Synonym - antonym

Gerunds and Infinitives

I. Choose the best answer
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 train C. 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 ___________ to ghost stories on Halloween night.
A.telling and listening B. tell and listen C. to tell and listen D. to tell and to listen
6. They decided ___________ to Japan for their summer holiday.
A. going B. to go C. go D. to going
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 __________ so late at night.
A. telephoning B. to telephone C.telephone D.to have 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
20. My husband wants me _______ this letter before afternoon.
A. to post B. posting C. post D. posts
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 _______ by the strong wind.
A.taking away B.take away C.being taken away D.being taking away
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