Exercise 1: Decide the underlined parts are gerund (G) or present participle (P).

Staying up late is harmful to skin.

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Her boss caught him speaking privately in the working time, so he was fired.

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After completing the plan, we had a vacation in Hawaii.

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This is the most embarrassing problem that I have ever seen.

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The painting was beautiful. I stood there admiring it for a long time.

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

1. We had better speed up if we want to get there in time.

A.    slow down              B. put down                  C. turn down                 D. lie down

2. The International Organizations are going to be in a temporary way in the country.

A. soak                          B. permanent                 C. complicated               D. guess

3. One of the key to successful business is careful planning.

A. falling                      B. victorious                 C. faulty                       D. impossible

4. Mr. Smith’s new neighbors appear to be very friendly.

            A. amicable                  B. inapplicable              C. hostile                      D. futile

5. Mr. Brown is a very generous old man. He has given most of his wealth to a charity organization.

            A. hospitable                B. honest                      C. kind                         D. mean

6. Thousands are going starving because of the failure of this year's harvest.

A. hungry                     B. poor                         C. rich                          D. full

7. The doctor advised Peter to give up smoking.

A. stop                         B. continue                   C. finish                       D. consider

8. She had a cozy little apartment in Boston.

       A. uncomfortable          B. dirty                         C. lazy                          D. warm

9. A frightening number of illiterate students are graduating from college.

A. able to read and write                                   

B. able to join intramural sport

C. inflexible                                         

D. unable to pass an examination in reading and writing

10. Founded in 1930 with just 13 teams, the tournament now attracts more than 140 countries.

            A. repels                       B. throws                      C. destroys                    D. kills

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions

We’d better speed up if we want to get there in time

A. lie down

B. slow down

C. put down

D. turn down

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

We’d better speed up if we want to get there in time.

A. put down

B. turn down

C. slown down

D. lie down

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

We’d better speed up if we want to get there in time

A. put down

B. turn down

C. slown down

D. lie down

Exercise 4: Rewrite each of the following sentences with gerund or present participle or perfect participle.

.It’s not a good idea to travel during the rush hour.

→ It’s better to ____________________________________________________.

1.      Could you turn the radio down, please?

→ Would you mind _________________________________________.

2.      Are you going to the seaside this summer?

→ Have you planned ____________________________________________.

3.      Will you invite your friends on Sundays?

→ Do you consider ________________________________________.

4.      He didn’t say goodbye to anyone when he left the room.

→ He left the room __________________________________________________.

5.      He would rather read books than watch television.

→ He prefers __________________________________________________.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 4 to 8.

DRINKING AND DRIVING

The legal limit for driving after drinking alcohol is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood, when tested. But there is no sure way of telling how much you can drink before you reach this limit. It varies with each person depending on your weight, your sex, if you’ve just eaten and what sort of drinks you’ve had. Some people might reach their limit after only about three standard drinks.

In fact, your driving ability can be affected by just one or two drinks. Even if you’re below the legal limit, you could still be taken to court if a police officer thinks your driving has been affected by alcohol.

It takes about an hour for the body to get rid of the alcohol in one standard drink. So, if you have a heavy drinking session in the evening you might find that your driving ability is still affected the next morning, or you could even find that you’re still over the legal limit. In addition, if you’ve had a few drinks at lunchtime, another one or two drinks in the early evening may well put you over the legal limit.

In a test with professional drivers, the more alcoholic drinks they had had the more certain they were that they could drive a test course through a set of moveable posts … and the less able they were to do it!

So the only way to be sure you’re safe is not to drink at all.

Alcohol is a major cause of road traffic accidents. One in three of the drivers killed in road accidents have levels of alcohol which are over the legal limit, and road accidents after drinking are the biggest cause of death among young men. More half of the people stopped by the police to take a breathalyzer test have a blood alcohol concentrate of more than twice the legal limit.

It is important to remember that driving after you’ve been drinking doesn’t just affect you. If you’re involved in an accident it affects a lot of other people as well, not least the person you might kill or injure

Alcohol is a major cause of road traffic accidents in that ___. 

A. more young men die in drink-related accidents than in any other way 

B. most drivers who die in these accidents have been drinking 

C. drinking affects people’s eyesight 

D. one in three drivers drink heavily 

1, Supply the correct verb form of gerund of present participle

1,(Feel)...hungry, he went into the kitchen and opened the fridge

2, My boss spends two hours a day (travel)...to work

3, (Swim)... is my favourite sport

4, One of life's pleasure is (have)...breakfast in bed.

5, (whistle)... to himself, he walked down the road

6, In spite of (miss)... the train, we arrived on time

7, They found the money... (lye) on the ground

8, He was trapped in a (burn)...house

9, I'm tired of....(work) eignt hours a day

10, She always puts off (go)...to the dentist

2, Supply the correct verb form of Gerund, Present Participle or perfect participle

1, She admintted(kill)....her husband

2, I regret(write)...her that letter

3, I enjoy (play)...tennis with my friends

4, Martin denied(see)... the accused man on the day of the crime

5, (Tell)... me that we should never speak again, she picked up her stuff and stormed out of the house

6. - Will you enter for the next aloquence contest?

-(Win)... twice, I don't want to try again. Let's give chances to other

7.(Improve)... her English Pie's promotion prospects are much better