Use the given word at the end of each line to form a word that fits the gap in the same line.

DRILLING TESTS (II)

Use either the Gerund or the Infinitive

1. You must remember (call) at the bank on your way home because we need (order) some traveller’s cheques.

2. Could you stop (type) for a moment? I need (concentrate) on this letter.

3. I hope you haven’t forgotten (telephone) the garage because the car badly needs (service).

4. We could try (make) a dash for the car if it would only stop (rain) for a moment.

5. I’m sure you won’t regret (buy) the house, even though it needs (paint) and (decorate).

6. I regret (say) that he’s forgotten ever (promise) you a job.

7. I don’t remember (take) my wallet out of my bag, but I must have done it when I stopped (buy) petrol.

8. As I told you, he’s rather deaf, so don’t forget (try) (shout) if he doesn’t answer the door at once.

9. I’ve considered (ask) him (raise) my salary I don’t think he can afford (do) it.

10. If the machine happens (stop) (work). Just telephone and arrange for the service engineer (call).

11. I can’t help (think) that we shouldn’t have agreed (lend) him our car.

12. If you’ve finished (use) the typewriter, I’d like (borrow) it for a while, so that I can get used to (type) with that machine.

13. I regret (say) I lost my temper with him.

14. He regrets (steal) money now.

15. Sheila will always regret (not go) to University.

16. The headmaster does not allow (run) along the corridors.

17. The teacher on duty does not allow us (run) along the corridors.

18. Don’t forget (write) to me when you are away.

19. Have you forgotten about (write) to me already?

20. Tony cannot do any work without (tell) at least twice.

21. Always remember (wipe) your feet before (enter) the school during the rainy season.

22. Do you remember (wipe) your feet before you came into the house?

Use the given word at the end of each line to form a word that fits the gap in the same line.

1. The ……………..in the square is impressive. MEMORY

2. What is the ……………..of this monument? HIGH

3. What does one’s …………………..depend on? HAPPY

4. He is a ………………neighbour. RELY

5. I felt very …………about it. NERVE

6. We have no ………………of his success. CERTAIN

7. She is a very ………………person. TALK

8. This factory …………..woolen goods. PRODUCT

9. It was all different from our …………. EXPECT

10. She has no ………………..to go upstairs. STRONG

11. It was a ………………….. action. COURAGE

12. Your handwriting is so ……………., it’s hard to read it. CARE

13. It’s a good …………of the latest methods. DESCRIBE

14. Nobody noticed his …………………….. DISAPPEAR

15. I can’t ……………..the meaning of this word. DEFINITION

16. The ………..parents waited anxiously for the news. WORRY

17. He gave me very ………………advice. HELP

18. The. …………of the train was delayed. DEPART

19. Is that a fair ………………..of work? DIVIDE

20. She ……………us to further efforts. STIMULUS

21. She didn’t make any ………………progress. IMPRESS

22. When did you accept his ………………..? PROPOSE

23. You must ………………for being so rude. APOLOGY

24. He listened to my ………….attentively. OBJECT

25. The. ………..of students took the examination successfully. MAJOR

26. They ……………..in completing the project. SUCCESS

27. In his …………he worked in various jobs. YOUNG

28. Circumstances do not …………me to help you. PERMISSION

29. Learning foreign languages is a strong ……...…nowadays. NECESSARY

30. …………………changes seriously affect crops. CLIMATE

31. There are no ……………..areas in my country. MOUNTAIN

32. Does he …………….what I mean? REALITY

33. The ……………..of pop music is steadily growing. POPULAR

34. I always work best under ………………….. PRESS

35. It’s the most ………………episode in the book. DRAMA

36. Ann read the letter with a ……………….. PUZZLE

expression on her face.

37. You may experience some………………for a few COMFORT

days after the operation.

38. We were……………..impressed by EXTREME

the………….. tour. GUIDE

39. We were greatly surprised at his…………to help us. REFUSE

40. Whether you stay or leave is a matter of total……….. DIFFER

to me.

