Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1. Tom regrets ………….. (spend) too much time …………… (play) computer games .
2. Students stopped …………….(make) noise when the teacher came in .
3. He’ll try………………. (not make) the same mistake again.
4. Would you mind……………. (turn) off the radio ?
5. When you see Tom, remember……………… (give) him my regards.
6. They postponed………………… (build) an elementary school for lack of finance.
7. It’s no use………….. (advise) him. He never allows anybody……….. (give) advice.
8. It’s easy……………(get) into bad habits.
9. Is there anything here worth …………(buy)?
10. We missed…………... (watch) a football match last night .
11. The principal tells him…………. (come) in .
12. My parents decided…………… (take) a taxi because it was late.
13. Do you agree……….. ( lend ) me some money ?
14. Tom refused…………… (give) me his address .
15. You’ll be able…………….. ( do ) it yourself when you are older .
16. I didn’t know how ……….( get ) to your house , so I stopped ………. ( ask ) the way
17. We found it very difficult …………… ( reach ) a decision .
18. I will remember ………… ( give ) Mr. Brown your message .
19. She remembers …………. ( be ) taken to the zoo by her mother .
20. Do you feel like ……..….. ( go ) to the concert or would you like …………..( stay ) at
home ?
21. My family is considering ………… (take) a trip to the USA next year.
22. The police didn’t permit ………… ( camp ) in this wood for security reasons .
23. We don’t allow people…………. ( smoke ) in the lecture room.
24. The teacher advised us…….. ( review) the grammatical structures carefully .
25. He’ s used to ………. ( go ) on foot to work .- We get used to…… ( work ) on Sundays.
26. Sometimes students avoid ……...…(look) at the teacher if they don’t want ………………………
(answer) a question.
27. You should try ……….( wear ) any shirts you want to buy.
28. The teacher recommends us ………. (prepare) the lessons well before ……. ( come ) to class.
29. There are people can’t help…….(laugh)when they see someone……. (slip) on a banana skin.
30. He went to bed without ………. ( lock ) the doors .
31. They don’t have enough patience ………….(wait) for him .
32. Gravity makes water ……… ( run ) downhill .
33. This man let me ………… ( use ) his phone yesterday.
34. Are we allowed …………. ( go ) out with Tom ?
35. The teller was made ………… ( raise ) his hands .
36. Mary My parents expected me …………..(live) an honest life.
37. She prefers ………… ( eat ) to ……….. ( prepare ) meals .
38. When the rainy season comes , you need …………….. ( repair ) the roof of the house
39. The flowers need………… ( water ) but you needn’t…………. ( water ) them now.
40. You’d better ……(take) your father’s advice.
Choose the correct answer:
1. Many young people are fond of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . football and other kinds of sports.
A. play B. to play C. playing D. played
2. They couldn’t help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . when they heard the little boy singing a love song.
A. laughing B. to laugh C. laugh D. laughed
3. Your house needs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A. redecorated B. redecorating C. being redecorated D. to redecorate
4. I remember. . . . . . . . . . . . . . them to play in my garden.
A. to allow B. allow C. allowing D. allowed
5. It was a nasty memory. Do you remember both of us wearing sunglasses to avoid. . . . . . . . . . . .
by the supervisors?
A. to recognize B. to be recognized C. recognizing D. being recognized
6. I can’t bear thinking back of that time. I’d rather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . equally.
A. treat B. be treated C. have treated D. treating
7. Did you accuse Nam of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . a plate? Well, I saw him. . . . . . . . . . . . . . it off the
table with his elbow.
A. break/ knock B. breaking/ knocking C. to break/ to knock D. breaking/ knock
8. We found it very difficult. . . . . . . . . . . . . . with Gamma.
A. to work B. work C. working D. worked
9. I can’t read when I am traveling. It makes me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . sick.
A. feel B. to feel C. felt D. feeling
10. I need. . . . . . . . . . . . . . what’s in the letter. Why don’t you let me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . it?
A. to know/ to read B. know/ read C. to know/ read D. knowing/ read
11. I suggest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . some more mathematical puzzles.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. done
12. We regret. . . . . . . . . . . . . . you that we cannot approve your suggestion.
A. inform B. to inform C. informing D. informed
13. The driver stopped. . . . . . . . . . . . . . a coffee because he felt sleepy.
A. have B. to have C. having D. had
14. Have you ever considered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . a pharmacist?
A. become B. becoming C. to become D. became
15. You had better. . . . . . . . . . . . . . at home until you feel better.
A. staying B. stayed C. to stay D. stay
16. I remember. . . . . . . . . . . . . . my mother said the grass in the garden needed. . . . . . . . . . .
A. to hear/cutting B. hear/cut C. heard/to cut D. hearing/ cutting
17. I would rather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . at home than. . . . . . . . . . . . . . out with you.
