My girlfriend is afraid of ____ out alone when it gets dark.

A. goes                        B. to go                       C. going                      D. go

From the distance, we could hear the sound of some dogs ____.

A. to bark                    B. to be barking          C. barking                   D. bark

I demand to see the person who is in charge ____ customers’ complaints here.

A. with handling         B. to handle                 C. to be handled          D. of handling

I’m absolutely fed up with ____ to the same place for our holidays year after year. Let’s consider ____ elsewhere this summer, shall we?

A. to go – to go           B. having gone – go    C. gone – going           D. going – going

Billy really enjoys ____ but unfortunately, his parents don’t approve of it and they are making him join the school football team instead.

A. to dance                  B. to be dancing          C. dancing                   D. having danced

I don’t recall ever ____ such a dull film as The English Patient before.

A. to watch                  B. having watched      C. to be watching        D. to have watched

Why doesn’t he fancy ____ with us to the pub?

A. having come           B. coming                   C. to have come          D. to come

Actually I dislike ____ by train, but I still prefer it to ____ because at least on a train you are still on the ground!

A. to travel – have flown                                B. having travelled – being flown

C. travelling – flying                                       D. travelled – be flying

When Grandma came to stay with us, she wasn’t accustomed ____ in such a big city, so initially she felt terribly disoriented.

A. having lived           B. living                      C. to living                  D. to be living

Your blue shirt has been washed, but it still needs ____. Why do you insist ____ it today anyway?

A. to be ironed – wearing                               B. to have ironed – to wear

C. ironing – on wearing                                  D. being ironed – to be wearing

Exercise 3: Choose the best answers to complete the following sentences.

You can't prevent him from ____ alcohol.

A. drink                       B. to drink                   C. drinking                  D. drank

In spite of ____ extremely tired, I went to school.

A. to be                       B. be                            C. being                       D. am

He got good marks at his exams because he spent almost his time ____ his lessons.

A. revise                      B. revising                   C. to revise                  D. to be revised

We saw the first star ____ in the sky.

A. twinkling                B. twinkle                   C. to twinkle               D. twinkled

It’s no good ____ to him, he never answers letters.

A. write                       B. being written          C. writing                    D. to write

Ask him to come in. Don’t keep him ____ at the door.

A. to stand                   B. standing                  C. stand                       D. being stood

The children loved ____ the old castle.

A. explore                   B. exploring                C. explored                 D. to explore

He devoted most of his time ____ novels.

A. to having written    B. to write                   C. to writing                D. to have written

Who suggested ____ here for the picnic?

A. come                       B. came                       C. to come                   D. coming

At last, he admitted ____ that box.

A. to open                   B. open                        C. to be opened           D. opening