- •I.E. Ilyina, V.I. Kopelnick, o.G. Lyabina
- •Improve your english grammar Учебное пособие для студентов неязыковых вузов Tambov 2010
- •Существительное (the noun) множественное число существительных (the number)
- •Падеж существительных (possessive case)
- •Артикль (the article)
- •Прилагательное (the adjective) наречие (the adverb)
- •Местоимение (the pronoun) личные местоимения (personal pronouns)
- •Притяжательные местоимения (possessive pronouns)
- •Возвратные и усилительные местоимения (self-pronouns)
- •Указательные местоимения (demonstrative pronouns)
- •Неопределенные и отрицательные местоимения (indefinite and negative pronouns)
- •Вопросительные, относительные и союзные местоимения (interrogative, relative and conjunctive pronouns)
- •Глагол (the verb) изъявительное наклонение (the indicative mood) действительный залог (the active voice)
- •Страдательный залог (the passive voice)
- •Модальные глаголы (the modal verbs)
- •Неличные формы глагола (non-finite forms of the verb) инфинитив (the infinitive)
- •Причастие (the participle)
- •Герундий (the gerund)
- •Общие задания на неличные формы глагола (general revision tasks on the non-finite forms of the verbs)
Общие задания на неличные формы глагола (general revision tasks on the non-finite forms of the verbs)
1 Climbing the mountain, he broke his leg.
a) герундий; b) причастие
2 Having climbed the mountain, they rested the whole day.
a) герундий; b) причастие
3 Climbing a mountain is his favourite pastime.
a) герундий; b) причастие
4 The rule being explained is not easy.
a) герундий; b) причастие
5 Having been explained the rule became quite clear to everybody.
a) герундий; b) причастие
6 The rule being explained, we started doing the exercises.
a) герундий; b) причастие
7 I prefer explaining to testing.
a) герундий; b) причастие
8 Why do you dislike living here?
a) герундий; b) причастие
9 What’s the name of the girl living here?
a) герундий; b) причастие
10 I don’t like the idea of her living here.
a) герундий; b) причастие
11 The water here is not very good. I’d avoid drinking it.
a) герундий; b) причастие
12 What are you drinking? Is it apple juice?
a) герундий; b) причастие
13 After being stopped by the police, the man admitted stealing the car.
a) герундий; b) причастие
14 Being stopped by the police the man admitted stealing the car.
a) герундий; b) причастие
15 On reading the article he made up his mind to translate it into German.
a) герундий; b) причастие
16 The reading of the advertisement might help you to find a job.
a) герундий; b) причастие
17 Without reading this scientific paper, it will be difficult for you to make an experiment.
a) герундий; b) причастие
18 His having read the letter made me very angry.
a) герундий; b) причастие
19 I did it because ... on living in the country would have been too much of a problem.
a) to go; b) going
20 There was no ... how his father would react to the news.
a) to tell; b) telling
21 You know, her ... cleverer than her husband was half the trouble.
a) to be; b) being
22 Not ... home, in fact, seemed lately to become the pattern of his life.
a) to go; b) going
23 I belonged to neither groups, and ... was to take sides.
a) to speak; b) speaking
24 There is no ... how long he would have continued on the subject if his attention had not been distracted by a man who appeared on the deck.
a) to know; b) knowing
25 ... her upset would have been an understatement, she was beside herself with anger.
a) to call; b) calling
26 There was no ... the sound.
a) to mistake; b) mistaking
27 We were in the offices, and ... to his room meant going right through the place.
a) to get; b) getting
28 Just ... silent together like that helps.
a) to be; b) being
29 Just ... my trouble would have been in bad taste.
a) to mention; b) mentioning
30 Let us admit that ... with us is the thing that we cannot do without.
a) to read; b) reading
31 ... away for a weekend demanded a degree of will and organization.
a) to get; b) getting
32 She felt exhilarated, there was no ... it.
a) to deny; b) denying
33 Though it was fine, ... outside at a small table, eating, was not a tempting prospect.
a) to sit; b) sitting
34 There was no ... for taste.
a) to account; b) accounting
35 «My job is ... everyone alike, and be courteous, even when passengers are not,» said the stewardess.
