Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8

Exercise: Choose the best answer:

1. Many young people are fond of -------------- football and other kinds of sports.

A. play B. to play C. playing D. played

2. They couldn’t help -------------- when they heard the little boy singing a love song.

A. laughing B. to laugh C. laugh D. laughed

3. Your house needs -------------- .

A. redecorated B. redecorating C. being redecorated D. to redecorate

4. I remember -------------- them to play in my garden.

A. to allow B. allow C. allowing D. allowed

5. It was a nasty memory. Do you remember both of us wearing sunglasses to avoid -------------- by the supervisors?

A. to recognize B. to be recognized C. recognizing D. being recognized

6. I can’t bear thinking back of that time. I’d rather -------------- equally.

A. treat B. be treated C. have treated D. treating

7. Did you accuse Nam of -------------- a plate? Well, I saw him -------------- it off the table with his elbow.

A. break/ knock B. breaking/ knocking C. to break/ to knock D. breaking/ knock

8. We found it very difficult -------------- with Gamma.

A. to work B. work C. working D. worked

9. I can’t read when I am traveling. It makes me -------------- sick.

A. feel B. to feel C. felt D. feeling

10. I need -------------- what’s in the letter. Why don’t you let me -------------- it?

A. to know/ to read B. know/ read C. to know/ read D. knowing/ read

11. I suggest -------------- some more mathematical puzzles.

A. do B. to do C. doing D. done

12. We regret -------------- you that we cannot approve your suggestion.

A. inform B. to inform C. informing D. informed

13. The driver stopped -------------- a coffee because he felt sleepy.

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

14. Have you ever considered -------------- a pharmacist?

A. become B. becoming C. to become D. became

15. You had better -------------- at home until you feel better.

A. staying B. stayed C. to stay D. stay

16. I remember -------------- my mother said the grass in the garden needed --------------.

A. to hear/cutting B. hear/cut C. heard/to cut D. hearing/ cutting

17. Peter sometimes help his sister --------------.

A. do homework B. to do homework C. with homework D. all are correct

18. I would rather -------------- at home than --------------out with you.

A. staying/going B. to stay/ to go C. stay/go D. stayed/went

19. I would rather you --------------.

A. drive B. to drive C. drove D. driven

20. She didn’t say a word and left the room.

A. She left the room without saying a word B. She leaving the room without saying a word

C. She left the room saying a word D. She left the room to say a word.

21. My father wanted me -------------- a pilot.

A. become B. to become C. becoming D. became

22. Please wait a minute. My boss is busy -------------- something.

A. write B. writing C. to write D. to writing

23. My teacher doesn’t allow us -------------- while he is explaining the lesson.

A. talk B. to talk C. talking D. talked

24. We have plenty of time. We needn’t --------------

A. hurry B. to hurry C. hurrying D. hurried

25. I promised -------------- on time. I mustn’t -------------- late.

A. be/be B. to be/to be C. to be/ be D. be/to be

26. Mary and I are looking forward -------------- you.

A. of seeing B. for seeing C. to seeing D. to see

27. I’m sure that he knows -------------- this new machine.

A. to use B. using C. how using D. how to use

28. Psychiatrists and doctors have failed -------------- people not to drink.

A. to tell B. telling C. tell D. told

29. The students are used to -------------- in the school library.

A. working B. work C. to work D. worked

30. Our room needs -------------- up.

A. tidied B. to tide C. tidy D. tidying

31. Mercury’s low gravity makes you -------------- very light in a spaceship.

A. feel B. feeling C. to feel D. felt

32. “ Was the test long?”. “ Yes, John was the only one -------------- it”

A. to finish B. finishing C. finished D. finish

33. A lots of needs -------------- to the house before anyone can move in.

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

34. It is about time you -------------- harder for the next exam.

A. worked B. working C. work D. to work

35. If he really doesn’t feel like -------------- now, I suggested that he should go out for some fresh air.

A. work B. to work C. worked D. working

EXERCISES

1. Passing the kitchen, he stopped to drink a large glass of water. (drink)

2. When the car broke down, she started ..putting. ( put)

3. Here's the money I owe you. I meant to give (give)

4. To lose weight, I'd advise you ...to cut out (cut out)

5. I found that my back stopped aching when ... ( ache)

6. To help me get to sleep, I tried thinking (think)

7. The orchestra was just beginning to play (play)

8. Please don't hesitate to call (call)

9. When he found that he couldn't walk he began shouting (shout)

10. The handle came off when I tried to lift ( lift)

Choose one of the verbs in brackets complete each sentence. (1-4)

1. a. I taught Jim to drive a car before the age of 18. (hoped/ taught)

b. I hoped to drive a car before the age of 18.

2.a. We allowed him to go to the party.

b. We agreed to go to the party.

3.a. They arranged for the kittens to go to good homes.

b. They wanted the kittens to go to good homes.

4.a. He warned the children to stay away.

b. He threatened to stay away.

5.a. The police appealed for his protectors to give him up.

b. The police forced him to give himself up.

6.a. She promised him to visit the exhibition before it ended.

b. She told to visit the exhibition before it ended.

7.a. Did you arrange for the bed to be delivered or shall I collect it?

b. Did you need the bed to be delivered or will you collect it yourself?

8.a. I persuaded my mother to buy a new car.

b. I decided to buy a new car.