英语动词—ing形式练习题

英语动词—ing形式练习题

1.Taking pictures___ very interesting. A. is B. are C. to be D. be 2.______ the bad news made him cry. A. Hear B. Heard C. Hearing D. Is hearing

3._____ a desert had always been a risk adventure. A. being crossed B. Having crossed C. Crossing D. To have crossed

4.Before he came , I’d finished _______ the whole book. A. to read B. to have read C. reading D. read

5. I always enjoy ____ to popular music at night. A. to listen B. listening C. that I can listen D. if I can listen

6.We are considering ________ a trip around the island. A. take b. to take C. to be taking D. taking 7.I hope you don’t mind ____ at your newspaper. A. I look B. my looking C. I looking D. my to look

8.When a man’s he art stops ______ , he dies. A. to beat B. beating C. beat D. beaten

9.I can’t help _______ he is still alive. A. thinking B. think C. to think D. thought of

10.So far as I am concerned , I prefer reading ________ . A. than meat B. for joy

C. instead of sleeping D to drinking

11. It goes without _______ that knowledge is important. A. talking B. telling C. saying D. mentioning

12. we are looking forward ______ our friends next week. A. to see B. to seeing C. to be seeing D. shall see

13.He spent a lot of money _____ books and magazines. A. buy B. buying C. to buy D. bought

14.The silkworm is an insect worth _____. A. to know B. knowing C. to be known D. being known

15.She went out without ______ good-bye to us. A. say B. to say C. saying

D. being said

16.The curious student kept on _______ questions. A. asks B. asking C. to ask D. asked

17.He is such a strange person; there’s _____ what he’ll do next.

A. no knowing B. not to know C. not known D. being unknown

18.When she heard the bad news, she burst______. A. into crying B. out to tears C. crying D. out crying

19. You must never cross the street without ______ the light to turn green.

A. waiting B/ to wait C. waiting for D. to wait for

20. Scientists succeed _____ protein out of old newspapers. A. to make B. at making C. making D. in making

21.I became ______ after watching too much television. A. bored B. boring C. bore D. bores

22.I felt ____ by his interest in my new invention.

A. encourage B to encourage C. was encouraged D. encouraged

23.He sat there ______ a novel. A. read B. reading C. reads D. had read

24. Don’t wake up the______ child. A. sleep B. slept C. sleeping D. sleepy

25.A proverb goes: ‘A ___ stone gathers no moss’. A. roll B. rolling C. rolled D. rolls

26.The heavy rain kept us _____ for two hours. A. wait B. waited C. waiting D. to wait

27.I found a dog ______ over by a car on the road. A. to run B. run C. ran D. running

28. We found the baby ____ on the floor. A. slept B. sleep C. asleep D. sleeping

29.Jack saw a woman ______ near the dog , so he walked up to her.

A. stood B. stands C. to stand D. standing

30.They got their car ____ at the garage. A. be washed B. washed C. being washed D. to have been washed

31. _____ with his report , I told him to write it all over again. A. Dissatisfactory B. Not being satisfied C. Having not satisfied D. Dissatisfying

32._____ our shoes in our hands , we crossed the stream. A. To carry

B. Carrying C. Carried D. Carry

33._____ my homework, I went home . A. Having finished B. Finished C. Being finished D. Finish

34.____ the door unlocked, I went in. A. Finding B. Found C. Had found D. Have found

35.______ a careless fellow, he forget all about it. A. Is B. Be C. Being D. Was

36._____ carefully, this letter is very beautiful A. Type B. Typing C. Typed D. To typed

37.Animals can do many amazing things when properly___. A. train B. training C. trained D. to train

38. You must be careful when ___ on the highway. A. you driving B. are driving C. driving

D. you were driving

39.If _____ , I will go to the party tonight. A. invite B. inviting C. to invite D. invited

40.Thousands of products ____ from coal are now in daily use.

A. made B. make C. making D. to make

41.Engines are machines ___ power or motion. A. produce B. producing C. produced D. which producing

42.During this battle some soldiers were wounded , and some _____.

A. miss B. missed C. missing D. to miss

43Weather ____ , we will have a picnic tomorrow. A. permit B. permits C. permitted D. permitting

44.The vacation ____ over , the students came back to school. A. is B. are C. was D. being

45.____, we left off our work. A. After setting the sun B. Having set the sun C. The sun having set D. Being the sun set.

46.___ the painting, he gave a sigh of relief. A. Finishing B. Has finished C. Being finished D. Having finished

47.___ the way to take, the traveller went on his journey.

A. Telling B. Having told C. Having been told D. Have told

48.The United States has developed into a modern nation in a very short time___ with many other countries. A. compares B. comparing C. to compare D. compared

49.When you find something in your writing that needs _____ , you should mark it on the paper.

A. to be correcting B. correct C. to correct D. correcting

50.None of us objected to ____ George to the birthday party. A. invite B. inviting C. have invited D. invited