20 English Verb-ing or to Verb Quiz Quizzes

1. Those who are desperate may commit the crime because they have nothing

A. to lost

B. to be lost

C. to lose

D. losing

2. They had a hard time ____________ the patients back to life

A. bring

B. to bring

C. bringing

D. to bringing

3. He spoke English ____________ quickly for me to follow

A. such

B. so

C. too

D. as

4. is no denying that hard work leads to success

A. Here

B. That

C. It

D. There

5. The students ____________ up the classroom after they made a mess

A. were asked cleaning

B. were let clean

C. made to clean

D. were made to clean

6. He ____________ wash his clothes by hand because his washing machine was out of order

A. had no choice but

B. couldn’t help

C. couldn’t choose but to

D. couldn’t help but

7. In the USA, people prefer waiting for a table ____________ with people they don’t know

A. to sit

B. to sitting

C. rather than sit

D. instead of sitting

8. There are no easy solutions to the problem, ____________ solutions that are agreeable to all parties

A. to begin with

B. not to mention

C. strange to say

D. to sum up

9. I felt so cold that I could not help ____________ when I talked to him

A. shake

B. being shaken

C. to shake

D. shaking

10. The old man often forgets ____________ the same stories to his grandson and kept repeating them

A. telling

B. to tell

C. from telling

D. that tells

11. The old man is so poor that he has no house ____________ in

A. lived

B. living

C. to live

D. for live

12. The heavy rain kept him ____________ here on time

A. come

B. to come

C. for coming

D. from coming

13. I ____________ the weather in Taiwan, so I think I’ll stay here for another year

A. am used to

B. used to

C. used to be

D. am used to like

14. I make ____________ a rule to side with the weaker party

A. that

B. it

C. this

D. one

15. As a person of dignity, I would rather ____________ to death than steal

A. starve

B. starving

C. to starving

D. to starve

16. It is not worth ____________ your family time to get promoted at work

A. sacrifice

B. to sacrifice

C. being sacrificed

D. sacrificing

17. The only thing you should do is ____________ the medicine that the doctor gave you

A. to taking

B. taking

C. take

D. have taken

18. There is no use ____________ about one’s lost youth

A. of thinking

B. think

C. thinking

D. to think

19. They would rather ____________ about the matter anymore