a) to treat; b) treating
36 But the difficulty was ... an excuse for absence from home.
a) to find; b) finding
37 The place was cheerful and he felt relaxed. It was like ... warm in bed.
a) to be; b) being
38 My idea was ... a fuller explanation of what they plan to discuss.
a) to demand; b) demanding
39 All you can do is ... .
a) to obey; b) obeying
40 His request meant ... further than I was prepared to go.
a) to go; b) going
41 The only thing to do was ... who she was.
a) to explain; b) explaining
42 He didn’t know what to talk to him about. It was like ... an unknown brother.
a) to meet; b) meeting
43 The first objective was ... ourselves a suitable house to live in.
a) to find; b) finding
44 Try to avoid … your temper.
a) to lose; b) losing
45 All I wanted to do was ... the formalities short.
a) to cut; b) cutting
46 The loss of his job meant ... poor again.
a) to be; b) being
47 The best thing for you to do is ... the thought of her out of your mind.
a) to put; b) putting
48 One of the first things he did was ... his brother.
a) to telephone; b) telephoning
49 I seem ... my life saying good-bye.
a) to spend; b) spending
50 I left the clothes lying wherever they happened ... .
a) to fall; b) falling
51 She waited while Johnson went round ... hands with everybody.
a) to shake; b) shaking
52 When they chanced ... she always gave him a friendly smile.
a) to meet; b) meeting
53 As I stood ... on the corner of the street, Gerald Sutton came by.
a) to wait; b) waiting
54 Caro sat ... the side of her glass.
a) to stroke; b) stroking
55 I happened ... into her in the library.
a) to run; b) running
56 Then a cricket ball came ... through the window and rolled underneath the piano.
a) to smash; b) smashing
57 The print seemed ... before his eyes.
a) to blur; b) blurring
58 Tom never seemed ... his mother to know what he had been doing.
a) to want; b) wanting
59 I woke abruptly from sleep and sat up ... .
a) to listen; b) listening
60 Martha was out ... her friend.
a) to meet; b) meeting
61 He doesn’t seem ... what love means.
a) to know; b) knowing
62 Dick considered her suggestion and appeared ... it acceptable.
a) to find; b) finding
63 Her office turned out ... in one of the back streets.
a) to be; b) being
64 So I sat ... at the diary, as at a blank space in a crossword puzzle.
a) to stare; b) staring
65 Jimmy proved ... a good teacher.
a) to be; b) being
66 «So what?» she eyed me curiously. There seemed ... a faint foreign accent in her voice.
a) to be; b) being
67 I sat ... from time to time that he would just go away.
a) to wish; b) wishing
68 I returned to my room one afternoon ... Rex waiting for me.
a) to find; b) finding
69 That evening they sat on the back porch, ... the twilight filter down through the leaves of the trees.
a) to watch; b) watching
70 I looked at her for a minute, not ... .
a) to understand; b) understanding
71 Michael went home ... that his little son was taken ill.
a) to hear; b) hearing
72 And so I spent three years ... an immense amount of very dull stuff, not one-tenth of which I ever used.
a) to learn; b) learning
73 She was approaching slowly, ... her feet.
a) to drag; b) dragging
74 He arrived on the door step ... Peter fumbling with the lock, and they entered together.
a) to find; b) finding
75 I spent the rest of the day ... whether I was annoyed or not.
a) to wonder; b) wondering
76 They went off, ... us to face the situation.
a) to leave; b) leaving
77 ... to Sam talking of his sister, I thought of Ellen alone in her flat in the same town.
a) To listen; b) Listening
78 I came home one evening ... him sitting on the stairs outside the front door of the flat.
a) to discover; b) discovering
79 He must have had a jolly time at lunch ... there ignored.
a) to sit; b) sitting
80 My father was out and returned ... me in a condition of feverish anxiety.
a) to find; b) finding
81 Next morning, ... me in the hall, she told me that she was too tired to go out.
a) to meet; b) meeting
82 He relapsed into sullenness, ... that he was too busy.
a) to say; b) saying
83 Sam spent some of his money ... her a present for her looking after his mother.
a) to buy; b) buying
84 ... out of the house, Cliff practically walked into me.
