1. Why would you suggest .. her? She can cope with the task all by herself

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1. Why would you suggest..... her? She can cope with the task all by herself

a) help

b) helping

c) to help

2. Agatha, would you mind..... this letter on your way home?

a) to mail

b) mailing

c) being mailed

3. I enjoy making practical jokes about people, but I hate..... fun of.

a) being made

b) to make

c) making

4. If I were you, I’d think twice..... accepting their invitation. There is something fishy about it.

a) before

b) through

c) on

5. David found a small frog..... walking near the pond in his garden.

a) by

b) without

c) while

6. Adam offered..... for me tonight because he saw that I felt awful.

a) working

b) work

c) to work

7. Don’t switch off the light. The child is afraid..... in the dark.

a)of sleeping

b) to sleep

c) sleep

8. I am sorry..... having broken my promise.

a) for

b) of

c) about

9. As an English proverb says “It’s no use..... over spilt milk.”

a) cry

b) to cry

c) crying

10. How are my goldfish? I hope you didn’t forget..... them.

a) to feed

b) feed

c) feeding

11. Anne was able to keep the kids still..... telling them an interesting story.

a) by

b) on

c) instead of

12. Sheila is very upset. She isn’t used..... being treated like that.

a) on

b) to

c) in

13. The comedy was hilarious, but somehow I didn’t feel like......

a) laugh

b) laughing

c) to laugh

14. The child hurt her leg badly and started to complain..... having severe pains in it.

a) of

b) about

c) at

15. I don’t like...... to - and that, exactly, is what you are trying to do.

a) to be lied

b) be lied

c) being lied

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