41. He was………….of understanding even the simplest CAPABLE

instructions.

Ex.1.

Charlotte Bronte, one of the finest English. ………….. NOVEL

of the last century, was born in 1816 and died in 1855 after

the. …………of her three novels. “Jane Eyre” was Charlotte’s PUBLISH

second novel and was ………………popular. What I like about IMMEDIATE

“ Jane Eyre” is the ………………..of a young girl’s struggle DESCRIBE

for freedom and ……………….. DEPEND

Ex.2.

It is only two hours before ………………time and I still haven’t DEPART

set off for the airport although the ticket ………………..says I’m INFORM

supposed to be there at least one and a half hours before the ……….. FLY

is due to take off. To say ……………..I have always considered HONEST

this policy totally ………………and so I’m going to come to the NECESSITY

airport as late as I can.

Ex.3.

I’m lucky enough to have a friend who is a …………. GIFT

pianist. As a ……………musician she strongly believes PROFESSION

that musical. ………is something you learn, but not something ABLE

you are born with. She thinks that. ………………students can INDUSTRY

improve their musical ear ……………… ENORMOUS

Ex.4.

You must take into ……………that the process of CONSIDER

computerization is growing ……………..nowadays. RAPID

Today computers are used in every ……………… BUSY

Without a good…………..of computers you can’t KNOW

expect to find …………these days. EMPLOY

Ex.5.

Sondra had a very. ……………year, FORTUNE

……………after she was given a promotion in the summer. PARTICULAR

She had worked very hard all year and even though she was

rather. ………….. it was worthwhile. After being given a EXHAUST

rise she obtained a lot more. ………….than before. Besides RESPONSIBLE

Sondra had got more……………to do what she thought FREE

necessary.

Ex.6.

On the 5-th of November there is a popular……………in CELEBRATE

Britain. Bonfires are lit and……………can be heard here EXPLODE

and there. There is a……………….reason for this. HISTORY

On the 5-th of November 1605 Guy Fawkes had planned

to blow up the king and the members of his…………….. GOVERN

The crime was prevented before it could be carried out but

the………………has been remembered since then. CRIME

Ex. 7.

In 1879 the Cadbury family set up a chocolate factory

in Bournvill. They used their……………..to modernize KNOW

methods of chocolate……………and packaging. These PRODUCE

methods were so……………that the factory became EFFECT

……………….almost overnight. SUCCEED

The great …………..of the Cadburys are remembered ACHIEVE

whenever one steps inside a sweetshop.

Ex.8.

I’m so excited that I really don’t know what to say.

Of course, I’m very………………to my musical teacher GRATITUDE

for her expert tuition and her……………to us, students. DEVOTE

Also, I’d like to thank my parents for giving me…………. ENCOURAGE

so much. I can say……………..I wouldn’t have HONEST

………………all by myself. SUCCESS

Ex.9.

Kate Smith is a ………………student who travelled by MEDICINE

Herself for six months in Asia last year. “I wasn’t…………. FRIGHT

By the idea of doing a long trip on my own”, she said.

“You have much……………..and you can make your own FREE

……………. DECIDE

At the beginning, though, I…………………felt a bit lonely OCCASION

but later I made many friends and was never by myself”.

Ex.10.

Many people are………………of the rich and famous. They ENVY

feel that they are……………….because they are unable to LUCK

lead the……………lives the rich do, and have to think ADVENTURE

……………..about every purchase they make. They would PROPER

like to have a carefree………….which is supposedly LIVE

characteristic of the rich.

Ex.11.

When I’m asked if cell phones should be allowed in

school I always answer: No! You know that authorities

have ………….forbidden the use of cell phones by RECENT

……………….because of the risk of accidents. In a MOTOR

classroom, we don’t…………….have students driving TYPICAL

cars, of course, but we conduct a wide variety of………… ACTIVE

that also require much…………..from the student as ATTENTIVE

traffic does from a driver.

Ex.12.

