Gerund or Infinitive? Choose the correct answer

1. The classroom needs selectA. cleanB. cleanedC. to cleanD. cleaning.
2. My brother is here selectA. forB. withC. toD. by study English.
3. I’m hungry. Get me something selectA. eatB. to eatC. eatingD. for eating.
4. I haven’t got a chair selectA. to sitB. for me to sit onC. to sit onD. for sitting.
5. Ask him to go to the post office selectA. to getB. for gettingC. in order he getsD. what he gets some stamps.
6. She desires not selectA. disturbB. to be disturbC. to be disturbedD. to have disturbed for an hour.
7. The squirrel was lucky that it just missed selectA. catchingB. to be caughtC. being caughtD. caught.
8. I can’t imagine selectA. doB. to doC. being doneD. doing that with them.
9. After he had worked several hours, he stopped selectA. to drinkB. drinkingC. drinkD. drank a cup of coffee to refresh himself.
10. It is no good selectA. to expectB. expectingC. of expectingD. for expecting him to see you off.
11. —It’s getting very late. Maybe we shouldn’t go.
　—No, let’s go. Getting there late is better than selectA. we don’t arriveB. to arrive notC. not to arriveD. not arriving at all.
12. They failed to pass the exam last time; I regretted selectA. to be not able to helpB. being unable to helpC. being not able to helpD. not be able to help them.
13. James liked fishing selectA. and hunting had been enjoyed by himB. and hunting was also enjoyed by himC. and hunting was also enjoyedD. and he also enjoyed hunting.
14. We can’t understand selectA. they laughB. their laughingC. them to laughD. them why laugh at the poor little match-girl.
15. Only one of these books is selectA. worth to readB. worth being readC. wroth of readingD. worth reading.
16. He used to selectA. get upB. getting upC. get upD. getting up at seven. Now he has got used to A. getting upB. get upC. get upD. getting up at six.
17. Charles Babbage is generally considered selectA. to have inventedB. inventingC. to inventD. having invented the first computer.
18. The girl is seriously ill. There is selectA. nothing to do but send for a doctorB. something but to ask a doctor to comeC. nothing to do but to send for a doctorD. anything to do but sending for a doctor.
19. The rest of the money selectA. is to sendB. are to sendC. is to be sentD. are to be sent to Alice.
20. I find the man hard selectA. to be pleasedB. pleasingC. pleasedD. to please.
21. Bob didn’t have the idea selectA. for cleaning the classroomB. in cleaning the classroomC. of cleaning the classroomD. to clean the classroom but he had to do with his classmates.
22. He insisted selectA. to be sent toB. being sent toC. on being sent toD. that to be sent to the working site.
23. He is not sure which restaurant selectA. for eatingB. to eatC. to eat atD. eating at.
24. During the next ten years, she had to work hard selectA. payingB. to payC. for payingD. in order to paying for the necklace.
25. He is ill. He kept selectA. coughing all night longB. to cough at nightC. cough since yesterdayD. being coughed day and night.
26. I prefer staying at home selectA. to go toB. for going toC. to going toD. than go to the theater.
27. The teacher advised him selectA. not be discouragedB. not to be discouragedC. not to discourageD. did not get discouraged by the difficulties that he met with.
28. Alice was sick selectA. of hearingB. to hearC. of being heardD. heard such noise.
29. I regret selectA. tellingB. to tellC. tellD. told you that the sports meet has been put off.
30. The machine requires selectA. repairB. repairingC. repairingD. to be repaired so the workers are required selectA. to getB. getting ready.
31. How I regretted selectA. having not seenB. to haven’t seenC. not having seenD. to not have seen the play that day!
32. Albert has the ability to selectA. solveB. keep in touchC. dealD. get along properly with the complicated situations.
33. He made a long speech selectA. only to showB. only showingC. showingD. enough to show his ignorance of the subject.
34. I don’t allow selectA. smokingB. to smokeC. to smokeD. smoking in my drawing room. I don’t allow my family selectA. to smokeB. smoking at all.
35. I’ve got the loaf; now I’m looking for a bread knife selectA. cutting it byB. cutting it withC. to cut it withD. to cut it by.

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