英语分词专项训练

1. Anyone ______ bags, boxes, or whatever, was stopped by the police.

A. seen carry

B. seen carrying

C. saw to carry

D. saw carrying

2. The plane crashed, _____ all 200 people aboard.

A. killed

B. having killed

C. killing

D. had killed

3. We solved the problem by reducing our costs and _____ more money.

A. borrowed

B. borrowing

C. would borrow

D. had borrowed

4. I asked the boss for a month’s holiday and, _____ it or not, he agreed.

A. believe

B. to believe

C. believing

D. believed

5. The new manager started last week, ______ with him plenty of new ideas.

A. bringing

B. brought

C. to bring

D. to have brought

6. Any student ______ will be disqualified from the exam.

A. catching cheating

B. catching to cheat

C. caught cheating

D. caught to cheat

7. She read the letter through before sending it, _____ for spelling mistakes.

A. checked

B. to be checking

C. checking

D. having checked

8. Before you decide to leave your job, ______ the effect it will have on your family.

A. consider

B. considering

C. to consider

D. considered

9. If you’re going on a long car journey, ______ sure the vehicle’s in good condition.

A. making

B. to make

C. make

D. having made

10. ______ the road round to the right and you’ll find his house.

A. Follow

B. Following

C. To be following

D. Having followed

11. He arrived at the office early, ______ a good example to the others.

A. set

B. to set

C. to be set

D. having set

12. He pushed his way through the crowd, ______ “Excuse me.”

A. to say

B. said

C. saying

D. having saying

13. The film star walked to his car, ______ a crowd of journalists.

A. followed by

B. following by

C. to follow

D. to be followed by

14. “Where is David?” “He is upstairs ______ ready to go out.”

A. to get

B. getting

C. to be getting

D. having got

15. If you go there alone after dark you might be get ______.

A. attacked and robbed

B. attacking and robbing

C. to attack and rob

D. to be attacked and robbed

16. She gets about quite a lot, ______ for an international company.

A. working

B. works

C. having worked

D. to be working

17. _____ him enough time to get home before you telephone.

A. Give

B. To give

C. Giving

D. Given

18. She didn’t want to _____ a secretary al l her life, so she went back to college.

A. go on being

B. go on to be

C. go to be

D. go being

19. He was reading his book, completely _____ to the world.

A. lost

B. losing