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

She is looking forward to ____ you again.

A. meet                       B. meeting                   C. met                         D. be met

____ photographs of the place, I had no desire to go there.

A. Have seen               B. Had seen                 C. Having seen            D. To have seen

____ the museum, we decided to have lunch in the park.

A. Visited                    B. Having visited        C. Have visited           D. Visiting

____ the story before, she didn’t want to hear the story again.

A. Heard                     B. To hear                   C. Having heard          D. Hearing

We can't count on ____ by our parents every time we get into financial difficulty.

A. rescuing                  B. being rescued         C. to rescue                 D. to be rescued

Mary’s children are used to ____ up after school every day.

A. picking                   B. pick                         C. be picked                D. being picked

____ the red light, he was fined 120 thousand VND by the police.

A. Having run                         B. Being run                C. Running                  D. Being running

The soldier was punished for ____ to obey his commanding officer’s orders.

A. being refusing        B. having refusing      C. having refused        D. being refused

____ the money, they began quarrelling about how to divide it.

A. Have found            B. Found                     C. Having found         D. Finding

____ all his money, he decided to go home and ask his father for a job.

A. Having spent          B. Spent                      C. Spending                D. Have spent

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

____ cigarettes for years, he was diagnosed with lung cancer.

A. Smoking                 B. Having smoked      C. Having been smoked          D. Being smoked

While ____ the historical building, they had to get some of the missing tiles specially made.

A. to restore                B. restore                     C. restoring                 D. being restored

I think ____ outside in the open air is much more enjoyable than ____ exercise in some stuffy gyms.

A. to walk – done                                            B. walking – doing

C. walk – to be doing                                      D. having walked – do

Authorities should warn people against ____ hazardous foods containing additives.

A. to be using              B. having used            C. using                       D. being used produced

____ contaminated water from a nearby river, lots of people in this village suffer from cancers.

A. Drinking                 B. Having drunk         C. Having been drunk             D. Drunk

Every member of the team praised him for ____ the team win the championship.

A. having helped         B. helping                   C. having been helped            D. being helped

There's someone ____ on the door. Come to see who he/she is.

A. knock                     B. knocking                 C. to knock                  D. having knocked

____ between the two attacks, the commander tried to prevent the enemy troops ____ their strength.

A. Without delaying – to gather                     B. By not delaying – from gathering

C. In delaying – for gathering                         D. Having delayed – without gathering

The power failure resulted in many of the underground trains ____ for up to one hour.

A. to delay                  B. to have delayed      C. to be delayed          D. being delayed

Did you actually see the boy ____ over the fence into Mr. Jones’ garden, or did you just hear other boys ____ about it?

A. jumping – talking                                       B. to jump – being talked

C. having jumped – to talk                             D. to be jumping – talk