TOEFL and Gerunds and Infinitives

TOEFL 1

100

Choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is not correct. 

^{The latest} medical report indicated that the patient's temperature was ^{near normal} and ^their lungs ^were partially cleared.

A. The latest

B. near normal

C. their

D. were

C. theirs

200

Choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is not correct. 

^Most oxygen atoms ^have eight neutrons, but a small ^amount have ^{nine or ten}.

A. Most

B. have

C. amount

D. nine or ten

C. amount

300

1. _____ worst phase of the Depressions, more than thirteen million Americans had no jobs. 

A. It was in the

B. During the

C. While the

D. The

B. During the

400

2. When reading a book, you must keep your point of view separate from the point of view in ______ you are studying, 

A. that

B. the material and

C. the material that

D. the materials that are

C. the material that

500

3. Speech consists not merely of sounds but ____ that follow various structural patterns. 

A. of organized sound patterns

B. organized sound patterns

C. that sound patterns are organized

D. in organizing sound patterns

A. of organized sound patterns

TOEFL 2

100

Choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is not correct. 

After ^{Clarence Day's book} Life with Father was ^rewritten as a play, ^they wan for ^{six years} on Broadway.

A. Clarence Day's book

B. rewritten

C. they

D. six years

C. they

200

Choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is not correct. 

President Andrew Jackson had ^{an official} cabinet, but ^{him preferred} the advice of ^his informal advisors, the Kitchen Cabinet.

A. an official

B. him

C. preferred

D. his

B. him

300

Choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is not correct. 

Almost half of the Pilgrims did not survive their first winter in the New World.

A. Almost

B. half of the

C. theirs

D. first

C. theirs

400

Choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is not correct. 

^{There was no indication} from the Senate that ^he would agree with the decision ^made in the house.

A. There was

B. no indication

C. he

D. made

C. he

500

Choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is not correct. 

A baby learns the meaning of words as they are spoken by others and later uses him in sentences.

A. they

B. others

C. later

D. him

D. him

Verbs followed by a Gerund or an Infinitive (Pattern)

100

Gerund or infinitive

1. We go _______ every week. (swim)

swimming

200

Gerund or Infinitive?

He dreams of _____ an actor. (become)

becoming

300

Gerund or infinitive?

He wanted ______a new computer game. (buy)

to buy

400

Gerund or infinitive?

You must _______ to my party. (come)

come

500

Gerund or infinitive?

We enjoy _____. (dance)

dancing

Verbs followed by a gerund or infinitive with change in meaning

100

Gerund or infinitive?

Remember ______ off the lights. (switch)

Last time you forgot and the bill went up.

to switch

200

Gerund or infinitive?

Do you remember ______off the lights? (switch)

switching

300

Gerund or infinitive?

I regret ____ that. (say)

Please forgive me.

saying

400

Gerund or infinitive?

Try _____ this riddle. (solve)

I'm sure you can do it. You are a genius after all. 

to solve

500

Gerund or infinitive?

I stopped _____ after the surgery. (smoke)

I wanted to recover as soon as possible.

smoking

TOEFL 3

100

Choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is not correct. 

Superman ^{made their} comic ^debut in 1938 ⁱⁿ Action Comics.

A. made

B. their

C. debut

D. in

B. their (It should be his)

200

Choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is not correct. 

Commercial letters of credit ^{are often} used to finance ^export trade, but ^them can have ^{other uses}. 

A. are often

B. export

C. them

D. other uses

C. them

300

Choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is not correct. 

When children ^{experience too much} frustration, ^its behavior ^ceases to be integrated..

A. experience

B. too much

C. its

D. ceases

C. its

400

Choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is not correct. 

On March 30, 1981, President Reagan ^{was shot as his} was ^leaving a Washington hotel.

A. was shot

B. as

C. his

D. leaving

C. his

500

Choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is not correct. 

Although the destruction that ^{it causes} is often terrible, cyclones ^benefit a ^{much wider} belt than ^they devastate.

A. it causes

B. benefit

C. much wilder

D. they

A. it causes