Lesson 10: Verd Form

Exercise 1: Chon phng an tot nhat e hoan thanh

cac cau sau:

1. We are looking forward _____ you again soon.

A. to see B. to seeing C. saw D. have seen
2. My mother was afraid to let the boy _____ the tree.
A. to risk climbing B. to risk to climb C. risk climbing D. risk to climb
3. I remember _____ but he said I did not.
A. to buy him a book B. buy him a book
C. buying him a book D. to have bought him a book
4. Remember _____ john a present . today is his birthday.
A. send B. to send C. sent D. sending
5. I suggest _____ some more mathematical puzzles.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. done
6. Would you mind _____ the door?
A. open B. to open C. opening D. opened
7. You should give up _____ or you will die of cancer.
A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoking D. smoked
8. The driver stopped _____ a coffee because he felt sleepy.
A. have B. to have C. having D. had
9. That old man tried to stop _____ because of his bad health.
A. smoke B. smokes C. smoked D. smoking
10.There is nothing prevent us from______ the mystery of that palace.
A. discover B. discovery C. discovering D. discoveries
11.Mr. Thomas does not allow_____ in his office.
A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoked D. smoking
12.We are not allowed _____ in that restricted area.
A. to enter B. enter C. entering D. to entered
13.You had better _____ at home until you feel better.
A. stay B. to stay C. staying D. stayed
14.The machine needs_____ .
A. to repair B. to be repaired C. repairing D. B and C are
correct
15.I couldnt help _____ when I heard the story.
A. laughing B. to laugh C. laughed D.laugh
16.Peter usually help his mother ______.
A. to do housework B. do housework C. with housework D.all are correct
17.She used that money _____ a new car.
A.buy B. buying C. to buy D. for buying
18.Can you manage_____ ______ the report in the morning?
A. finishing / to write B. to finish / writing C. finishing / writing D. to finish / to write
19._____ is being carried out
A. the reclaming of land B. the reclaming land
C. the land reclaming D. A and C
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20.She is late again. There is nothing to do but _____.
A. to wait B. waited C. wait D. waiting
21.Rex hotel was the best place for us _____.
A. stays B. staying C. to stay D. stay
22.You cant stop me _____ what I want.
A. doing B. do C. to do D. that I do
23.I must go now. I promise _______ late.
A. not being B. not to be C. to not be D. I wont be
24.Do you want ______ with you or do you want to go alone?
A. me coming B. me to come C. that I come D. that I will come
25.Im sure I locked the door. I clearly remember _____ it.
A. locking B. to lock C. to have locked D. to be locked
26.She tried to be serious, but she couldnt help ______.
A. laughing B. to laugh C. that she laughed D. laugh
27.I like _____ the kitchen as often as possible.
A. not cleaned B. clean C. to clean D. that I clean
28.He tried to avoid ______ my question.
A. answering B. to answer C. answer D. how to answer
29.Could you please stop _______ so much noise?
A. to make B. make C. to have make D. making
30.I enjoy ______ to music.
A. listen B. to listen C. listening D. listened
31.Have you finished ______ your hair yet?
A. wash B. washed C. washing D. to wash
32.If you walk into the road without looking, you risk _____ knocked down.
A. been B. to be C. be D. being
33.Jim is 65, but he isnt going to retired yet. He wants to carry on _____.
A. to work B. work C. works D. working
34.I dont mind your ______ the phone as long as you pay for all your calls.
A. used B. using C. be using D. being used
35.Hello! Fancy _____ you here! What a surprise!
A. to see B. seeing C. seen D. see
36.Ive put off _____ the letters so many times. I really must do it today.
A. write B. to write C. written D. writing
37.What a stupid thing to do! Can you imagine anybody _____.
A. being B. be C. to be D. were
38.Sarah gave up ______ to find a job in this country and decided to go abroad.
A. apply B. to apply C. applying D. application
39.Suddenly he stopped the car in order ______.
A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoking D. has smoked
40.I cant bear ______this dirty room.
A. seeing B. to see C. seen D. saw
41.Have you considered _____ to live in another country?
A. going B. to go C. gone D. goes
42.Cathy suggested _____ to the cinema.
A. went B. not to go C. not go D. going
43.They caused her _____ a lot.

