Put the verb in brackets into a correct form. (gerund or infinitive)

Example: The snow kept (fall) _____ the whole day. (key = falling)

1. At dinner she annoyed me by (smoke).

2. Did you advise him (go) to the police?

3. Did you remember (book) seats for the cinema tomorrow?

4. Don't keep him (stand) at the door.

5. He decided (disguise) himself.

6. He hates (be) kept waiting..

7. He made me (do) the same things.

8. He offered (lend) me money.

9. I can hear the bell (ring).

10. I don't like (get) bills.

11. I suggest (leave) him here.

12. I wish (be) a manager.

13. I'm for (do) nothing till the evening.

14. It is nice (sit) in the garden at night.

15. She apologized for (be) late.

16. The fire seems (be) out.

17. This book tells you how (win) at chess.

18. We watched them (jump) from a window.

19. Would you like (keep) the tickets?

20. You don't need (ask) me to go out.

 

Put the verb in brackets into gerund or infinitive

Example: I used (ride) _____ a lot but not any more. (key = to ride)

1. Would you like (come) with me to the gym?

2. Most people prefer (spend) their money to saving it.

3. It isn't good for you (eat) so many sweets.

4. I didn't feel like (work) so I phoned my boss.

5. Why do you keep (look) at me?

6. Do you remember (post) the letter? Are you sure you've posted it?

7. You still have a lot (learn) in English.

8. I'm for (do) nothing till he arrives.

9. She didn't like (leave) the children alone but she had no choice.

10. I'm very sorry for (be) late.

11. He took to (get up) early every day.

12. The washing machine began (make) a terrible noise.

13. He decided (put) his coat on the hanger.

14. Do you feel like (go) to the cinema?

15. We got tired of (wait) for better weather.

16. You don't need (ask) him every time you want to go out.

17. It's much better (stay) at home than to go out in the rain.

18. The police accused him of (steal) the money from the house.

19. He expects you (go) with him.

20. She apologized for (borrow) the book without your permission.

GENERAL COMPREHENSIVE TESTS

1. Circle the correct item.

1. They usually _____ to the park in the afternoon.

A go B goes C going

2. _____your brother catch any fish when he goes fishing?

A Do B Doing C Does

3. She’s _____with her friends this week.

A stays B staying C stayed

4. _____ she go out with you last night?

A Does B Do C Did

5. The plane _____ on time yesterday.

A landed B lands C landing

6. What was Tim last night at ten o’clock?

A do B doing C does

7. Mary _____ going to be late tonight.

A are B is C am

8. I think she _____ be a lawyer one day.

A will B going to C is going

9. If you _____ ice, it melts.

A will heat B heats C heat

10. If he _____ in town, he’ll call us.

A am B are C is

11. If I could afford it, I _____ go on holiday.

A will B would C should

12. You _____ cut down on sweets and exercise more.

A will B must C should

13. Do you _____ to study a lot?

A should B have C must

14. It is the _____ expensive car of all.

A much B more C most

15. Tortoises are slow. They move _____

A slow B slower C slowly

16. He is the _____ student in the class.

A best B good C better

17. I don’t know when he _____ back.

A comes B will be C come

18. The Eiffel Tower is _____ than the Empire State Building.

A old B older C oldest

19. She doesn’t like the cake. She thinks it’s _____ sweet.

A enough B too C more

20. I know a girl _____ has ten dogs!

A which B whose C who

2. Circle the correct item.

1. Mary ____ home from work at 5 pm every day.

A get B gets C is getting

2. When she was a child, she ___play in the forest for hours.

A used B had C would

3. I ____ have fish for dinner. I don’t like it.

A always B never C often

4. ____ you going to make a cake for

A Will B Are C Do

5. Is John ____ in the library right now?

A study B studying C studies

6. She ____ her car every weekend.

A washes B washing C washed

7. Is George ____ his doctor this morning?

A sees B seeing C see

8. My uncle didn’t ____ dinner for us yesterday.

A makes B make C made

9. ____ you stay at a hotel last time you went on holiday?

A Do B Does C Did

10. He ____ waiting for the bus when it started raining.

A were B is C was

11. She left ____ John entered the room.

A while B when C unless

12. If I ____ you, I’d see a doctor.

A be B am C were

13. Spencer ____ to be a policeman.

A used B would C use dessert?

14. I ’m afraid they make it in time for lunch.

A aren’t B haven’t C won’t

15. The car is going too fast. It crash into that lorry.

A is going to B will C is crashing

16. I promise I ____ tell you the truth.

A would B going C will

17. Wait in front of the bank ____ I get there.

A when B until C after

18. ____ will you be back?

