1. Every day I spend two hours ______English.       

A. practise       B to practise    C. practising   D.practised

2. The skiers would rather __________ through the mountains than go by bus.

A.to travel by train     B. travel by trainC. traveled by train              D. traveling by train

3.He likes _________ part in sports, so he joins the football team of the school.

A. to take        B. to taking     C. takes                       D. took

4. I don't remember_______the front door when I left home. 

A. to lock        B. lock C. locked        D. locking

5.Children enjoy ______  ghost stories on Halloween night. A.tell  B. told      C. to tell          D. being told

6. They decided ___________ to Japan for their summer holiday. 

A. going          B. to go             C. go D. to going

7.His parents think it's time for him______married.  A. gets            B. get                   C. to get  D. got

8.Peter's father ordered _______ not to stay out late again.  A. him B. to him   C. that he       D. for him

9.Smoking is bad for your heath. You had better____it up.

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

10.I hope you don't mind me__________  so late at night.

A. telephoning B. to telephone           C.telephone     D. telephoned

11.It took three and a half hours _________  to Singapore.A. to fly   B. flying          C. to be flown D. fly

12.She refused ______them . A.to help         B.help             C.having helped             D.helping

13.My parents can't ________seeing me at home all day.   A. stop  B. stand    C. start   D. hate

14._________is a popular sport in Europe.    A. To ski         B. Skiing            C. Ski              D. To skiing

15.There are many ways of ______ourselves in a big city.

A. enjoy   B. enjoying C. enjoyment  D. to enjoy

16.I never feel like _____early on Monday morning. 

A. getting up  B. get up           C. gets up        D. to get up

17.It is not easy _______a high-paid job.A. find                   B. finding            C. finds           D. to find

18.Would you like the doctor ______?A. coming     B. to come      C. come               D. comes

19. There is no need ______ the door of the meeting room tonight.

A. to lock                                B. to be locking                      C.to be locked D. locked

20. My husband wants this letter____before afternoon.

A. to post        B. posting        C. post D. to be posted

21.I hate _____the dirty dishes after a meal.  A. wash  B. to washing  C. to wash       D. to be washing

22.She doesn't like going _____in the sea in summer.

A. to swim      B. to be swimming C. swimming       D. swim

23.I am afraid of _______      horror films.

A. watching    B.to watch       C.watch           D.to watching

24. We need to stop ____at what damage we have done to the nature and try _____it before it's too late.

A. looking/ to fix                    B. to look/ to fix                     C.to look/ fixing  D.looking/ fixing

25.Human beings must stop ______the environment.

A. to pollute    B. polluted      C.to  polluted  D.polluting

26.We walked for ten kilometers and then we stopped _______ a rest.

A. to have       B. have            C. having D. has

27.It is raining hard. We had better _______ at home tonight.

A. staying        B to stay  C. stay D. to be staying

28.Before starting __________          for this company, I spent a year _______ .

A. work/travel             B.work/traveling            C.working/travel                              D.working/traveling

29.I _______ play with dolls when I was small.  A. enjoyed             B. hated C. started  D. used to

30.It _______ him two hours to finish the exercise.  A. take B. took             C. to take        D. taking

31.I had no difficulty ______             to her English. A. listen          B. to listen           C. to listening D. listening

32. We are ______      buying a new motorbike.

 A. considering           B. deciding     C. expecting    D. thinking

33.If the earth stops ______   around the sun, there will be no light on earth.

A. move                                  B. to move                              C. moved                        D. moving

34. If we don't do anything ___ the ice on the poles from melting, the earth will be flooded one day.

A. for stop                               B. to stopping             C. to stop                        D. stop

35.Unless we ______  throwing garbage into the river, it will be polluted.

A. stop                                     B. don't stop                C. will stop                 D. won't stop

36.The pollution rate in  this area seems ______       slowly.

A. increase                              B. increasing               C. to increase           D. to be increase

37.Your hair is too long now. It needs _____ .

A. to cut          B. cutting       C. being cut     D. to be cutting

38. We all enjoy _________   English. A. learn         B. to learn                   C. learning      D. learned

39.I expected  _______           him a job.  A. offer    B. offering            C.to be offered            D. to offer

40. Tom hates____________him.   A. calling     B. to be called    C. being called     D. calls

II.Put the verb in the brackets in the correct form.