a) to come; b) coming
85 The French teacher sat at her desk ... papers when Rudy led his father into the classroom.
a) to correct; b) correcting
86 The snow turned into a cold rain. He awakened many times ... it falling on his face.
a) to feel; b) feeling
87 They had difficulty ... new clothes for her.
a) to find; b) finding
88 We sat down out there, not quite ... what to do next.
a) to know; b) knowing
89 As she talked to me, she took me by the arm, ... towards the door.
a) to walk; b) walking
90 She reached her house that night ... her manager waiting for her.
a) to find; b) finding
91 I spent hours ... the pros and cons of either course of action.
a) to balance; b) balancing
92 We wouldn’t have much trouble ... it.
a) to prove; b) proving
93 I wished ... quite fair.
a) to be; b) being
94 I expected ... him in the drawing-room but he wasn’t there.
a) to find; b) finding
95 I enjoyed ... to her talk of Viennese society in the days of her youth.
a) to listen; b) listening
96 Reggie promised ... in.
a) to look; b) looking
97 I wanted ... him up.
a) to cheer; b) cheering
98 Everything you’ve planned ... is sensible.
a) to do; b) doing
99 Kate avoided ... John alone.
a) to see; b) seeing
100 You keep ... things in Latin and you know I can’t understand.
a) to say; b) saying
101 He preceded ... this by his own story.
a) to illustrate; b) illustrating
102 Her eyes were full and bright. She did not pretend ... her nervousness.
a) to hide; b) hiding
103 Jack asked the stewardess for some stationary and, when it came, set about ... a letter to his son.
a) to compose; b) composing
104 Renny was often dead right, more often than I cared ... .
a) to remember; b) remembering
105 He sat there sullenly and refused ... .
a) to answer; b) answering
106 I didn’t mind ... about them a bit.
a) to think; b) thinking
107 He had just finished ... up a suitcase.
a) to strap; b) strapping
108 He did not hesitate ... such methods.
a) to employ; b) employing
109 We arranged ... .
a) to meet; b) meeting
110 He stopped ... and went into the bathroom to turn the water on for the bath.
a) to whistle; b) whistling
111 His sister-in-law certainly needed ... after.
a) to look; b) looking
112 We can’t afford ... you.
a) to waste; b) wasting
113 I can’t help ... Sophy.
a) to like; b) liking
114 Arthur had managed ... it his way.
a) to do; b) doing
115 I couldn’t resist ... such a lovely hat.
a) to buy; b) buying
116 She says she can’t imagine not ... his key in the lock.
a) to hear; b) hearing
117 I notice that you took the trouble ... your picture into all the papers.
a) to get; b) getting
118 I have been meaning ... you about it.
a) to ask; b) asking
119 Then he condescended ... himself.
a) to explain; b) explaining
120 He denied ... anything about the missing document.
a) to know; b) knowing
121 You certainly mustn’t miss ... this wonderful film.
a) to see; b) seeing
122 Mary tended ... upset by her failures.
a) to be; b) being
123 Tears filled her eyes and ran down her cheeks. She did not trouble ... them away.
a) to wipe; b) wiping
124 He is considering ... a book about his war experience.
a) to write; b) writing
125 She put off ... the news to her father.
a) to break; b) breaking
126 Looking back on it, I think it would have been better, for all concerned, if we had never attempted ... .
a) to interfere; b) to interfered
127 He got out of bed and prepared ... .
a) to shave; b) shaving
128 I wondered if you felt like ... out for a dance?
a) to come; b) coming
129 He had made up his mind ... in Dick.
a) to confide; b) confiding
130 I considered ... the ceiling blue.
a) to paint; b) painting
131 He asked ... the cheque, and it was produced.
a) to see; b) seeing
132 She couldn’t go on ... alone in that great house.
a) to live; b) living
133 I’ve got a fifty per cent chance of doing what I set out ... .
a) to do; b) doing
134 She tried ... an interest in my work.
a) to take; b) taking
135 To learn to write I tried ... words or the order in which they were set.
a) to alter; b) altering
136 Why didn’t you try ... yourself a job?
a) to find; b) finding
137 She tried ... , but her fingers were numb.
a) to knit; b) knitting
138 The article went on ... that Miss MacLean was born in Dublin and still had relations living there.
a) to say; b) saying
139 He went on ... about his children.
a) to talk; b) talking
140 He proposed ... to the theatre that night, but Elisa said she was tired.
a) to go; b) going
141 I propose ... a boat with the money.
a) to buy; b) buying
142 In the following pages I propose ... the story of Goethe’s life.
a) to tell; b) telling
143 One of them proposed ... out later on to watch the children dancing.
a) to go; b) going
