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Kamis, 29 Juli 2010

GERUND AFTER CERTAIN VERBS

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWERS

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  1. 15. Do you mind __________ here?
    1. ? I sit
    2. ? my sitting
    3. ? my siting
    4. ? I sitting
    16. I can hardly imagine Mike __________ across the Atlantic Ocean all by himself.
    1. ? sail
    2. ? to sail
    3. ? sailing
    4. ? sailling
    17. I would appreciate __________back this afternoon.
    1. ? you to call
    2. ? you call
    3. ? you're calling
    4. ? your calling
    18. No one enjoys __________ in public.
    1. ? to be made fun of
    2. ? making fun of
    3. ? being made fun of
    4. ? to make fun of
    19. If you keep _________ in English, your oral English will improve.
    1. ? to talk
    2. ? talking
    3. ? talk
    4. ? having talked
    20. Don't you remember _________ before?
    1. ? to see him
    2. ? saw him
    3. ? to have seen him
    4. ? seeing him

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  2. 21. I don't feel like __________ out for a walk.
    1. ? going
    2. ? to go
    3. ? go
    4. ? to be going
    22. Would you mind __________ the window?
    1. ? to close
    2. ? close
    3. ? closing
    4. ? to be closing
    23. People couldn't help __________ the funny man.
    1. ? to laugh at
    2. ? laugh at
    3. ? laughing at
    4. ? laughing on
    24. This sentence needs __________ .
    1. ? to improve
    2. ? improving
    3. ? improve
    4. ? being improved
    25. He never stopped __________ until his last minute of life.
    1. ? to work
    2. ? to be working
    3. ? working
    4. ? to have worked
    26. Try ______ there as fast as you can.
    1. ? getting
    2. ? to get
    3. ? got
    4. ? get
    27. I regret __________ you that you are not selected for the interview.
    1. ? to tell
    2. ? telling
    3. ? tell
    4. ? having told
    28. My grandfather is used to __________ early.
    1. ? get up
    2. ? getting up
    3. ? have got up
    4. ? got up
    29. I' looking forward to _________ you.
    1. ? seeing
    2. ? see
    3. ? to be seeing
    4. ? to have seen
    30. They can never escape __________.
    1. ? to be punished
    2. ? punishing
    3. ? to punish
    4. ? being punished

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  3. 31. He objected to __________ early.
    1. ? leave
    2. ? be left
    3. ? leaving
    4. ? to be leaving
    32. He has given up __________.
    1. ? smoke
    2. ? smoking
    3. ? to smoke
    4. ? being smoked
    33. His mother insisted on ______ college.
    1. ? he to go to
    2. ? his going
    3. ? he go to
    4. ? his going to
    34. The bees are busy __________ pollen.
    1. ? gathering
    2. ? to gather
    3. ? to gathering
    4. ? with gather
    35. The book is worth __________.
    1. ? reading
    2. ? being read
    3. ? to be read
    4. ? to read
    36. Having finished __________ the reading report, I began to listen to music.
    1. ? to write
    2. ? to have written
    3. ? writing
    4. ? written
    37. Don't risk __________ alone in the river.
    1. ? to swim
    2. ? swiming
    3. ? swimming
    4. ? swim
    38. I'm considering ___________ your invitation.
    1. ? accepting
    2. ? to accept
    3. ? accepted
    4. ? accept
    39. The boy pretended __________ an essay, but in fact he wrote nothing.
    1. ? to be writing
    2. ? writing
    3. ? to be written
    4. ? to writing
    40. I have never expected __________ such a strange thing in my life.
    1. ? seeing
    2. ? having seen
    3. ? to see
    4. ? to be seen
    41. They are __________ at the _________ news.
    1. ? exciting ------ excited
    2. ? exciting ------- exciting
    3. ? excited ------ exciting
    4. ? excited ------ excited
    42. We were __________ by his ______ speech.
    1. ? inspired ------ inspiring
    2. ? inspiring ------- inspired
    3. ? inspiring ------ inspiring
    4. ? inspired ------ inpired
    43. Do not delay _________ him.
    1. ? to answer
    2. ? to answering
    3. ? answering
    4. ? to be answering
    44. I remember ______ the post office, but I forgot ______ the letter, which is still in my briefcase.
    1. ? to enter ------ to post
    2. ? entering ------ posting
    3. ? entering ------ to post
    4. ? to enter ------- posting
    45. She can't stand _________under such terrible condition.
    1. ? working
    2. ? to work
    3. ? to be working
    4. ? work
    46. It is no use __________ over spilt milk.
    1. ? crying
    2. ? to cry
    3. ? to be crying
    4. ? cried
    47. ESL students from Asia often have great difficulty ___________ some English sounds.
    1. ? to pronounce
    2. ? in pronouncing
    3. ? pronouncing
    4. ? Both B and C
    48. She preferred ______ rather than give up.
    1. ? die
    2. ? dying
    3. ? to die
    4. ? to be die
    49. He prefers ______ a walk to ______ TV at home.
    1. ? taking ------ watching
    2. ? take ------ watch
    3. ? taking ------- to watch
    4. ? take ------ watch
    50. The doctor persuaded the patient __________ in hospital for 3 more days.
    1. ? staying
    2. ? to stay
    3. ? being stayed
    4. ? stay

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