Practice Nonfinite Verbs
1. A cook will be immediately fired if he is found _____ in the kitchen.
A. smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoked
2. The discovery of the new evidence led to ______.
A. the thief having caught B. catch the thief
C. the thief’s being caught D. the thief to be caught
3. An army spokesman stressed that all the soldiers had been ordered _____ clear warnings before firing any shots.
A. to issue B. being issued C. to have issued D. to be issued
4. I sent you 100 dollars today, the rest _____ in a year.
A. follows B. followed C. to follow D. being followed
5. ____ from other continents for millions of years. Australia has many plants and animals not found in any other country in the world.
A. Being separated B. Having separated C. Having been separated D. To be separated
6. --- Is Bob performing?
--- I’m afraid not. He is said ____ the stage already as he has become an official.
A. to have left B. to leave C. to have been left D. to be left
7. Mr. Green stood up in defence of the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one ______.
A. blamed B. blaming C. to blame D. to be blamed
8. The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket ____ the desert.
A. covering B. covered C. cover D. to cover
9. As the twentieth century came to a close, the raw materials for a great national literature were at hand, waiting _______.
A. to use B. to be used C. to have used D. to be using
10. ---- There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.
---- My goodness! I can’t imagine ____ that old man.
A. to be B. to have been C. being D. having been
11. Police are now searching for a man who is reported to ____ since the flood hit the area last Friday.
A. have been missing B. have got lost C. be missing D. get lost
12. _____ with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time.
A. Face B. Face C. Facing D. To face
13. It took a long time for the connection between body temperature and illness ___.
A. to make B. to be made C. making D. being made
14. Isn’t it time you got down to ____ the papers?
A. mark B. be marked C. being marked D. marking
15. He hurried to the booking office only ____ that all the tickets had been sold out.
A. to be told B. to tell C. told D. telling
16. _____ and happy, Tony stood up and accepted the prize.
A. Surprising B. Surprised C. Being surprised D. To be surprising
17. No matter how frequently ____, the works of Beethoven still attract people all over the world.
A. performed B. performing C. to be performed D. being performed
18. At the beginning of class, the noise of desks _____ could be heard outside the classroom.
A. opened and closed B. to be opened and closed
C. being opened and closed D. to open and close
19. The children talked so loudly at dinner table that I had to struggle _____.
A. to be heard B. to have heard C. hearing D. being heard
20. ----- Come on, please give me some ideas about the project.
----- With so much work ____ my mind, I almost break down.
A. filled B. filling C. to fill D. being filled
21. When asked why he went there, he said he was sent there ____ for a space flight.
A. training B. being trained C. to have trained D. to be trained
22. As a result of the serious flood, two-thirds of the buildings in the area _____.
A. need repairing B. needs to repair C. needs repairing D. need to repair
23. Generally speaking, ____ according to the directions, the drug has no side effect.
A. when taking B. when taken C. when to take D. when to be taken
24. The old man, ____ abroad for twenty years, is on the way back to his motherhood.
A. to work B. working C. to have worked D. having worked
25. The storm left, ____ a lot of damage to this area.
A. caused B. to have caused C. to cause D. having caused
26. I couldn’t do my homework with all that noise _____.
A. going on B. goes on C. went on D. to go on
27. ___ into use in April 2000, the hotline was meant for residents reporting water and heating supply breakdowns.
A. Put B. Putting C. Having put D. Being put
28. --- Can the project be finished as planned?
---- Sure, _____ it completed in time, we’ll work two more hours a day.
A. having got B. to get C. getting D. get
29. The repairs cost a lot. But it’s money well ____ .
A. to spend B. spent C. being spent D. spending
30. The manager, ___ it clear to us that he didn’t agree with us, left the meeting room.
A. who has made B. having made C. made D. making
31.As the light turned green, I stood for a moment, not ____, and asked myself what I was going to do.
A. moved B. moving C. to move D. being moved
32. _____ that she didn’t do a good job, I don’t think I am abler than her.
A. To have said B. Having said C. To say D. Saying
33. The glass doors have taken the place of the wooden ones at the entrance, ____ in the natural light during the day.
A. to let B. letting C. let D. having let
34. ---- The last one ____ pays the meal. ----- Agreed!
A. arrived B. arrives C. to arrive D. arriving
35. The mother felt herself ____ cold and her hands trembled as she read the letter from the battlefield,
A. grow B. grown C. to grow D. to have grown
Keys to Practice Nonfinite Verbs
1-5: BCACC 6-10: ACABC 11-15: AABDA 16-20: BACAB 21-25: DABDD
26-30: AABBB 31-35:BBBCA