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 A. cried B. crying C. to cry D. cry
44.Paula quit _____ alcohol three years ago.
A. to drink B. drank C. being drunk D. drinking
45.We must do something. We cant go on _____ like this.
A. to live B. living C. life D. live
46.My mother rarely allows me _____ things for myself.
A. to buy B. bought C. buy D. buying
47.She admitted _____ the money.
A. to steal B. steals C. steal D. having stolen
48.It was late, so we decided ______ a taxi home.
A. to take B. taken C. taking D. was taken
49.Simon was in a difficult situation, so I agreed _______ him some money.
A. lend B. lending C. to lend D. lender
50.How old were you when you learnt ______ ?
A. how to drive B. how driving C. how drive D. how drivers
51.I waved to Karen but I failed ______ her attention.
A. to be attracted B. to attract C. attracting D. attracted
52.We decided ______ because of the bad weather.
A. not going out B. not to go out C. not go out D. not gone
53.She always encouraged her son _____ .
A. to jog B. jogged C. is jogging D. was jogging
54.They seem _____ plenty of money.
A. are having B. to have C. having D. had
55.I like Simon, but I think he tends _______ too much.
A. to talk B. talking C. talk D. is talking
56.Ann pretended ______ me as he passed me in the street.
A. not seeing B. not to seen C. not see D. not to see
57.I happened ______ that news from a magazine.
A. known B. to be known C. to know D. know
58.He has been on a diet to _____weight.
A. have lost B. having lost C. to have lost D. lose
59.I dont know whether ______ for the job or not.
A. to applying B. apply C. to apply D. applied
60.Do you understand _______?
A. what done B. what doing C. what to do D. what do
61.Can somebody show me ______ the film in this cinema?
A. how to changed B. how change C. how changing D. how to change
62.Dont forget _____ the latter I gave you.
A. to post B. posting C. post D. posted
63.There was a lot of traffic, but we managed _____ to the airport in time.
A. are gone B. going C. to go D. to be going
64.Jill didnt afford _____ a car.
A. buy B. to buy C. buying D. bought
65.Weve got a new computer in our office. I havent learnt how ______ it yet.
A. to operate B. operating C. operate D. be operated
66.We were all too afraid to speak. Nobody dared ______ anything.
A. saying B. being said C. says D. to say

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67.They had a boy ______ that yesterday.
A. done B. to do C. did D. do
68.We get our mail ______ yesterday.
A. been delivered B. delivered C. delivering D. to deliver
69.He appeared ______ something.
A. to be looking for B. look for C. looks for D. is looking for
70.Tom hopes _______ a solution soon.
A. to be found B. finds C. to find D. finding
71.You must ______ a lot of people here.
A. to know B. knowing C. know D. known
72.This involves having a good memory and ______ hard.
A. work B. to work C. worked D. working
73.They claimed ______ the problem.
A. have solved B. solve C. solving D. to have solved
74.Ive been invited to the party but I dont know ______ or not.
A. whether I should to go B. whether go
C. whether going D. whether I should go
75.Health experts advise ______ breakfast.
A. us not skipped B. us not skipping C. us not to skip D. us not skip
76.I would rather ______ this job.
A. not taken B. not take C. not to take D. not taking
77.I spent some time ______ around the shops in Elizabeth street yesterday.
A. looked B. be looking C. look D. looking
78.She will probably offer ______ the stereo for you .
A. to repair B. to be repairing C. repair D. repairing
79.She always proves _______ a true friend.
A.be B. being C. to been D. to be
80.Theres no point in _____ that.
A. persuade him to do B. persuading him to do
C. persuading him do D. persuading him doing
81.If you delay _____ it back, you will risk ______ your rights as a customer.
A. to take / losing B. taking / to lose C. being taken / losing D. taking / losing
82.You should be willing _____ .
A. to do that B. that do C. doing that D. to be done that
83.Just keep on ______ what you like.
A. do B. did C. doing D. done
84.He made me _______ it all over again.
A. do B. doing C. to do D. done
85.It is essential that he ______ that contract.
A. refuse B. refuses C. to be refusing D. refusing
86.It is easy _____ wise after the event.
A. be B. to be C. being D. is
87.It is up to you _____ the laws of your own country.
A. learn B. to learn C. learning D. learned
88.Arent you fed up _____ the same thing everyday?
A. od doing B. with doing C. with do D. on doing
89.Wouldnt you _____?

