Insert the correct form of the non-finite forms of the verb, if possible.

1.It is difficult for me ______ people’s faces, but not their names.

a) to remember b) to have remembered c) remember

d) to be remembering

2.He prefers travelling by train rather than ____.

a) to drive b) drive c) driving d) to be driven

3.____ helped to pass the time.

a)to read b)reading c)having read d)to be read

4.It’s interesting to watch children____.

a)to play b)playing c)having played d)to be playing

5.She was bored by university lecture, _____ it was just kid’s stuff.

a) to say b) saying c) having said d) said

6.She needs her hair _____.

a)to cut b)cut c)being cut d)having cut

7.She kicked up a tremendous fuss about not ____ the best table at the restaurant.

a) given b) being given c) having been given d) giving

8.Alan used to ____ of the snakes.

a) be terrified b) being terrified c) have been terrified

d) having been terrified

9.Do you mind _____? – No, that’s quite all right.

a)to open the window b)opening the window

c)having opened the window d)open the window

10.The juice is in the fridge. It just wants _____ for a couple of minutes.

a) to cool b) cooling c) to be cooled d) being cooled

11.____ all that by the age of thirty is quite remarkable.

a) to accomplish b) accomplishing c) to have accomplish

d) to be accomplishing

12.This room needs _____ a bit.

a) to clean b) to be cleaned c) cleaning d) clean

13.We had to keep ______so that John could get out of the car and be sick.

a) to stop b) stop c) stopping d) stopped

14.Paul has a strong desire to get a seat even if it means ___ in a queue all night.

a) to stand b) stand c) standing d) having stood

15.He used _____ in bed when I first got to know him – I soon put a stop to that.

a)to eat b)eat c)eating d)to be eating

16.They eventually found him____ a newspaper in the library.

a) to read b) read c) reading d) to be reading

17.Buffalo were not meant ______ like cattle.

a) to raise b) to be raised c) raising d) to have been raised

18.Some insects have been found _____ for several years without any water.

a) to live b) to be living c) living d) to have been living

19.The girl____ the morning newspaper has been ill.

a) to bring b) brought c) bringing d) who brings

20.If you have to keep ____ to answer the telephone, you never get any work done.

a)to go b)go c)going d)went

21.The house is too small and he is having room ____ on.

a) to build b) build c) built d) being built

22.I remember ______ about the earthquake in the paper.

a) to read b) read c) reading d) being read

23.Whenever I get home I always seem to find you in front of the TV ____ a little snack.

a) to have b) to be having c) having d) to have been having

24.______ an owner of the company for such a long time, he found it hard to accept orders from another people.

a) to be b) to have been c) being d) having been

25.They are said_____ the house.

a) to sell b) sold c) to have sold d) having sold

26.He says he was talking to Tom. - He couldn’t _____ to Tom, Tom wasn’t there.

a) to talk b) to be talking c) talking d) have been talking

27.He stopped ___ the flower that I had dropped.

a) to pick up b) pick up c) picking up d) picked

28.She was one of the first _____ at the party.

a) to arrive b) to have arrived c) arriving d) having arrived

29.Firm in their belief that they could never be caught, they didn’t bother ____ the clues which eventually betrayed to the police.

a) to hide b) to have hidden c) hiding d) having hidden

30.He risked ______ his house when his company went bankrupt.

a) to lose b) to have lost c) losing d) having lost

31.She never forgot _____ the Himalayas for the first time.

a) to see b) seeing c) to have seen d) having seen

32.The woman said she saw the van ______ outside her house at ten o’clock.

a) to park b) to be parked c) park d) parking

33.He is involved with the movement to stop animals _____ for their fur.

a) to kill b) to be killed c) killing d) being killed

34.The government didn’t want _____ to be marking concessions to terrorism.

a) to see b) to be seen c) seeing d) to have seen

35.The woman was supposed to shout to make herself ______ above the sound of the music.

a) to hear b) hearing c) heard d) to be heard

INDEX

Adverbial modifier of addition 88, 89

Adverbial modifier of attendant circumstances 23, 27, 86, 123, 126, 127, 146, 147

Adverbial modifier of cause/reason 85, 87

Adverbial modifier of comparison/ preference 85, 88, 123, 128, 135, 137

Adverbial modifier of concession 85, 89, 123, 129, 135, 137

Adverbial modifier of condition 23, 27, 85, 89, 123, 129, 135, 136

Adverbial modifier of exception/exclusion 23, 28, 85, 89

Adverbial modifier of manner 66, 85, 87, 123, 127

Adverbial modifier of motivation 23,29

Adverbial modifier of purpose 23, 24, 25, 40, 85, 90

Adverbial modifier of result 123, 127

Adverbial modifier of subsequent events 23, 24, 25

Adverbial modifier of substitution / replacement 85, 88

Adverbial modifier of time 23, 29, 85, 86, 123, 135, 147

Aspect 7, 8, 10, 27, 29, 31, 33, 36

Attribute 21-23, 39, 81-84, 94, 95, 121-123, 131-133

Complex adverbial modifier 40, 95

Complex attribute 39, 94, 95

Complex object 31, 39, 139

Complex subject 35, 38, 93, 143

Compound Nominal Double Predicate 134

Compound Nominal Predicate Proper 14, 15, 16, 29, 70, 130, 133, 134

Compound Verbal Modal Predicate 15, 17

Compound Verbal Phasal Predicate 15, 17, 70-72

Correlation 7, 65

For-to-Infinitive Construction 31, 37, 38, 39

Gerund 65-95

Gerundial predicative construction 92-95

Infinitive 7-40

Nominative Absolute Participial Construction 144, 145

Object 19-21, 73, 78

Objective Participial Construction 139-141

Objective with the Infinitive Construction 31-33

Parenthesis 29, 130

Past Participle (Participle II) 131-138

Predicate 15, 70

Predicative 29, 38, 70, 71, 93, 130, 133, 134

Prepositional Absolute Participial Construction 145-147

Present Participle (Participle I) 119-130

Simple Verbal Predicate 14, 16, 134, 169

Subject 13, 68

Subjective Infinitive Construction 35-36

Subjective Participial Construction 143

Voice 7, 9, 65, 66, 119, 120, 134

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