非谓语动词练习题及答案

非谓语动词练习

1. Hele n had to shout ______ above the sound of the music.

A. making herself hear

B. to make herself hear

C. making herself heard

D. to make herself heard

2. Reading is an experienee quite different from watching TV; there are pictures

_______ in your mind in stead of before your eyes.

A. to form

B. form

C. formi ng

D. hav ing formed

3. The man in sisted _______ a taxi for me eve n though I told him I lived n earby.

A. find

B. to find

C. on finding

D. in finding

4. The old man, ____ abroad for twenty years, is on the way back to his motherla nd.

A. to work

B. worki ng

C. to have worked

D. hav ing worked

5. You were silly not _______ your car.

A. to lock

B. to have locked

C. locki ng

D. hav ing locked

6. Don ' t leave the water ________ while you brush your teeth.

A. run

B. running

C. being run

D. to run

7. Whe n fli nt ______ to the market, these products enjo yed great success.

A. in troduci ng

B. in troduced

C. in troduce

D. being in troduced

8. “We can' t go out in this weather, ” said Bob, _______ out of the window.

A. looki ng

B. to look

C. looked

D. hav ing looked

9. My advisor en couraged _______ a summer course to improve my writi ng skills.

A. for me tak ing

B. me tak ing

C. for me to take

D. me to take

10. _______ i n the queue for half an hour, Tom sudde nly realized that he had left his wallet at home.

A. To wait

B. Have waited

C. Havi ng waited

D. To have waited

11. Linda worked for the Minn esota Manu facturi ng and Mining Compa ny, _____ as 3M.

A. knowing

B. known

C. being known

D. to be known

12. Sarah, hurry up. I ' m afraid you can ' t have timbetf o re the party.

A. get changed

B. get change

C. get changing

D. get to change

13. _____ b y the beauty of n ature, the girl from London decided to stay ano ther two

days off the farm.

A. Attracti ng

B. Attracted

C. To be attracted

D. Havi ng attracted

14. I don ' t know whether you happen __________ , but I ' m going to study in the U. S. this September.

A. to be heard

B. to be hearing

C. to hear

D. to have heard

15. The n ews reporters hurried to the airport, on ly_______ the film stars had left.

A. to tell

B. to be told

C. telli ng

D. told

16. Having bee n ill in bed for n early a mon th, he had a hard time ______the exam.

A. pass

B. to pass

C. passed

D. pass ing

17. _____ w ith the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean doesn ' t seem big at all.

A. Compare

B. When compari ng

C. Compari ng

D. When compared

18. _______ t he programme, they have to stay there for ano ther two weeks.

A. Not completi ng

B. Not completed

C. Not hav ing completed

D. Having not completed

19. If you are pla nning to spe nd your money hav ing fun this week, better ______

it——you' ve got some big bills coming.

A. forget

B. forgot

C. forgetti ng

D. to forget

20. Accord ing to a rece nt U.S.survey, childre n spe nd up to 25 hours a week __ TV.

A. to watch

B. to watchi ng

C. watch ing

D. watch

21. The flu is believed _______ by viruses that like to reproduce in the cells in side

the huma n nose and throat.

A. cause

B. being caused

C. to be caused

D. to have caused