A. staying/going B. to stay/ to go C. stay/go D. stayed/went
18. I would rather you. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A. drive B. to drive C. drove D. driven
19. My father wanted me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . a pilot.
A. become B. to become C. becoming D. became
20. My teacher doesn’t allow us. . . . . . . . . . . . . . while he is explaining the lesson.
A. talk B. to talk C. talking D. talked
21. I promised. . . . . . . . . . . . . . on time. I mustn’t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . late.
A. be/be B. to be/to be C. to be/ be D. be/to be
22. Mary and I are looking forward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . you.
A. of seeing B. for seeing C. to seeing D. to see
23. The students are used to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the school library.
A. working B. work C. to work D. worked
24. Mercury’s low gravity makes you. . . . . . . . . . . . . . very light in a spaceship.
A. feel B. feeling C. to feel D. felt
25. If he really doesn’t feel like. . . . . . . . now, I suggested that he should go out for some fresh air.
A. work B. to work C. worked D. Working
Put a/ an, the or  in each space to complete the following sentences.
1. There’s _____ bookstore on _____ corner near my house.
2. It’s very cold in here. Can you close _____ window, please?
3. If you go past _____ post office, can you get me some stamps?
3. It was _____ very hot day. It was _____ hottest day of _____ year.
4. What’s _____ name of _____ woman who sat beside you at the dinner?
5. “Can you tell me where _____ Room 306 is, please?” “It’s on _____ third floor.”
6. He lay down _____ ground and looked up at _____ sky.
7. _____ moon goes around _____ earth every 27 days.
8. He doesn’t usually have _____ lunch, but he always eats _____ good breakfast.
9. _____ next train to Brighton leaves from _____ Platform 5.
10. Last year we visited _____ Canada and _____ United States.
11. _____ highest mountain in _____ Africa is _____ Kilimanjaro.
12. _____ Mediterranean Sea is the sea between _____ Africa and _____ Europe.
13. _____ Mississippi is _____ longest river in _____ North America.
14. He is ……ugly man.
15. Vietnam is……..united country.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. We went out for _____ meal last night. _____ restaurant we went to was excellent.
A. a/ The B. the/ A C. a/  D. the/ 
2. As I was walking along the street, I saw _____ $10 note on _____ pavement.
A. a/ a B. the/ the C. a/ the D. the/ a
3. _____ actress’s life is in many ways unlike that of other women.
A. An B. A C. As D. That the
4. Kate plays _____ violin in an orchestra.
A. the B. a C. an D. 
5. _____ computer has changed _____ way we live.
A. A/ the B. The/ the C. A/ a D. The/ a
6. Excuse me, where is _____ bus station, please?
A. a B. the C.  D. an
7. What did you have for _____ breakfast this morning?
A. a B. an C. the D. 
8. Peter used to work in _____ Middle East.
A.  B. the C. an D. a
9. My plane was delayed. I had to wait at _____ airport for three hours.
A. the B. a C. an D. 
10. I have _____ problem. Can you help me?
A.  B. a C. an D. the
11. Barack Obama is _____ President of _____ United States.
A. the/ the B. a/  C. the/  D. the/ an
12. He never listens to _____ radio. He prefers watching _____ television.
A. a/ a B. a/ the C. the/  D. / the
13. _____ university will be built in _____ center of the town.
A. A/ the B. An/ the C. The/ a D. An/ a
14. _____ River Nile is _____ longest river of all.
A. /  B. A/ the C. The/ the D. / a
15. _____ Women’s Day is on _____ eighth of March.
A. The/  B. / the C. The/ an D. / an
16. By _____ time we had just left the office, _____ alarm went off.
A. / the B. a/ an C. a/ the D. the/ an
17. He grew up in _____ orphanage in _____ United Kingdom.
A. the/  B. an/ an C. the/ an D. an/ the
18. Laura is friendly. She can make _____ friends easily.
A. a B. an C. the D. 
19. That car can run at _____ speed of 180 miles _____ hour.
A. the/ an B. a/ the C. a/ a D. the/ a
20. _____ experience is _____ best teacher.
A. An/ the B. / the C. the/ the D. an/ an
21.She has read. .............. interesting book.
a. the b. an c. a d. x
22. My father is. ............ honest person
a. a b. x c. an d. the
23. She visited. ............. France and. ............ United States last month.
a. x/ the b. the/ the c. the/ x d. x/ x
24.. I am on night duty. When you go to. ............... bed , I go to . ............. work.
a. a/ the b. x/ x c. a/ x d. the/ x
25. Hanoi is. ...................... capital of Viet Nam.
a. a b. x c. an d. the
26.. ..................... youngest boy has just started going to............ school.
a. the/ x b. a/ x c. x/ the d. an/ x
27........................ eldest boy is at. .............. college.
a. The /the b. An/ the c. The /x d. a/ the
28.She had. ............. very bad night, she didn’t sleep. ............. wink.
a. a/ a b, an/ a c. a / an d. an/ an
29.You’ll get. ........... shock if you touch. ............ live wire with that screwdriver.
a.a/ a b. an/ a c. an/ the d. the/ the
30.Mr Smith is. ............. old customer and. ........... honest man.
a. the/ an b. an / the c. an/ an d. the/ the