英语非谓语动词用法练习题

1. The first textbooks _______ for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16th century.

A. having written                             B. to be written

C. being written                               D. written

2. —You were brave enough to raise objection at the meeting.

—Well, now I regret _______ that.

A. to do             B. to be doing         C. to have done      D. having done

3. We agreed _______ here but so far she hasn’t turned up yet.

A. having met     B. meeting              C. to meet             D. to have met

4. The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him _______.

A. not to            B. not to do            C. not do it            D. do not do

5. Paul doesn’t have to be made _______. He always works hard.

A. learn              B. to learn              C. learned              D. learning

6. _______ in thought, he almost ran into the car in front of him.

A. Losing           B. Having lost          C. Lost                D. To lost

7. The patient was warned _______ oily food after the operation.

A. to eat not        B. eating not           C. not to eat          D. not eating

8. The Olympic Games, _______ in 776 B.C., did not include women players until 1912.

A. first playing                                 B. to be first played 

C. first played                                  D. to be first playing

9. I would love _______ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report.

A. to go                B. to have gone     C. going                  D. having gone

10. European football is played in 80 countries, _______ it the most popular sport in the world.

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

11. When I got back home I saw a message pinned to the door _______ “Sorry to miss you; will call later.”

A. read                  B. reads               C. to read                D. reading

12. The purpose of new technologies is to make life easier, _______ it more difficult.

A. not make            B. not to make     C. not making          D. do not make

13. Robert is said _______ abroad, but I don’t know what country he studied in.

A. to have studied                              B. to study

C. to be studying                               D. to have been studying

14. The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see _______ the next year.

A. carried out        B. carrying out       C. carry out              D. to carry out

15. _______ such heavy pollution already, it may now be too late to clean up the river.

A. Having suffered                             B. Suffering

C. To suffer                                      D. Suffered

 

 

16. Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains _______ whether they will enjoy it.

A. to see              B. to be seen           C. seeing                D. seen

17. The research is so designed that once _______ nothing can be done to change it.

A. begins              B. having begun      C. beginning           D. begun

18. It is said that in Australia there is more land than the government knows _______.

A. it what to do with                           B. what to do it with

C. what to do with it                           D. to do what with it

19. A cook will be immediately fired if he is found _______ in the kitchen.

A. smoke             B. smoking              C. to smoke           D. smoked

20. She looks forward every spring to _______ the flower-lined garden.

A. visit                 B. paying a visit       C. walk in              D. walking in

21. When I handed the report to John, he said that George was the person _______.