144 I must remember ... the others not to mention it to Willy.
a) to tell; b) telling
145 I remember ... the letter on the mantle piece.
a) to see; b) seeing
146 I remember being ... for a drive by a kind lady who wanted to show me round.
a) to take; b) taken
147 I must remember ... through my pockets.
a) to look; b) looking
148 I remember ... to hear endless incidents from my mother’s childhood.
a) to have; b) having
149 I must remember not ... , he thought, and must lose some weight. I look like a fat grocer.
a) to slouch; b) slouching
150 The general never forgot ... his boys out for a drive one Sunday day in June.
a) to take; b) taking
151 Don’t forget ... the door when you decide to go to bed.
a) to lock; b) locking
152 I now regretted not ... with her, but it was too late to run after her.
a) to go; b) going
153 I regret ... you but you ought to know the facts.
a) to disappoint; b) disappointing
154 I think he was beginning ... it.
a) to doubt; b) doubting
155 She asked him whether he hated ... as much as she did.
a) to fly; b) flying
157 I hated ... of her wishes being forced in any way.
a) to think; b) thinking
158 She hates ... for television.
a) to work; b) working
159 I hate ... it, but I think I can understand her Daddy.
a) to admit; b) admitting
160 - Outside, the church bells started ... .
a) to ring; b) ringing
161 He started ... back to the hotel.
a) to walk; b) walking
162 It’s started ... .
a) to rain; b) raining
163 I was busy ... to figure out whether he had told me the truth.
a) to try; b) trying
164 His brother’s emotion was not easy ... .
a) to discern; b) discerning
165 His proposition was worth ... .
a) to consider; b) considering
166 Everyone in this room is competent ... an opinion.
a) to express; b) expressing
167 The picture is definitely worth ... .
a) to buy; b) buying
168 You see, a lot of us are prone ... it.
a) to forget; b) forgetting
169 The girl was very wise ... their advice.
a) to take; b) taking
170 He was busy ... on the new play.
a) to work; b) working
171 I was fascinated ... the two of them together.
a) to watch; b) watching
172 Charles was slow ... what Mr. March was feeling.
a) to see; b) seeing
173 The little girl was busy ... out pages from the telephone directory.
a) to tear; b) tearing
174 It must be admitted that this writer is not hard ... .
a) to imitate; b) imitating
175 He had errands ... first.
a) to do; b) doing
176 There was a shriveled potato ... on the ground. I picked it up.
a) to lie; b) lying
177 Alec was not at all an easy man ... presents to.
a) to give; b) giving
178 You remember I told you I’d something ... you?
a) to tell; b) telling
179 I wondered if he was trying to break some news ... me.
a) to affect; b) affecting
180 I expect there’ll be a lot ... up with.
a) to put; b) putting
181 They were used to having a ... man to spend a night or two at their inn.
a) to travel; b) travelling
182 He took a last look at his calmly ... friend.
a) to sleep; b) sleeping
183 I guessed that I had disadvantages ... .
a) to overcome; b) overcoming
184 John had nothing more ... him.
a) to show; b) showing
185 It’s very good for them to have an older man with plenty of experience ... to for advice.
a) to come; b) coming
186 When I reached the bridge there was a swan ... downstream on the wide river.
a) to drift; b) drifting
187 He’s been used to comfort and to having someone ... after him.
a) to look; b) looking
188 The slowly ... circle of light from the torch revealed a short flight of steps.
a) to move; b) moving
189 I met your friend Ann Simon being ... by Lewis.
a) escorted; b) escorting
190 George was a tempting person ... about.
a) to gossip; b) gossiping
191 There was little in the forest ... to the romantic.
a) to appeal; b) appealing
192 Mr. Brady, there is someone ... to look after you.
a) to come; b) coming
193 He gave her an ... look.
a) to admire; b) admiring
194 On the other hand, it would be a quite interesting game ... .
a) to try; b) trying
195 The lights in the house were out, but a ... moon gleamed against one window.
a) to rise; b) rising
196 They reached a hotel ... Central Park.
a) to overlook; b) overlooking
197 The proper place ... at the house from was the lawn.
a) to look; b) looking
198 I particularly wanted to see John for a minute but there were patients ... to see him.
a) to wait; b) waiting
199 She was much given to ... fits.
a) to cry; b) crying
200 Jack hurried past the customs, and out on the wet tarmac toward the ... plane.
a) to wait; b) waiting
201 There was nothing ... .
a) to do; b) doing
202 Freddy rose and raised an arm in a ... way.
a) to welcome; b) welcoming
203Alayne was the first to hear the ... car.
