Gerunds & Infinitives
Select the most suitable option:
Have you considered to run / running for student government this year?
Have you considered running for student government this year?
Select the correct option:
I hope / wish I'll get a 20 on my semester test!
I hope I'll get a 20 on my semester test!
Complete this sentence with a suitable preposition.
Please excuse the shop's appearance; several shelves are ____ repair.
Please excuse the shop's appearance; several shelves are under repair.
Invert the following sentence:
If he had called earlier, the tickets would have been available.
Had he called earlier, the tickets would have been available.
Complete this sentence with a suitable form of the verb in brackets:
You keep sneezing and coughing! It's high time you (visit) ____ the doctor.
You keep sneezing and coughing! It's high time you visited the doctor.
Select the most suitable option:
You didn't remember to take / taking out the trash! Now we have to wait for another week for it to be collected.
You didn't remember to take out the trash! Now we have to wait for another week for it to be collected.
(to take = obligation, taking = past event)
Use the correct form of the verb in brackets:
It's no use _______ (try) to go out now. It's far too late.
It's no use trying to go out now. It's far too late.
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the one provided, using the word given. Do not change the word given.
Many sardines were packed into the can.
WITH
The can ___________ sardines.
The can was packed with sardines.
Select the correct option:
Hardly had the movie started when / than the fire alarm sounded and we had to evacuate the theatre.
Hardly had the movie started when the fire alarm sounded and we had to evacuate the theatre.
Select the most suitable option:
The judge considered to accept / accepting the lawyer's appeal.
The judge considered accepting the lawyer's appeal.
Select the most suitable option:
Juliet couldn't imagine to marry / marrying Tybault at her young age.
Juliet couldn't imagine marrying Tybault at her young age.
Correct the error(s) in this sentence:
I'd rather you do not bother me while I'm studying.
I'd rather you didn't/did not bother me while I'm studying.
Select the most suitable option:
The toddler tipped over his cup on / by accident.
The toddler tipped over his cup by accident.
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.
Employees should never let customers access the equipment room.
NO
_____________ should employees let customers access the equipment room.
Under no circumstances should employees let customers access the equipment room.
Complete this sentence with a suitable form of the verb in brackets:
She insisted that I (stay) ______ for a coffee and chat a while.
She insisted that I (should) stay for a coffee and chat a while.
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.
Smoking is not permitted here.
SMOKE
You are not permitted ____________.
You are not permitted to smoke here.
Complete this sentence with a suitable form of the verb in brackets.
Suppose someone (steal) ____ your car because you left your keys in the ignition again. How would you get to work?
Suppose someone stole your car because you left your keys in the ignition again. How would you get to work?
Select the most suitable option:
This flat has been at / in / on the market for almost a year!
This flat has been on the market for almost a year!
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.
Oppenheimer was nominated both for Best Directing and for Best Picture.
BUT
Not only was Oppenheimer _____________.
Not only was Oppenheimer nominated for Best Directing, but (it was) also (nominated for) Best Picture.
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.
It was a close game, but the Philadelphia Eagles succeeded in beating the Dallas Cowboys.
MANAGED
It was a close game, but the Philadelphia Eagles ____________ the Dallas Cowboys.
It was a close game, but the Philadelphia Eagles managed to beat the Dallas Cowboys.
Add the appropriate fixed subjunctive expression to this sentence:
___________, I will always stand by your side.
Come what may, I will always stand by your side.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY -- this question is now worth 1000 points.
Invert the following sentence:
The DeLorean drove so fast that it could travel through time.
Such was the speed of the DeLorean that it could travel through time.
So fast was the DeLorean that it could travel through time.