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Неличные формы глагола упражнение №8

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1. Jane stopped ______ too fast, because she is afraid of car accidents.

drive
driving
to drive
to be driving

2. I suggest that Mary ______ with this job on her own.

will cope
copes
coped
cope

3. Yesterday John went to the police. They admitted his ______ in the murder.

having participated
having participating
had participated
having to participating

4. I hate ______ early in the morning.

to get up
having get up
get up
getting up

5. Susan couldn't help ______ about the offending words she ______ to Helen.

thinking, said
thinking, had said
to think, had said
to be thinking, has said

6. Mary kept on ______ the poem despite the fact that she had no talent.

to compose
compose
composing
to have composing

7. Caroline earns a living ______ antiques.

for selling
to sell
by selling
sell

8. Elisa congratulated herself on ______ the first prize in the competition.

having won
have won
having win
having been winning

9. There is definitely no point in ______ about your unsuccessful destiny. No one can help you.

to complain
complain
being complaining
complaining

10. Do you often go ______ when you are in a foreign country?

sightseeing
to sightseeing
to go sightseeing
having sightseeing

11. I do not believe in Sarah's ______ of telling lies. I know she is very honest.

accused
being accused
having being accused
have been accused

12. Go and apologize to the teacher for ______ the lesson or Monday.

have spoilt
spoiling
having spoilt
have spoiling

13. I disapprove ______ your motherland. And you?

to betraying
of betraying
betraying
of betray

14. We didn't know what to do in the evening. Susan suggested ______ to the theatre.

going
to going
to be going
go

15. Elisa loves ______ the piano and she has a gift for it.

to playing
play
playing
being playing

16. My friends postponed ______ to the new house, because they haven't already finished the reconstruction.

to move
moving
move
to be moving

17. Can you imagine me ______ a horse?

to ride
to riding
riding
to be riding

18. Before ______ to bed, take this medicine. It will help you to sleep well.

go
to go
being going
going

19. Although I couldn't imagine her ______ the whole history of Russia, she managed to do it.

having learned
having learning
to have learned
had learned

20. Jane decided against ______ a mathematician.

be
being
to being
to be

21. The government must do something. The country can't continue ______ like that.

living
to live
to be living
being living

22. Mary lay in the sun, ______ a cocktail and ______ a book.

drink, read
drinking, read
drinking, reading
being drinking, reading

23. ______ a talented lawyer, Susan was able to start her own business.

being
have been
to be
be

24. After ______ you should consult the dictionary.

read
reading
had read
having read

25. ______ the troubles she would face, Jane refused to write a thesis.

imagined
have imagined
having imagined
had imagined