I’ve received……………….letter from my daughter Anne OTHER

today in which she tells me about her first……………..of IMPRESS

living and studying in Britain. She…………..likes drama SPECIAL

classes at college, but finds the social life there a bit……….. BORE

I advised her to make as many friends as she could because

it was the best way of not feeling lonely and……………… COME

culture shock.

Ex. 13.

I was …………looking through the small ads in the local LAZY

newspaper when I saw an……………..for a second-hand ADVERTISE

………………..so I decided to phone to get some PROCESS

………………..about it. The thing is my computer is not INFORM

…………....enough to do the project I’m involved in now. POWER

Ex.14.

1. As I have to take my…………….exams in July I’m ENTER

sitting for them now studying the list of…………….. REGULAR

verbs and learning………………formulas of CONVERSATION

....................English. Besides I’m doing my best to SPEAK

practise reading, trying to pronounce words…………. DISTINCT

2. Many people are under the……………..that without IMPRESS

an adequate education it is…………….difficult to get EXTREME

a good job.

Ex.15.

The brain is one of the ……………organs of the human LARGE

body and certainly the most complicated and………….. POWER

It had been studied by philosophers and scientists since

ancient……………times. However the size of brains GREECE

doesn’t matter much. Whales have larger brains than

human…………, but they don’t have the same level of BE

…………………The grey matter of the brains controls INTELLIGENT

all conscious……………and enables us to think, MOVE

remember and dream. It receives all the……………… INFORM

picked up by the ears, eyes and other senses.

It also gives us……………….and emotions, PERSON

making us………….or shy,…………….or sad. COMMUNICATE

CHEER

Ex.16.

Throughout history, women have had…………….for RESPONSIBLE

healing the sick. However, it is only in…………….. COMPARE

recent times that they have been allowed to train as

doctors at……………..schools in Britain. Yet, in that MEDICINE

short time, they have made an enormous……………. CONTRIBUTE

to modern medicine. The first female doctors were

priestesses who gave……………..about diseases and ADVICE

………………. In ancient Rome, women-healers were INJURE

considered very…………… In Britain for centuries RESPECT

male-doctors were………………of women who SUSPECT

practised medicine professionally and in 1512 a law

was passed making it……………for them to do so. LEGAL

Women couldn’t study medicine at universities until

the 19-th century and they only began to gain………… EQUAL

with male-doctors in the 20-th century.

Ex.17.

Two months ago I received an…………………to a INVITE

wedding in Paris. I wrote a letter of………….and ACCEPT

sent it to the couple. Last week the big event took

place. My friend Camille, who is a ……………… FAME

writer, married Tom, a ……………from Boston. SCIENCE

Camille looked so beautiful in her…………….dress ELEGANCE

and Tom looked very handsome too.

The ceremony was extremely…………….and the ROMANCE

…………….afterwards was amazing. After the bride RECEIVE

and groom had cut the cake, everyone raised their

glasses to happiness of the newlyweds. …………….., EVENT

the couple left for their honeymoon and the guests

danced……………the whole night away. It was a truly MERRY

……………..occasion. FORGET

Ex. 18.

Linda de Vere Hardy was a remarkable woman of her

generation. In the 1920s she was…………..to learn to DETERMINE

fly, and was the first woman who became a fully………. QUALIFY

pilot. Her solo ……………..from London to Delhi was FLY

one of the greatest………………of the early days of ACHIEVE

aviation. Her……………to Angus Hardy took place MARRY

after the end of the Second World War. With his……….. ENCOURAGE

she wrote a number of……………..stories in the 1950s DETECT

that achieved great…………… In 1962, her husband’s POPULAR

tragic…………in a car crash ended her literary career, DIE

and she spend the rest of her life on an ……………… ISOLATE

island off the coast of Scotland.

Ex.19.