A If B When C While

19. If she studies, she pass all her exams.

A will B would C does

20. I were older, I would have a driving licence.

A When B If C Unless

 

3. Choose the right answer:

1. If gasoline vapor ____ with air, combustion will occur.

A – mixed B - had mixed

C – mixes D – mixture

2. When water is frozen, it becomes ____.

A – ice B - ices

C - the ice D - an ice

3. ____ mammals, once weaned, do not routinely drink milk.

A - As a whole, B - As whole,

C - Wholly, D - On a whole,

4. The Indians of the southwestern United States are famous for their beautiful art work, especially handmade jewelry cast from silver, carved from stones, or ____ with beads and feathers.

A - decorations B - decorating

C - decorated D - decorate

5. In the fall, most trees lose ____, which have, by then, turned from green to gold and orange.

A - their leaf B - their leaves

C - the leaf D - the leafs

6. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair of 1969 captured the essence of the counterculture movement of the 1960s ____.

A - most than any of other events B - best that any other event

C - than any other events D - better than any other event

7. Most of the Cajun French who live in Louisiana can neither read ____ the French variety that they speak fluently.

A - nor they write B - nor write

C - or writing D - neither write

8. A vacuum will neither conduct heat nor ____________.

A - transmit sound waves B - transmitting sound waves

C - sound waves are transmitted D - the transmission of sound waves

9. ____ considered strong and reliable, and is favored by investors who are interested in security.

A - That blue chip stock B - Blue chip stock is

C - It is blue chip stock D - Which is blue chip stock

10. The lights and appliances in most homes use alternating current ____.

A - instead direct current B - instead of direct current

C - that instead direct current D - for direct current instead

 

Which is incorrect?

1. In 1975, (A) according to the National Center for Health Statistics, the average life expectancy for people (B) born (C) during that year (D) is 72.4 years.

2. Fred Astaire (A) is said to (B) had been (C) the most popular dancer of his time, but he was also a (D) talented actor, singer, and choreographer.

3. (A) According to (B) a team of scientists, (C) there are evidence that Mount Everest is still (D) rising.

4. Gold, silver, and copper coins are often alloyed with (A) harder metals to (B) make (C) them (D) hard as enough to withstand wear.

5. Although Emily Dickinson (A) publishes (B) only three of her verses before she died, today there (C) are (D) more than one thousand of her poems printed in many important collections.

6. The New York City (A) subway system is (B) the most longest (C) underground railroad (D) operating in the world.

7. A) Some metals (B) such gold, silver, copper, and tin occur (C) naturally, and are easy (D) to work. (such as)

8. Although there (A) are (B) approximately 120 intensive language institutes (C) in the United States in 1970, there are more than (D) four times as many now.

9 Euthanasia, the practice of assisting the death of a person (A) suffering from an incurable disease, is such a controversial issue (B) as (C) it is illegal (D) in most countries.

10. General damage that (A) been caused (B) by aphids or pollution is (C) sometimes (D) known as blight.

List of Irregular Verbs

 

