Gerunds and Infinitives Advanced Level 3

Gerunds and Infinitives Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With
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1. Researchers found that a pocket near the top of the 7. Childhood obesity in the U.S. appears _____ girls to
brain stem may be key in _____ whether someone is reach puberty at an earlier age.
likely _______ in compulsive behaviour or become
hooked on drugs. A) to be causing
B) to be caused
A) to determine / engaging
C) to have been caused
B) to have determined / to have engaged
D) causing
C) having been determined / to engaged
E) being caused
D) determining / to engage
8. It is the first organization of its kind in the region
E) being determined / to be engaged
_____ a full spectrum of policy research on _____
2. The adverts on the internet have made it possible for challenges facing the three states.
many performers _____ their work on their own.
A) to be conducted / pressing
A) producing B) conducting / having pressed
B) to be produced C) conducted / pressing
C) to produce D) to conduct / to press
D) to have produced E) to conduct / pressing
E) being produced
9. She was the first American woman _____ this prize.
3. It could be an ill food worker or just an ill person who
happens _____ the same living space as you. A) to win
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B) winning
A) being shared
C) to have won
B) sharing
D) to be winning
C) to share
E) to be won
D) share
10. Mark has promised ____ direct air links with China as
E) having shared
part of a comprehensive plan _____ closer trade and
4. It is often difficult ______ the difference between economic ties.
feeling gloomy and having a depressive illness.
A) opening / building
A) to be told B) to have opened / to build
B) having told C) opened / built
C) telling D) to be opened / to be built
D) to tell E) to open / to build
E) being told
11. BP recently announced that it plans _____ its
5. A lawyer like him is too valuable for her time _____ on investment in alternative and renewable
the years of research. energies_____ a new low-carbon power business.
A) to spend A) to be doubled / to have created

B) to be spent B) to double / creating
C) to have spent C) to have doubled / to be created
D) to have been spending D) doubling / creating
E) spent E) to double / to create
6. Field’s lawyers spent dozens of hours mostly _____ 12. The three presidential candidates all had their
the question of infection in depositions with the opportunity _____ the importance of their particular
physician. policy proposal on Iraq.
A) to pursue A) to be restated
B) pursuing B) restating
C) having pursued C) to have restated
D) to have pursued D) being restated
E) being pursue E) to restate
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13. The device was the most important navigation 19. The police arrested 44 demonstrators on Wednesday
instrument _____ in the last millennium. as they tried _____ in protest over a proposed law that
_____ foreign financing for local organizations, an
A) to be invented official said.
B) inventing
A) marching / had to block
C) to have invented
B) to be marching / will be blocked
D) having invented
C) to march / would block
E) being invented
D) having marched / would have blocked
14. None of her relatives understood her _____ a
E) to be marched / should block
promising career ______ in a civil rights movement.
20. I watch him ____ around and ______ away.
A) being left / participating
B) having left / participate A) turn / to walk
C) to leave / participated B) turning / walking
D) leaving / to participate C) to turn / to walk
E) leave / for participating D) turning / to walk
E) turn / walk
15. Earth's shadow will completely block the face of the
moon from ______ the sun's light for one hour and 13 21. Bill had the janitor ____ the door and ______.
minutes on March 3.
A) opening / entered
A) being reflected B) open / entered
B) reflecting C) opened / entered

C) to reflect D) opening / enters
D) to have reflected E) to open / had entered
E) to be reflected
22. The finding could help prevent addiction by _____
16. The Spanish were among the first Europeans _____ those predisposed to such behaviour and could also
the New World and _____ in what is now the United lead to new ways _______ it.
States.
A) to predict / treating
A) exploring / settling B) being predicted / to treat
B) to have explored / settled C) to be predicted / being treated
C) explored / settled D) to have predicted / treat
D) to explore / to settle E) predicting / to treat
E) to be explored / to be settled
23. The poet was caught ____ his sermons from other
17. The secretary hired a few days ago seems _____ deists and fled the country.
difficulty _____ with the typewriter she has been
given. A) to be plagiarizing
B) plagiarized
A) to be having / coping
C) plagiarizing
B) to have had / coped
D) plagiarize
C) to having / having coped
E) to have been plagiarized
D) having / copes
24. Educational practices should strive _____ the
E) having had / cope
catastrophe of nuclear warfare by _____ a sense of
18. With 70 per cent of Polish public opinion calling for its the reality and accessibility of peace.
troops _____ home, the president of Poland said he
preferred to wait until Iraq had a new government A) to have averted / communicating
_____.
B) to have been averted / communicating
A) having brought / to be installed C) averting / communicate
B) to be brought / installed D) to avert / communicating
C) bringing / to install E) to avert / being communicated
D) to bring / install
E) to have brought / installed
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25. An understanding of psychosurgery will help
neurosurgeons _____ the ethical, and technical
challenges that are sure _____ ahead as modern
science continues to unlock the secrets of the mind
and brain.
A) to face / lying
B) to have faced / to lie
C) faced / to lie
D) face / to lie
E) face / being lain
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Answer Key:
1: D 14: D
2: C 15: B
3: C 16: D
4: D 17: A
5: A 18: B
6: B 19: C
7: A 20: E
8: E 21: B
9: A 22: E
10: E 23: C
11: E 24: D
12: E 25: D
13: A

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