a) to approach; b) approaching
204 He raised himself to a ... position, supporting himself with one hand.
a) to sit; b) sitting
205 She was a startling woman ... at.
a) to look; b) looking
206 It came as a shock to me ... that he had left his wife.
a) to realize; b) realizing
207 I laughed. It made me feel good ... that someone else felt the same way about it as I did.
a) to know; b) knowing
208 It didn’t serve any purpose ... why Marion had decided to be friends with me.
a) to analyse; b) analysing
209 No one has any influence over him when it comes to ... his actions.
a) to decide; b) deciding
210 It is against the law in the country ... a revolver.
a) to carry; b) carrying
211 When it came to ... you talk about the war, I felt like a child.
a) to hear; b) hearing
212 It amazed me ... that Pat not only understood his arguments but shared them.
a) to feel; b) feeling
213 On the expedition it matters a lot ... young.
a) to be; b) being
214 Our hostess made it a point never ... wives with their husbands.
a) to ask; b) asking
215 He was left ... a couple of hours.
a) to sleep; b) sleeping
216 When the car was heard ... the people fled anywhere to avoid the police.
a) to approach; b) approaching
217 He was understood ... the new teacher.
a) to be; b) being
218 Her brother was reported ... alive in Europe .
a) to be; b) being
219 I don’t see how anyone can be expected ... a case like this.
a) to tackle; b) tackling
220 His book was found ... a fine piece of writing.
a) to be; b) being
221 In your story he is shown ... a lot for other people.
a) to do; b) doing
222 I was made ... at the gate.
a) to stand; b) standing
223 She may have found the note because she was seen ... through the book.
a) to look; b) looking
224 He has never been known ... his temper at rehearsals.
a) to lose; b) losing
225 I think you’d like to know, sir, that the train has been heard ... .
a) to whistle; b) whistling
226 People can feel satisfaction if they are made ... they are doing a useful service.
a) to feel; b) feeling
227 When they were getting into the car he was heard ... good luck to the girl.
a) to wish; b) wishing
228 From the hill a man could be seen ... half a mile away.
a) to run; b) running
229 He was instructed ... for a special grant.
a) to apply; b) applying
230 It was a two-storey grey building with a porch that no one was meant ... on.
a) to sit; b) sitting
231 The strong currents were thought ... bathing dangerous.
a) to make; b) making
232 She was found ... herself by the fire.
a) to warm; b) warming
233 He was forced ... out of his present job.
a) to get; b) getting
234 She was understood as ... any interviews.
a) to refuse; b) refusing
235 Renny was heard ... gaily in his room.
a) to whistle; b) whistling
236The game was intended ... time until about nine o’clock.
a) to kill; b) killing
237 She was heard ... the light on.
a) to turn; b) turning
238 He has been known ... his temper occasionally.
a) to show; b) showing
239 Meg was called upon ... her opinion.
a) to express; b) expressing
230 Two constables were left ... his arrival.
a) to await; b) awaiting
241 He was found ... a well-read man.
a) to be; b) being
242 His clothes were left ... wherever they happened to fall.
a) to lie; b) lying
243 «You were seen ... the ring.» «I took it but I didn’t steal it.»
a) to take; b) taking
244 The car belonged to the firm, and I wasn’t supposed ... it for my own pleasure.
a) to use; b) using
245 The invitation was treated as ... a good sign.
a) to be; b) being
246 He is in hospital. And his condition is reported as ... serious.
a) to be; b) being
247 My will was weakened. I wanted someone ... on.
a) to lean; b) leaning
248 We stood for a while watching a man ... an Alsatian puppy.
a) to train; b) training
249 I can imagine people not ... him.
a) to like; b) liking
250 He ordered a bottle of beer and some cheese to be ... up to his room.
a) sent; b) sending
251 There was a lot of noise all around now, and amongst it you could hear a plane ... unusually low.
a) to fly; b) flying
252 I heard Arthur ... a slight noise which may have been a sigh or a chuckle.
a) make; b) making
253 «Why do you always have him ... around?» «He likes it.»
