Highlight the correct item in BOLD print: 1. They won’t let us … the Customs till our luggage has been examined.
1) to leave 2) leave 3) have left 4) to have left
2. She pretended … and … what had been mentioned.
1) be sleeping, not to hear 2) to have slept, not to have heard 3) to be sleeping, not to hear 4) to sleep, not to hear
3. Reading paper books seems … by teenagers nowadays altogether.
1) to have forgotten 2) to forget 3) to have been forgotten 4) to forgetting
4. The house turned out … for an hour when he came back.
1) to have been locked 2) to lock 3) to be locked 4) to be locking
5. The driving courses were … in two-week’s time.
1) to be taking 2) to take 3) to have taken 4) to be taken
6. Children always want … by their parents.
1) to be cared for and paid attention to 2) to care for and pay attention to 3) to be cared for and pay attention to 4) to have cared and to be paid attention to
7. I belonged to neither groups, and … was to take sides.
1) speak 2) to speak 3) to have spoken 4) to be speaking
8. Just … my problem would have been a disaster for everyone.
1) mentioning 2) to be mentioned 3) to mention 4) to have mentioned
9. Sandra met me the first day I arrived in Oxford, and our friendship seemed … a long time.
1) to establish 2) to have been established 3) to have establish 4) to be establishing
10. Suddenly I caught sight of her at the other side of the square. She appeared … good-bye to someone.
1) to be saying 2) to have said 3) to say 4) to have been saying
11. The mayor turned out … a great deal on the civil service.
1) to have aged 2) to be aging 3) having aged 4) to have been aged
12. She seemed … all the friendliness she had gained at the previous occasion.
1) to lose 2) to be losing 3) to have been lost 4) to have lost
13. “My job is … everyone alike, and to be courteous, even when passengers are not”, said the stewardess.
1) to treat 2) treating 3) to have treated 4) be treated
14. She reached her office that day …, to her surprise, her beloved husband waiting for her.
1) to have found 2) finding 3) to be found 4) to find
15. I don’t suppose your boss wants … by me now.
1) to bother 2) to be bothered 3) to be bothering 4) to have bothered
16. Carla Brown didn’t like … with.
1) to differ 2) to be differed 3) have differed 4) to have been differed
17. They preferred … by the name of Michael Smith.
1) to be known 2) to have known 3) to know 4) to be knowing
18. Bobby asked … to a room … and … his clothes.
1) to be showing, to be washing, to be changed 2) to show, to wash, to change 3) to be shown, to wash, to change 4) to be shown, to wash, change
19. We stopped in front of the ice-cream parlour and pretended … inside.
1) to be looking 2) to have looked 3) to be looked into 4) to be looking through
20. A lot of us are prone … unpleasant experiences.
1) to be forgotten 2) to have forgotten 3) to forget 4) to be forgetting
21. I must admit that being a writer is not hard … .
1) to imitate 2) to have imitated 3) to be imitated 4) to be imitating
22. It made me feel good … that someone else felt the same way as I did.
1) to be realized 2) to have realized 3) to realize 4) to be realizing
23. The game was intended … time until about nine o’clock.
1) to kill 2) being killed 3) to have killed 4) to being killed
24. “You were seen … the bag.” “Yes, I took it but it wasn’t a theft.”
1) to have taken 2) to take 3) being taken 4) to be taken
25. Megan was rumoured … her husband.
1) to divorce 2) to have divorced 3) to be divorced with 4) to have been divorced
26. They were alleged … their official status to solve the problem.
1) to have used 2) to use 3) to being used 4) to be using
