This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds And Infinitives – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... it easier to get in touch with us, you'd better keep this card at hand. A) Made. B) Make. C) Making. D) To make. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make. 2. The janitor has finished ..... the bathroom. You can use it now. A) Cleans. B) Cleaning. C) Clean. D) Cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleaning. 3. That film is frightening ..... A) Watching. B) Watch. C) To watch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To watch. 4. I should prepare ..... hard all day long. A) Working. B) To work. C) To working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To work. 5. Julie blamed Tim ..... the glass although he was actually innocent. A) To break. B) Breaking. C) For breaking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For breaking. 6. We were all happy about ..... New Year in Paris. A) Celebrating. B) To celebrate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Celebrating. 7. The basic form of a verb that usually follows "to": A) Gerund. B) Infinitive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive. 8. I love ..... coffee and ..... books on rainy days. A) Drinking/ reading. B) To drink / to read. C) To drink to / to read to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drinking/ reading. 9. We got a new card holder ..... lose our credit cards. A) Not. B) In order not to. C) Not to. D) For not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In order not to. 10. Max is pretending ..... asleep, but he isn't really. (be) A) To be. B) Being. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be. 11. I'm really sorry for ..... your party. A) Missing. B) To miss. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Missing. 12. Choose the correct answer. Mind your using either active or passive voice.Mr. Rueda offered ..... the National Soccer Team to the World Cup. A) To take. B) Taking. C) Being taken. D) To be taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To take. 13. After a preposition we use ..... A) Infinitive without to ( V). B) Infinitve ( to + V). C) Gerund (-ing). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund (-ing). 14. I regret ..... you that you've lost your place in the football team. A) To tell. B) Telling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To tell. 15. Her parents won't let her ..... out alone. A) To going. B) Going. C) Go. D) To go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Go. 16. They were excited ..... (hear) about the birth of her baby. A) Hearing. B) To hear. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To hear. 17. Choose the correct form:I enjoy (to read/reading) books in my free time. A) Reading. B) Readed. C) To read. D) Reads. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading. 18. He avoided ..... (speak) to his boss about the problem. A) Speaking. B) To speak. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaking. 19. The two friends enjoyed ..... (go) shopping. A) To. B) Ing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ing. 20. This sentence is an example of:I need you to study hard for your test. A) Verb + object + infinitive. B) Verb/prep + gerund. C) Verb + gerund. D) Verb + infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb + object + infinitive. 21. I love ..... to the gym first thing every morning A) Going. B) Go. C) To gone. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Going. 22. The dentist recommends ..... after every meal. A) Flossing. B) Floss. C) Flossed. D) Will floss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flossing. 23. I'm thinking of ..... for a new company. A) Working. B) Work. C) To work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Working. 24. I'm really looking forward ..... in Jean's new yacht. A) To sail. B) Sail. C) To sailing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To sailing. 25. "We agreed ..... our car for a cheaper price." A) Selling. B) Both 'selling' and 'to sell' are correct. C) To sell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To sell. 26. What are the infinitive verbs in the following sentence?I hate to leave you on a bad note, but I really need to go. A) Hate and Bad. B) To leave and To go. C) Really and need. D) To leave and Bad note. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To leave and To go. 27. I ..... why Jim didn't phone me. A) Scream. B) Avoid. C) Wonder. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wonder. 28. We've planned ..... (fly) to Denmark this Christmas. A) To. B) Ing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 29. We discussed (go) to the cinema, but in the end we stayed at the hotel. A) To go. B) Going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Going. 30. I will lock the door because I don't want ..... A) To be disturbed. B) To being disturbed. C) Being disturbed. D) To be disturb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be disturbed. 31. I want (learn) how to play the guitar. A) To learn. B) Learned. C) To learning. D) Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To learn. 32. To talk about the general idea of an activity we use ..... A) Infinitive to+verb. B) Infinitive bare verb. C) Gerunds. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerunds. 33. I wanted ..... to the store, but I didn't end up going. A) Go. B) Go. C) Going. D) To go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To go. 34. Choose the correct sentence that uses a gerund or infinitive correctly: A) I enjoy to playing tennis on weekends. B) I enjoy to play tennis on weekends. C) I enjoy playing tennis on weekends. D) I enjoy play tennis on weekends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I enjoy playing tennis on weekends. 35. Select the correct formI'm sure my keys are somewhere. I can remember ..... the door this morning. A) To lock. B) Locking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Locking. 36. Hamza enjoys ..... various shows on television. A) Watch. B) Watched. C) Watching. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Watching. 37. Mrs Tan dictates that each student must ..... their homework. A) Do. B) Did. C) Done. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 38. The manager asked me ..... anything about the downsizing. A) Not saying. B) Not to say. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not to say. 39. You'd ..... ready for next week's meeting! A) Make be. B) Let be. C) Better be. D) Rather be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Better be. 40. Beauty pretended ..... about Ruth. A) To care. B) Caring. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To care. 41. When in a relationship, nobody expects ..... A) To be cheat on. B) Being cheated on. C) To cheated on. D) To be cheated on. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To be cheated on. 42. You should ..... your homework. A) Completing. B) Complete. C) Completed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complete. 43. He thanked everyone ..... A) To coming. B) For come. C) For coming. D) To come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For coming. 44. Put the verb into the correct form:We hope ..... Amsterdam next month. A) To visit. B) Visiting. C) Visited. D) To visits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To visit. 45. When I finish ..... this letter, I'll come and help you. A) To write. B) Writing. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writing. 46. The manager considered ..... ten more employees for the project. A) Hiring. B) Will hire. C) Hire. D) To hire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hiring. 47. She had great difficulty ..... a new job. A) Of finding. B) Find. C) To find. D) In finding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In finding. 48. I tried ..... the web and finally found an address for him. A) Searching. B) To search. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Searching. 49. They have been trying all night ..... the car from the water. After hours of hard work, they finally managed to do it. A) To pull. B) Pull. C) Pulling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To pull. 50. I want ..... go to Cali. A) Go. B) To go. C) Going. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To go. 51. Choose the best option.I can't imagine ..... without my mobile phone. A) You living. B) Live. C) To live. D) To living. E) Living. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Living. 52. We should leave early lest the sun ..... (set) by the time we reach home. A) Sets. B) Set. C) Setting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Set. 53. Please try ..... your homework in on time. A) To hand. B) Handing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To hand. 54. Sue doesn't mind ..... on Sundays A) To work for. B) To work. C) Working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Working. 55. She loves (dance) to her favorite songs. A) Dances. B) Dancing. C) Dance. D) Dancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dancing. 56. Laura and Lorexy enjoy ..... for walks around the city every day. A) Going. B) To go. C) Go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Going. 57. Identify the gerund and infinitive in the following sentence:Running is good exercise. A) Run, to good. B) Running, to exercise. C) Is, to good. D) Running, for exercise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running, to exercise. 58. -Henry doesn't seem to be what he was.-No ..... so much in the war has made him more thoughtful. A) Having seen. B) Seen. C) His seeing. D) To have seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His seeing. 59. What rule of the gerund applies?Reading your notes again and again is useful. A) After prepositions. B) As the subject of a sentence. C) Immediately after adjectives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As the subject of a sentence. 60. She agreed (bring) the tart cakes. A) To bring. B) Bringing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To bring. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGerunds And Infinitives Quiz 1Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 2Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 3Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 4Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 5Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 6Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 7Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books