TO- INFINITIVE OR BARE- INFINITIVE

I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences/Or identify the part that needs correction:
1. I saw him __________off.
A. to drive
B. drive
C. driven
D. drove
2. Youd better ____________ an umbrella.
A. take
B. to take
C. taking
D. to be taken
3. Would you mind if I _____________ the window?
A. to open
B. opened
C. opening
D. open
4. Wouldnt you rather _____________?
A. succeed
B. to succeed
C. succeeding D. succeeded
5. He made me __________it all over again.
A. done
B. do
C. to do
D. doing
6. I had the boy ___________ a letter yesterday.
A. posting
B. to post
C. post
D. posted
7. You must _____________ a lot of people.
A. to know
B. know
C. knowing
D. known
8. My father doesnt let me _____________ out at night.
A. going
B. to go
C. go
D. gone
9. We heard him __________________ downstairs.
A. ran
B. to be run
C. to run
D. run
10. Lets ____________ an English song.
A. singing
B. sing
C. to sing
D. sang
11. We watched him ______________ the car.
A. park
B. parked
C. to park
D. to be parked
12. Why dont you ____________ for a job?
A. applying
B. applied
C. to apply
D. apply
13. I am planning __________ Da Lat next week.
A. visit
B. visiting
C. visited
D. to visit
14. I must go now. I promised _____________ late
A. not being
B. not to be
C. not being
D. wont be
15. Suddenly he stopped the car in order __________.
A. smoke
B. to smoke
C. smoking
D. smoked
16. It was late, so we decided ____________ a taxi home.
A. to take
B. taken
C. taking
D. take
17. How old were you when you learnt _______________?
A. how to drive
B. how drive
C. how driving
D. how driven
18. She always encourages her son ____________ harder.
A. to study
B. studied
C. study
D. studying
19. Dont forget __________ the letter I gave you.
A. to post
B. posting
C. post
D. posted
20. I got my father ________________ my bike.
A. repair
B. to repair
C. repairing
D. repaired
21. The fire isnt hot enough _________________ a kettle.
A. boiling
B. to boil
C. boil
D. boiled
22. It is too cold for us ______________________.
A. went out
B. go out
C. to go out
D. going out
23. He went to Britain ___________English.
A. learn
B. learning
C. to learn
D. learned
24. I have some letters ________________.
A. to write
B. writing
C. wrote
D. write
25. It takes me ten minutes _________to school every day.
A. walking
B. to walk
C. walk
D. walked
26. We expect him ______________ tomorrow.
A. arrive
B. arriving
C. to arrive
D. will arrive
27. Would you like __________to my birthday party?
A. coming
B. come
C. came
D. to come
28. I tried ___________the bus, but I missed it.
A. catch
B. catching
C. to catch
D. caught

29. Remember _____________Lan a present because today is her birthday.

A. send
B. sending
C. to send
D. sent
30. We were allowed ___________ photographs in this room.
A. sell
B. to sell
C. selling
D. sold
31. It took me a very long time recovering from the shock of her death.
A
B
C
D
32. Remember taking off your shoes when you are in a Japanese house.
A
B
C
D
33. My parents permitted me going out at weekends.
A
B
C
D
34. Money is used to buying food and clothes.
A
B
C
D
35. He often lets me to use his mobile phone.
A
B
C
D
II. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that its meaning remains unchanged, using the given words:
1. My parents dont allow me to play games on computer.
My parents dont let
2. He spent an hour doing his homework last night.
It took
3. I am going to the post office. I want to send some letter.
I am going to the post office in order
4. My grandfather is very weak. He cant lift the box.
My grandfather is too
5. My father said that I could use his car.
My father allowed me
6. The sudden noise caused me to jump.
The sudden noise made me
7. I dont really want to visit the museum.
Id rather
8. Lan told Nam: Remember to send your parents my regard
Lan reminded Nam..
9. The lesson was too long for us to learn by heart.
The lesson wasnt short enough.
10. She was very stupid when she went out without a raincoat.
It was very stupid of her.
11. They got out of the car.
I watched them
III. Choose the correct answers.
1 Instead of buying a new pair of shoes, I had my old ones _________ .
a. repair
b. to repair
c. repairing
d. repaired
2. It's possible _______ a train across Canada.
a. take
b. to take
c. taking
d. to be taken
3. Now that we've finished painting the house, there is nothing left ________.
a. to do
b. for doing
c. to be done
d. for being done
4. Before we leave, let's have Shelley ________ a map for us so we won't get lost.
a. draw
b. to draw
c. drawing
d. drawn
5. I can hear a cat ________ at the window.
a. scratches
b. to scratch
c. scratching
d. was scratching
6. I think your mother should let you __________ your own mind.
a. make up
b. to make up
c. making up
d. made up
7. The police never found the money __________in the robbery.
a. stealing
b. be stolen
c. steal
d. stolen
8. Do you know what made so many people _________ their home?
a. evacuate
b. to evacuate
c. evacuated
d. be evacuated
9. ________ bread, you usually need flour, salt, and yeast.
a. Make
b. To make
c. Making
d. For make
10. We saw our favorite ballet _________ at the theater last night.

a. perform

b. performing

c. performed

d. in performing