Choose the corect answers

1. Instead of buying a new pair of shoes, I had my old ones _____.

a. repair b. to repair c. repairing d. repaired

2. It's possible ______ a train across Canada.

a. take b. to take c. taking d. to be taken

3. Now that we've finished painting the house, there is nothing left _____.

a. to do b. for doing c. to be done d. for being done

4. Before we leave, let's have Shelley ______ a map for us so we won't get lost.

a. draw b. to draw c. drawing d. drawn

5. I can hear acat _____ at the window.

a. scratches b. to scratch c. scratching d. was scratching

6. I think your mother should let you ______ your own mind.

a. make up b. to make up c. making up d. made up

7. The police never found the money ______ in thư robbery.

a. stealing b. be stolen c. steal d. stolen

8. Do you know what made so many people ______ their home?

a. evacuate b. to evacuate c. evacuated d. be evacuated

9. _______ bread, you usually need flour, salt, and yeast.

a. Make b. To make c. Making d. For make

10. We saw our favoriteballet _____ at the theater last night.

a. perform b. performing c. performed d. in performing

11. He was never heard ______ 'thank you' in his life.

a. say b. to say c. saying d. said

12. I was delighted ______ my old friends again.

a. to see b. seeing c. seen d. to be seen

13. _______ to friends ís nice but ________ alone is also enjoyable.

a. Talk/to be b. To talk/ be c. Talk/ be d. Talking/ being

14. I'd rather _______ to Elvis than the Beatles.

a. listen b. to lesten c. listening d. listened

15. I can make myself _______ pretty well in English.

a. understand b. to understand c. understanding d. understood

Rewrite the sentence or join the pairs of sentences beginning with the word(s) given.

1. He worked out the answer.It was clever of him.

It was _________________________________

2. Marie always pays her bills regularly. She's careful that way.

Marie is always _______________________________________

3. He was crossing the road. I caught sight of him.

I noticed _________________________________

4. When we finally heard that David had arrived, we were very relieved.

We were relieved ________________________________________

5. Why have you thrown up your job? You're mad.

You are _____________________________________

6. Jimmy got into his car and drove away. I saw this.

I saw __________________________________________

7. It is disappointing that we haven't heard from Molly.

We are _______________________________________

8. Contacting her at work is usually quite easy.

She is ___________________________________

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1. I couldn't understand what the passage said, so I had my friend ________ (translate) it for me.

2. It's important ________ ( start) the meeting om time.

3. There are too many people here for me _________ ( talk) to all of them.

4. It took ages ________ ( download) the picttures from the Internet.

5. Whenever I have free time, I like ________ ( watch) the basketball team _______ ( practice).

6. She sent me an e-mail ________ (inform) me that the meeting had been canceled.

7. It was a thrill ______(see) my brother ________(win) the chess tournament last year.

Rewrite the sentences, using the nouns in brackets and a '' to-infinitive'' so that the new sentences have the closest meaning to the given ones.

1/ She can cook for herself and that makes her more independent.(ability)

2/ We were very impressed when we saw that she tried very hard to overcome difficulties.(effort).

3/ Her teachers like her because she is always willing to learn.(willingness)

4/ I agree with him when he suggested that we should take part in more outdoor activities.(suggestion)

5/ The headmaster refused to allow us to go camping in the mountains (permission).