a) to hang; b) hanging
254 I don’t like girls ... . It takes away the fragrance of youth.
a) to smoke; b) smoking
255After supper Willy switched on the wireless and John left him ... round the drawing-room to the sound of Mozart’s piano concerto in С minor.
a) to dance; b) dancing
256 We left him ... the afternoon with his family.
a) to spend; b) spending
257 I can’t imagine you ... anything but what you are.
a) to be; b) being
258 I saw Mother ... at me.
a) to look; b) looking
259 Adeline found her husband ... in the middle of the room waiting for her.
a) to stand; b) standing
260 He found you ... pretty liberal about your children.
a) to be; b) being
261 Now I was over-confident. I expected things ... my way.
a) to go; b) going
262 He guessed her age ... about eighteen.
a) to be; b) being
263 I caught her ... at me.
a) to look; b) looking
264 James proved himself ... a man of his word.
a) to be; b) being
265 We left the others ... outside the house.
a) to chat; b) chatting
266 I left him ... with the issue by himself.
a) to deal; b) dealing
267 He explained his behaviour as ... to make up their quarrel.
a) to try; b) trying
268 He was content just to watch her ... .
a) to think; b) thinking
269 I watched him ... the hall.
a) leave; b) leaving
270 It was the only word I heard him ... that day.
a) say; b) saying
271 Who was the man I saw you ... with yesterday?
a) to chat; b) chatting
272 The whole village turned out to see them ... .
a) to leave; b) leaving
273 Through the car window I saw Rose and Dick ... together.
a) to walk; b) walking
274 I didn’t expect her ... specially concerned.
a) to be; b) being
275 Everyone thought you ... away.
a) to be; b) being
276 They did not want there ... any occasion when their presence might embarrass anyone.
a) to be; b) being
277 I’m thinking of … to Brazil.
a) to go; b) going
278 You cannot live without … such stupid things.
a) to do; b) doing
279 He isn’t good at … his car.
a) to drive; b) driving
280 I found myself outside with an ... head.
a) to ache; b) aching; c) ached
281 He enjoyed ... .
a) to need; b) being needed; c) to be needed; d) to have needed
282 Willy began ... softly.
a) to whistle; b) to being whistled; c) to be whistled; d) whistling
283 In my experience most people mind ... at.
a) to laugh; b) being laughed; c) to be laughed; d) laughing
284 I don’t suppose your wife wants ... with me now.
a) to bother; b) being bothered; c) to be bothered; d) to have bothered
285 I knew that Charles had regretted ... me.
a) to invite; b) inviting; c) to being invited; d) to have invited
286 He pretended ... when his mother came into his room to look at him.
a) to sleep; b) sleeping; c) to being slept; d) to be sleeping
287 She didn’t like ... with.
a) to differ; b) differing; c) to be differed; d) to have differed
288 He pretended not ... as if the compliment were purely formal.
a) to hear; b) hearing; c) to be heard; d) to have heard
289 He prefers ... by the name of John Brown.
a) to know; b) knowing; c) to be known; d) to have known
290 I don’t like ... with.
a) to interfere; b) interfering; c) being interfered; d) to have interfered
291 I set about ... all the names from the diary.
a) to erase; b) erasing; c) to be erased; d) to have erased
292 Bob asked ... to a room where he could wash and change his clothes.
a) to show; b) showing; c) to be shown; d) to have shown
293 I disliked ... Harry.
a) to call; b) calling; c) being called; de) to have called
294 We stopped in front of the dance hall and pretended ... inside.
a) to look; b) looking; c) being looked; d) to be looking
295 Maurice sat on the bench, with the picture on his knee, as though he would not risk ... from it.
a) to part; b) parting; c) being parted; d) to be parting
296 I didn’t want ... his feelings.
a) to hurt; b) hurting; c) being hurt; d) to have hurt
297 He said it was too late, and in any case he didn’t like ... off.
a) to see; b) seeing; c) being seen; d) to have seen
298 He had persuaded me ... with him to Vienna for a few days.
a) to go; b) to be gone; c) to have gone; d) going
299 If he finds it necessary, the district attorney may require an inquest ... .
a) to hold; b) to be held; c) to have held; d) holding
300 We did not suspect him ... to the place before.
a) to be; b) to have been; c) being; d) being been
301 Do you expect me ... it?
a) to explain; b) to be explained; c) to have explained; d) explaining
302 I took this ... true.
a) to be; b) to have been; c) being; d) being been
303 I took the article ... by my brother.
a) to write; b) to have written; c) writing; d) to have been written
304 I suspected him ... his mind.
a) to change; b) to have changed; c) to be changed; d) changing
305 He wished his position on the Board ... from the beginning.
a) to establish; b) to be established; c) to have established; d) establishing
306 «Where were you?» «Did you expect me ... for you all this time?».