1.     I’ll lend you the book when I’ve finished (read) _____________it.

2.     How old were you when you learned (drive) _____________.

3.     My father gave up (smoke) _____________three years ago.

4.     Would you mind (keep) waiting long_____________? I’m busy (study) _____________.

5.     I always try to avoid_____________ (meet) strangers .

6.     The traffic was very heavy this morning, but I managed _____________ (get) to school on time.

7.     Could you please stop _____________ (make) so much noise?

8.     I hope _____________ (receive) enough money next month.

9.     Look! It’s started _____________ (rain) again.

10.  It was too late, so we decided_____________ (take) a taxi home.

11.  My sister always enjoys _____________ (listen) to classical music.

12.  I’ve put off _____________ (write) the letter so many times. I really must do it today.

13.  Sarah gave up _______ (try) to find a job in this country and decided_____________ (go) abroad.

14.  You can’t stop me _____________ (do) what I want.

15.  They don’t have much money. They can’t afford_____________ (go) out very often.

16.  I’m still looking for a job but I hope_____________ (find) something soon.

17.  My mother can’t stand_____________ (stay) at home without doing anything.

18.  You must promise_____________ (not / be) late again.

19.    I didn’t have enough time                  (finish) my work yesterday.

20.   He refused                    ( allow) her                     ( think) for herself.

21.   I was relieved                      (find out) that I had passed the exam.

22.    She made her son    _____(wash) the windows before he could go outside  _______(play) with his friends.

23.     She lets her children                (stay) up very late.

24.    We had nothing                 (do) except look at the cinema posters.

25.     We both heard him                (say) that he was leaving.

26.    It made him angry              (wait) for people who were late.

27.    I couldn’t understand what the passage said, so I had my friend                 ( translate) it for me.

28.   It’s important                 ( start) the meeting on time.

29.   There are too many people here for me               (talk) to all of them.

30.   It took ages                (download) the pictures from the Internet.

31.   Whenever I have free time, I like               ( watch) the basketball team                  (practice).

32.   She sent me an e- mail                 ( inform) me that the meeting had been canceled.

33.   It was a thrill               ( see) my brother                   (win) the chess tournament last year.

34.   I must                ( speak) to the manager.

35.   It is lovely                ( see) you again.

36.   It is too cold                  ( go) out.

37.   I am happy                ( know) that you have passed the exam.

38.   We’ve got a few jobs                   ( do).

39.  He keeps (ask) ____________ me the time and I keep (tell) ____him (buy)______himself a watch.

40.  I’m not in a hurry. I don’t mind (wait) _____________for you.

III. Complete this text with the correct answer

Being a student involves (1)................ (take) responsibility for (2)................. (organize) your own time, there fore, you need (3)....................(learn) about planning your time and workload effectively. You can learn to do this through practice and through stopping (4)...................(think) about what works or doesn't work for you.

Try (5).................. (set) yourself goals and target and give yourself small rewards. Don't try (6)............. (do) too much at once have regular breaks. If you fail (7).............. (finish) a piece of work as quickly as you expected, don't feel bad, just be more realistic your planning next time. If you find that you avoid even (8)................. (start) work, stop (9)................(make) excuses and start  today! You will! feel much better once you do.

IV. Complete the conversations. Put in a to-infinitive or an ing -form.

1.  A: I always want to visit San Francisco.   B: Me too. I'd love  to visit  it some time.

2.   A: Tom seems to enjoy watching football matches.  B: Yes, he loves........... Manchester United play.

3.   A: Do you think they'll approve the plan?   B: Yes, I'm quite sure they'll decide ..................... it.

4.   A: Do you want to come with me or wait here?'  B: I'd prefer .................. with you if that's OK.

5.   A: You wear a uniform at school, don't you?  B: Yes, I have to, although I dislike..........................it.

6.   A: I'm glad I don't work as late as Sarah does.

     B: Me too. I wouldn't like............................ such long hours.

7.   A: Have ICM bought the company?

     B: Well, they've offered ..................... it.

8.   A: How long have you been working here?

     B: For about three years. But now I need a new job. I  can't stand ............... here any more.

9.   A: What time will you be back?

     B: Oh, I expect................... back some time around nine

10. A: I'm sorry you had to wait all that time.  B: Oh, it's all right. I don't mind..............................