I advised her ______ anything about it to her friends.
A. not saying B. not to say C. saying D. not say
5. I asked Barbara to let me ______ her car for the weekend.
A. to use B. used C. using D. use
6. I'm looking forward _______ receiving your email soon.
A. at B. to C. in D. for
7. The teacher advised him ______ harder.
A. study B. to study C. studying D. studies
8. The mother told her son _______ so impolitely.
A. not behave B. not to behave C. not behaving D. did not behave
9. She told the boys _______ on the grass.
A. do not play B. did not play C. not playing D. not to play
10. He advised _______ too far.
A. her did not go B. her do not go C. her not to go D. she did not go
11. He asked _______ him some money.
A. her to lend B. she to lend C. she has lent D. she lends
12. She apologized to the teacher _________ being late.
A. to B. for C. about D. on
13. I _________ everybody for all the help they had given me.
A. thanked B. blamed C. apologized D. suggested
14. The teacher encouraged _______________ good compositions.
A. us write B. us to write C. us writing D. us to writing
15. The doctor told me ___________________.
A. I stay in bed for a few days B. I will stay in bed for a few days
C. I have to stay in bed for a few days D. to stay in bed for a few days