a) to wait; b) to be waited; c) to have been waiting; d) waiting
307 When he arrived he found me ... Tom Jones.
a) to read; b) to be read; c) to have read; d) reading
308 He fell the money ... from his grasp.
a) to take; b) to be taken; c) being taken; d) to have taken
309 I heard her more than once ... by her mother that she might play with me if she wished.
a) to tell; b) to be told; c) being told; d) to have told
310 I left him ... that he had talked them into it.
a) to think; b) to be thought; c) thinking; d) being thought
311 I don’t want that man to see me ... up the stairs.
a) to help; b) to be helped; c) being helped; d) to have helped
312 In London she bought a lipstick. I remember her ... the various shades on the back of her hand.
a) to try; b) trying; c) being tried; d) to have tried
313 He was surprised to hear such words ... by an officer.
a) to utter; b) uttering; c) being uttered; d) to have uttered
314 Standing on the porch, she watched the luggage ... into the house.
a) to carry; b) carrying; c) being carried; d) to have carried
315 She looked at a ... photograph of Jimmy.
a) to frame; b) framing; c) framed
316 John busied himself with the complex problems of a ... city.
a) to grow; b) growing; c) grown
317 There were infrequent visitors and her books ... her occupied.
a) to keep; b) keeping; c) kept
318 In the room there were four men ... over their coffee.
a) to chat; b) chatting; c) chatted
319 In the theatre there was always a seat ... for him.
a) to reserve; b) reserving; c) reserved
320 Late at night he received a telegram from his father ... him to come home at once.
a) to ask; b) asking; c) asked
321 The Cotton Cooperative ... by his father to protect the cotton growers in the area, was expanded to include tobacco.
a) to found; b) founding; c) founded
322 In the drawer he kept the envelopes ... his children’s letters.
a) to contain; b) containing; c) contained
323 He decided not to plant the fields because of the labour shortage ... by the war.
a) to create; b) creating; c) created
324 He outlined his plan ... the votes of the two men.
a) to obtain; b) obtaining; c) obtained
325 I found myself in the ... room.
a) to darken; b) darkening; c) darkened
326 He accepted the invitation ... the matter.
a) to discuss; b) discussing; c) discussed
327 People usually accept the emotions... to the concept of home.
a) to attach; b) attaching; c) attached
328 The meeting of the Council ... by Jim Corbin two days later was a particularly stormy one.
a) to call; b) calling; c) called
329 He received permission ... up the unkempt grassy lawn.
a) to clean; b) cleaning; c) cleaned
330 She wondered every day at that folly, already ... into the past.
a) to recede; b) receding; c) receded
331 They were reluctant to fill out the small forms ... the expenses they had made.
a) to describe; b) describing; c) described
332 I helped him in handling problems ... by other departments.
a) to create; b) creating; c) created
333 I know I won’t be able to think of a single intelligent thing ... in reply.
a) to say; b) saying; c) said
334 I smiled with relief when I saw it was my brother ... on the grass.
a) to lie; b) lying; c) lied
335 In the telephone I heard the ... announcement of the time.
a) to record; b) recording; c) recorded
336 Every two weeks we are paid with machine-processed checks. ... out of stiff paper.
a) to manufacture; b) manufacturing; c) manufactured
337 He left a note ... he was sorry.
a) to say; b) saying; c) said
338 He made a few ... jokes.
a) to tease; b) teasing; c) teased
339 He was afraid that his company might lose the order to the ... company.
a) to compete; b) competing; c) competed
340 I’m making no plans ... my present job.
a) to leave; b) leaving; c) left
341 I worked long on the program ... to me and prepared a very good and witty demonstration of eighteen colour slides.
a) to allot; b) allotting; c) allotted
342 She poured some ... water into the coffee pot.
a) to boil; b) boiling; c) boiled