Exercise 3: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. My friend forgot _______ a book back to the library, so she had to pay a fine.
A. take B. to take C. taking D. to be taken
2. Would you please remind her ________ me tomorrow morning? A. calling B. to call C. call D. to calling
3. John volunteered ______ the food supply to the victims in the flood area. A. take B. to take C. taking D. to be taken
4. My friend Mary is a blabbermouth! She can’t resist _______ everyone what she heard from me. A. tell B. to tell C. telling D. to telling
5. The man finally admitted _____ responsible for the accident last week. A. to be B. for to be C. for being D. being
6. The union members discussed _______ the next meeting until next week. A. postponing B. to postpone C. postpone D. to postponing
7. I have been having a lot of trouble with my old car the last couple of months. I am thinking about ________ a new one. A. to buy B. buy C. buying D. being bought
8. Mary appeared _______, but she wasn’t. She was only pretending. A. to asleep B. to be asleep C. being asleep D. be asleep
9. Johnny is only nine, but he intends ______ a singer when he grows up. A. be B. to be C. being D. Both B and c are correct.
10. It was cold and snowy last Sunday, so we postponed _______ the botanical gardens until next Sunday. A. visiting B. to visit C. visited D. being visited
1. My friend forgot _______ a book back to the library, so she had to pay a fine.
A. take B. to take C. taking D. to be taken
2. Would you please remind her ________ me tomorrow morning? A. calling B. to call C. call D. to calling
3. John volunteered ______ the food supply to the victims in the flood area. A. take B. to take C. taking D. to be taken
4. My friend Mary is a blabbermouth! She can’t resist _______ everyone what she heard from me. A. tell B. to tell C. telling D. to telling
5. The man finally admitted _____ responsible for the accident last week. A. to be B. for to be C. for being D. being
6. The union members discussed _______ the next meeting until next week. A. postponing B. to postpone C. postpone D. to postponing
7. I have been having a lot of trouble with my old car the last couple of months. I am thinking about ________ a new one. A. to buy B. buy C. buying D. being bought
8. Mary appeared _______, but she wasn’t. She was only pretending. A. to asleep B. to be asleep C. being asleep D. be asleep
9. Johnny is only nine, but he intends ______ a singer when he grows up. A. be B. to be C. being D. Both B and c are correct.
10. It was cold and snowy last Sunday, so we postponed _______ the botanical gardens until next Sunday. A. visiting B. to visit C. visited D. being visited