1. She desires not _____ for an hour.

A. disturb                     B. disturbed                  C. to have disturbed        D. to be disturbed

2. “Do you want to give a talk on that subject?”

  “I prefer _____”

A. not want                  B. not to                       C. not wanting                D. to not giving

3. If we are attacked we cannot but _____ back in self-defense.

A. fighting                    B. fight                         C. to fight                      D. only to fight

4. Many parents allow their children ______ own decisions.

A. making their             B. to making their         C. to make their             D. to be made their

5. Grace advised us to withdraw ________.

A. so as to get not involved                               B. so as not to get involved

C. so that to get not involved                             D. as not to get involved

6. I’m not sure which restaurant _______.

A. to be eating at           B. eating at                   C. to eat at                     D. for eating at

7. I don’t allow ______ in my office and I don’t allow my family _______ at all.

A. to smoke…smoke     B. smoking .. to smoke  C. to smoke… to smoke  D. smoking… smoking

8. You should really avoid ______ at home alone as he is old and ill.

A. your father stay        B. your father to stay     C. your father’s staying   D. your father who stays

9. John didn’t want to risk ______ wet as he had only one suit.

A. getting                     B. to get                       C. being got                    D. to be gotten

10. Do you feel like _____ to a film or would you rather _____ at home?

A. to go … stay            B. going… staying         C. going stay                  D. going … to stay

11. I’m disappointed with the new officers elected in our club, but there’s no point ___ about it.

A. to worry                  B. in worrying               C. with us worrying        D. if we worry

12. ______, young ducks know how to swim.

A. Upon hatching          B. After hatching           C. While hatching            D. Being hatched

13. It’s not good _____ until I’m reasonably sure when I’ll be able to go for my holiday.

A. to decide                  B. to have decided         C. deciding                     D. being decided

14. Isn’t it a waste of time _______ a lot without doing any thing practical?

A. talk                         B. to talk                      C. talking                       D. of talking

15. It’s no use our ______ any longer. He may come by any train. He is used to finding his way around.

A. to wait                     B. waiting                     C. to have waited            D. having waited

16. The law requires all cars ______ for safety and efficiency.

A. being tested regularly B. to be regularly tested  C. be regularly tested       D. regularly tested.

17. Surprisingly, he preferred to stay at home _______ with us.

A. more than to go        B. rather than go           C. to go                         D. to going

18. I remember _____ him some years ago, but I didn’t memorize where it was.

A. seeing                      B. to see                       C. seen                          D. see

19. I’ll forget _____ him for the first time.

A. to see                       B. see                           C. seeing                        D. had seen

20. I regret _____ you that your application has been refused.

A. informing                 B. being informed          C. to be informed            D. to informed

21. I meant _______ a line to you, but I didn’t find time.

A. writing                     B. to have written          C. to be written               D. having written

22. I know it isn’t important but I can’t help ______ about it.

A. but to think               B. thinking                    C. think                          D. to think

23. “What happened to your shoes?”

   “My shoes want ______.”

A. to mend                   B. mending                   C. mended                      D. mend

24. I have a letter form my uncle. Do you object _______it?

A. to my reading           B. that I read                 C. from my reading         D. to I read

25. The ship, _____ to a shapeless wreck, was hardly recognizable.

A. being reduced           B. reducing                   C. reduced                     D. having been reducing

26. ________ by Columbus, all the arguments came to an end.

A. The New Land was discovered                      B. Was the New Land discovering

C. With the New Land discovered                      D. With the New Land discovering.

27. The young doctor could not sleep at night, his thoughts ____ him no peace.

A. gave                        B. giving                       C. being given                 D. to give

28. There is something wrong with my TV set, I must have it _______.

A. checking                 B. check                       C. to check                    D. checked

29. Matter is the name ____to everything which has weight and occupies space.

A. give                         B. to give                      C. giving                        D. given

30. Entering the ______ room, the woman could see not one person whom she knew.

A. crowd                      B. crowded                   C. crowding                   D. being crowded

31. Those relations of his are _______. I don’t want to have any dealings with them.

A. boring people            B. bored people             C. people have bored       D. people having boring.