Infinitive	Simple Past	Past Participle
1. alight	alighted, alit	alighted, alit
2. arise	arose	arisen
3. awake	awoke, awaked	awoken, awaked
4. be	was, were	been
5. bear	bore	borne, born
6. beat	beat	beaten, beat
7. become	became	become
8. beget	begot	begotten
9. begin	began	begun
10. bend	bent	bent
11. bereave	bereaved, bereft	bereaved, bereft
12. beseech	besought, beseeched	besought, beseeched
13. bet	bet, betted	bet, betted
14. bid	bade, bid	bidden, bid, bade
15. bide	bade, bided	bided
16. bind	bound	bound
17. bite	bit	bitten
18. bleed	bled	bled
19. bless	blessed, blest	blessed, blest
20. blow	blew	blown
21. break	broke	broken
22. breed	bred	bred
23. bring	brought	brought
24. broadcast	broadcast, broadcasted	broadcast, broadcasted
25. build	built	built
26. burn	burnt, burned	burnt, burned
27. burst	burst	burst
28. bust	bust, busted	bust, busted
29. buy	bought	bought
30. can	could	(kein Participle)
31. cast	cast	cast
32. catch	caught	caught
33. choose	chose	chosen
34. cleave	cleft, cleaved, clove	cleft, cleaved, cloven
35. cling	clung	clung
36. clothe	clothed, clad	clothed, clad
37. come	came	come
38. cost	cost	cost
39. creep	crept	crept
40. crow	crowed	crew, crowed
41. cut	cut	cut
42. deal	dealt	dealt
43. dig	dug	dug
44. do	did	done
45. draw	drew	drawn
46. dream	dreamt, dreamed	dreamt, dreamed
47. drink	drank	drunk
48. drive	drove	driven
49. dwell	dwelt, dwelled	dwelt, dwelled
50. eat	ate	eaten
51. fall	fell	fallen
52. feed	fed	fed
53. feel	felt	felt
54. fight	fought	fought
55. find	found	found
56. flee	fled	fled
57. fling	flung	flung
58. fly	flew	flown
59. forbid	forbad, forbade	forbid, forbidden
60. forecast	forecast, forecasted	forecast, forecasted
61. forget	forgot	forgotten
62. forsake	forsook	forsaken
63. freeze	froze	frozen
64. geld	gelded, gelt	gelded, gelt
65. get	got	got, gotten
66. gild	gilded, gilt	gilded, gilt
67. give	gave	given
68. gnaw	gnawed	gnawed, gnawn
69. go	went	gone
70. grind	ground	ground
71. grip	gripped, gript	gripped, gript
72. grow	grew	grown
73. hang	hung	hung
74. have	had	had
75. hear	heard	heard
76. heave	heaved, hove	heaved, hove
77. hew	hewed	hewed, hewn
78. hide	hid	hidden, hid
79. hit	hit	hit
80. hold	held	held
81. hurt	hurt	hurt
82. keep	kept	kept
83. kneel	knelt, kneeled	knelt, kneeled
84. knit	knitted, knit	knitted, knit
85. know	knew	known
86. lay	laid	laid
87. lead	led	led
88. lean	leant, leaned	leant, leaned
89. leap	leapt, leaped	leapt, leaped
90. learn	learnt, learned	learnt, learned
91. leave	left	left
92. lend	lent	lent
93. let	let	let
94. lie	lay	lain
95. light	lit, lighted	lit, lighted
96. lose	lost	lost
97. make	made	made
98. may	might	(kein Participle)
99. mean	meant	meant
100. meet	met	met
101. melt	melted	molten, melted
102. mow	mowed	mown, mowed
103. pay	paid	paid
104. pen	pent, penned	pent, penned
105. plead	pled, pleaded	pled, pleaded
106. prove	proved	proven, proved
107. put	put	put
108. quit	quit, quitted	quit, quitted
109. read	read	read
110. rid	rid, ridded	rid, ridded
111. ride	rode	ridden
112. ring	rang	rung
113. rise	rose	risen
114. run	ran	run
115. saw	sawed	sawn, sawed
116. say	said	said
117. see	saw	seen
118. seek	sought	sought
119. sell	sold	sold
120. send	sent	sent
121. set	set	set
122. sew	sewed	sewn, sewed
123. shake	shook	shaken
124. shall	should	(kein Participle)
125. shear	sheared	shorn, sheared
126. shed	shed	shed
127. shine	shone	shone
128. shit	shit, shitted, shat	shit, shitted, shat
129. shoe	shod, shoed	shod, shoed
130. shoot	shot	shot
131. show	showed	shown, showed
132. shred	shred, shredded	shred, shredded
133. shrink	shrank, shrunk	shrunk
134. shut	shut	shut
135. sing	sang	sung
136. sink	sank	sunk
137. sit	sat	sat
138. slay	slew	slain
139. sleep	slept	slept
140. slide	slid	slid
141. sling	slung	slung
142. slink	slunk	slunk
143. slit	slit	slit
144. smell	smelt, smelled	smelt, smelled
145. smite	smote	smitten
146. sow	sowed	sown, sowed
147. speak	spoke	spoken
148. speed	sped, speeded	sped, speeded
149. spell	spelt, spelled	spelt, spelled
150. spend	spent	spent
151. spill	spilt, spilled	spilt, spilled
152. spin	spun	spun
153. spit	spat	spat
154. split	split	split
155. spoil	spoilt, spoiled	spoilt, spoiled
156. spread	spread	spread
157. spring	sprang, sprung	sprung
158. stand	stood	stood
159. steal	stole	stolen
160. stick	stuck	stuck
161. sting	stung	stung
162. stink	stank, stunk	stunk
163. stride	strode	stridden
164. strike	struck	struck
165. string	strung	strung
166. strive	strove	striven
167. swear	swore	sworn
168. sweat	sweat, sweated	sweat, sweated
169. sweep	swept	swept
170. swell	swelled	swollen, swelled
171. swim	swam	swum
172. swing	swung	swung
173. take	took	taken
174. teach	taught	taught
175. tear	tore	torn
176. telecast	telecast, telecasted	telecast, telecasted
177. tell	told	told
178. think	thought	thought
179. throw	threw	thrown
180. thrust	thrust	thrust
181. tread	trod	trodden
182. understand	understood	understood
183. wake	woke, waked	woken, waked
184. wear	wore	worn
185. weave	wove	woven
186. wed	wed, wedded	wed, wedded
187. weep	wept	wept
188. wet	wet, wetted	wet, wetted
189. win	won	won
190. wind	wound	wound
191. wring	wrung	wrung
192. write	wrote	written