动名词做主语练习题

动名词做主语练习题

A．The president will attend B．The president to attend

C. The president attended D．The president’s attending

2. In some parts of London，missing a bus means _______for another hour．

A. waitingB．to waitC．wait D．to be waiting

3. I really appreciate _______to relax with you on this nice island．

A．to have had time B．having time C．to have time D．to having time

5．One learns a language by making mistakes and _______them．

A．correctB．correctingC．correct D．to correct 6．Mr. Reed made up his mind to devote all he had to _______some schools for poor

children．A．set up B．setting up C．have set up D．having set up

7．Tony was very unhappy for _______ to the party． A．having not been invitedB．not having invited C．having not invited D．not having been invited

8．——You were brave enough to raise objections at the meeting．

——Well, now I regret _______that．

A．to doB．to be doing C．to have doneD．having done

9．She didn’t remember _______him before．

A．having metB．have metC．to meetD．to having met 10．The library needs_______，but it’ll have to wait until Sunday．

A．cleaningB．be cleanedC．clean D．being cleaned 11. All the staff in our company are considering ______ to the city centre for the

fashion show.

A. to go

B. going

C. to have gone

D. having gone

12. —Can I smoke here?

—Sorry. We don’t allow ______ here.

A. people smoking

B. people smoke

C. to smoke

D. smoking

13. It’s hard to imagine ______ anywhere else but here.

A. live

B. to live

C. living

D. to living

14. —The light in the office is still on.

—Oh, I forgot ____.

A. turning it off

B. turn it off

C. to turn it off

D. having turned it off

15. —What do you think of the book?

—Oh, excellent. It’ s worth ______ a second time.

A. to read

B. to be read

C. reading

D. being read

16. This sentence needs ______.

A. a improvement

B. improve

C. improving

D. improved

17. Having been ill in bed for nearly a month, he had a hard time ______ the exam.

A. pass

B. to pass

C. passed

D. passing

18. You can’t imagine what difficulty we had ______ home in the snowstorm.

A. walked

B. walk

C. to walk

D. walking

19. The parents suggested ______ in the hotel room but their kids were anxious to

camp out during the trip.

A. sleep

B. to sleep

C. sleeping

D. having slept

20. According to a recent U.S. survey, children spent up tohours a week ______

TV.