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 A. better succeed B. rather succeeded C. rather succeed D. better to succeed
90.Do it and youre certain ______ a success.
A. being B. to have been C. are D. to be
91.Are you ready _____?
A. cooperate B. cooperated C. to cooperate D. cooperation
92.There are a lot of peple ______ London everyday.
A. visit B. to visit C. visiting D. have visited
93.We enjoy ______ that film.
A. see B. to see C. seeing D. seen
94.______ is my hobby.
A. collect B. collecting C. collected D. A and C
95.Its no use ______ about pollution in big cities.
A. to complain B. complain C. complaining D. complained
96.Excuse me for _____ late and it is very kind of you ______ for me
A. to be / to wait B. been / waiting C. being / to wait D. being / waiting
97.I remember _____ him ______ that he ______ on time.
A. hearing / says / will be B. hear / says / be
C. hear / said / would be D. hearing / say / would be
98.When _____ each other, the American women do not usually shake hands.
A. meet B. to meet C. met D. meeting
99.On _____ at the airport, I was very worried to find that no one _____ for me.
A. arriving / was waiting B. arrive / was waiting
C. arriving / had waiting D. arrive / had been waited
100. _____ a foreign language requires great effort.
A. learn B. to learn C. learning D. B and C
101. I regret _______ you that we cannot approve your application.
A. inform B. to inform C. informed D.informing
102. The rocks in the soil made ______ more difficult.
A. to plough B. ploughed C. ploughing D. plough
103. I remember ____ you somewhere but Im sorry I forget your name.
A. meet B. to meet C. met D. meeting
104. Would you mind _______, please.
A. to answer the phone B. answer the phone
C. answering the phone D. to the phone answered
105. My mother told me _______ hope.
A. not to give up B. not give up C. not giving up D. not to giving up
106. My friend has lost weight ______ everyday.
A. to excercise B. to excercising C. by to excercise D. by excercising
107. Im hungry. Is there any food _____ ?
A. to be eaten B. to eat C. eating D. for me eating
108. Mary was the last applicant _____ by that interviewer.
A. to be interviewed B. to be interviewing C. to interview D. to have
interviewed
109. He is the good colleague ______ .
A. to work for us with B. for work with us
C. to us for working with D. for us to work with
110. ______ her sweetheart, she smiled happily.

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 A. Look B. To look C. Looking D. Looked
111. Huong never lets me _______ her books
A. to borrow B. borrow C. borrowing D. borrowed
112. The teacher was explaining the lesson and didnt notice Linh _____ out.
A. go B. went C. gone D. to go
113. Please wait a minute! My boss is busy _____ something.
A. write B. to write C. writing D. wrote
114. My father wanted me ______ a pilot.
A. become B. becoming C. to become D. became
115. He began ____ English 2 years ago.
A. learn B. to learn C. learning D. B and C
116. It takes 5 minutes _____ to the school.
A. walk B. walking C. walked D. to walk
117. ______ all their money, they decided to go home.
A. Having spent B. Spent C. Had spent D. Have spent
118. _____ the lesson well, Hai couldnt answer the teachers question.
A. Dont prepare B. Did not prepare C. Not preparing D. Not prepare
119. _____ all over the world, English has become the international language.
A. Speaking B. Spoken C. Having spoken D. Speak
120. _____ the teacher gave me a passing grade.
A.After taken the test B. After I took the test
C. After taking the test D. After I take the test

Exercise 2: Chon mot loi sai trong moi cau sau:

1. Before to go out, remember to turn off the computer.

A B C D
2. You had better learning a foreign language before applying for a job.
A B C D
3. On to hear the telephone ring, I answered it immediately.
A B C D
4. Theres something wrong with my computer. It may need to repair .
A B C D
5. It is a dull evening. We have nothing doing.
AB C D
6. Gets the bad news from her parents, Lan immediately burst into tears.
A B C D
7. I regret not to help you but I really couldnt do anything else.
A B C D
8. Many scientists have tried to unlocking the genetic code.
A B C D
9. Open the letter from her mother, she feels very happy.
A B C D
10. To reduce pollution, we have to stop to use many things that make our lives comfortable.
A B C D
11. It is very difficult for us to preventing forest fires during the drought.
A B C D

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12. People want to conserve the environment, but they cant help pollute it.
A B C D
13. A: lets go out for a drink. - B: I suggest staying at home and watch television.
A B C D
14. The government has had the ethnic minority settling down and provided them with land.
A B C D
15. There are many people visit the Pyramids in Egypt everyday.
A B C D
16. We go to school enriching our mind with knowledge.
A B C D
17. It is very difficult for human beings fighting pollution.
A B C D
18. If we dont care conservation the environment, we will get unavoidable disasters.
A B C D
19. Would you mind give me a hand, I have a lot of things to do?
A B C D
20. You have to finished writing the report yourself.
A B C D
21. Minh is a bit tired. He does not feel like eaten anything.
A B C D
22. I noticed the boy to creep into the house through a hole at the foot of the wall.
A B C D
23. There comes my bus! I must go now. Dont forget giving me a call.
A B C D
24. Faradays father was not rich enough to sending him to school.
A B C D
25. She left the house in a hurry without to say goodbye to us.
A B C D
26. I remember that I have something new to telling you.
A B C D
27. I couldnt help get angry when he told me about the problem.
A B C D
28. Language coming from Latin, such as French, Italian and Spanish are easy learning.
A B C D
29. I enjoy not have to get up early when Im on holiday.
A B C D
30. I dont recommend to eat in that restaurant. Its food is awful.
A B C D
31. The flowerist recommended me buying some roses.
A B C D
32. The police stopped everybody enter the house.
A B C D
33. Knew that he was poor, I offered to pay his fare.
A B C D
34. If you dont allow me entering, Ill break down the door.
A B C D
35. Alan advised me reading some more books.

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36. Leaves kept to fall and I felt tired of keeping the yard clean.
A B C D
37. I am only interesting in what he did.
A B C D
38. Would you please tell me how doing this?
A B C D
39. My parents never let me going out in the evening.
A B C D
40. You should do nothing but waiting.
A B C D
41. Gloria made a lot of friends by work in the cafeteria.
A B C D
42. Why dont you help each other studying for the examination?
A B C D
43. Lets taking a walk. Walking is good for our health.
A B C D
44. Everyone stopped talk when the president came in.
A B C D
45. Understand what he is talking about is dificult.
A B C D
46. He hates to be made fun at.
A B C D
47. He was angry with my come late.
A B C D
48. Whats your job? Hear the phone and typing letters.
A B C D
49. Her favorite sports are climb and skiing.
A B C D
50. Are you accustomed to hear airplanes over your house ?
A B C D
51. It is impossible imagine what she will say.
A B C D
52. My friend was fond of attend a higher mathematics course.
A B C D
53. Some people say that forget is better than remembering.
A B C D
54. Long ago, I gave up to try to learn swimming as I could not get over my fear of water.
A B C D

55. The (A) only good way (B) to getting achievement in (C) learning English is (D) to
practise it as frequently as possible.
56. It is sure that (A)human beings (B) will regret (C) to destroy the environment and they
obviously have (D) to suffer a lot.
57. (A)Efforts to improving the(B) standard of living for human (C) have also (D) resulted in
the environmental pollution.

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58. All the (A) students (B)are looking (C)forward to to spend their free time (D)relaxing in
the sun this summer.
59. Many people (A) have stopped (B) to smoke because they (C) are afraid that it may be bad
(D) for their health.
60. (A) After spending 2 days (B) arguing about (C) where to go on holidays, they decided
(C)not going anywhere.