There is one particular…………which I find difficult FEEL

to express. When I am……………about something, ANGER

I say nothing. Once, for example, after I had bought

a very……………jacket, I met a friend in a café who EXPENSE

said that the jacket didn’t fit me very…………. I was GOOD

very……………but I said nothing. I didn’t feel like ANNOY

continuing our……………. My friend noticed my CONVERSE

……………..and asked me what was wrong. I SILENT

couldn’t tell him the…………… I began to fell rather TRUE

………………and left without giving him an explanation. EMBARRASS

Later I felt rather………….of my behaviour. SHAME

Ex. 20.

According to a Greek legend, the Olympic Games

Were started by Hercules, son of Zeus, in honour

of his father. The first Olympic games about which

we have …………..were held in 776 BC on the plain INFORM

of Olympia. Games had taken place before this date

but had consisted…………… of chariot races. The MAIN

ancient Greeks thought the Games were so…………. IMPORTANCE

that they measured time by the interval between them.

A period of four years was referred to as Olympiad.

The Games also represented the Greek ideal of physical

………………and beauty, which they considered as FIT

important as the …………of the mind. Nothing, not DEVELOP

even war, was allowed to interfere with the Games.

They were held…………..every four years for more CONTINUE

than 1000 years until their ………….by the Romans ABOLISH

in AD 394. At the end of the 19^th century, a Frenchman

called Baron de Coubertin suggested………….the ESTABLISH

tradition. Following his suggestion fifteen nations met

at an……………..congress in 1894. Two years later, NATION

the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens.

In 2004, the Olympics returned to Greece, where

Athens again played host to the ………………….. GREAT

sports event in the world.

Ex. 21.

The speed of your handwriting can be estimated by the

fluency and…………….of your script; CONTINUE

…………….writing is usually very slow. Very large CONNECT

handwriting is…………….fast as the writer has RARE

a ……………to waste time and effort. Fast writing TEND

is a clear…………….of your ability to speak fluently INDICATE

as well as your……………capacity. The more MIND

………………your writing is the quicker you will write. SIMPLE

Intelligent writers often……………..from the writing PART

style they were taught at school because they find it too

slow. They adopt an original …………..form of writing. ECONOMY

Many ……………have small writing but large…………. EXECUTE

SIGN

Ex.22

Predicting the weather has always been important to our

lives since…………..changes can seriously affect crops CLIMATE

and therefore the ……………of food. Today, forecasts PRODUCE

use modern technology in order to increase their………. ACCURATE

Knowing what the weather will be like is not only

interesting to farmers, it is also relevant to sports

enthusiasts such as………………and people who live in SKI

…………….areas. Despite improvements in forecasting, MOUNTAIN

the weather often remains……………and this has given PREDICT

forecasts a bad reputation. However the climate is often

so…………….that even experts with the latest CHANGE

………………find it impossible to make accurate EQUIP

forecasts.

Ex.23.

Judo is an…………….sport to take up because the only EXPENSIVE

…………..you need is a special loose fitting suit. It is EQUIP

very…………. for you to join a club where the SUIT

……………..are properly qualified and pay enough INSTRUCT

attention to…………….... Also judo is a physically SAFE

……………..sport which requires a lot of DEMAND

…………….., practice and skill, there are very many STRONG

people who find it……………. as a means of ENJOY

…………………in their spare time. RELAX

Ex.24.

After a…………..between two ships in the Atlantic COLLIDE

Alan Young from Dundee ended up………………. EXPECT

living on a desert island. “I fell…………….and no BOARD

one noticed. A few hours later I found myself lying

…………….on a beach after swimming for miles. EXHAUST

It was…………..too, not warm and sunny, like FROST

Crusoe’s island. The only……………I could find SOLVE

was to dig a hole in the sand as a shelter. There was

little food and no fresh water. It was an……………. HEALTH

life, and I felt ill most of the time. I suffered from

………………too, but then I found a village on the ALONE

other side of the island!” he said. “The people had

moved there after the………………of their homes DESTROY

by a volcano. ………………they had a radio and LUCK

a ship soon came to rescue me”.

Ex. 25.

I came across the article in a magazine the other day

which made…………between people and animals. COMPARE

It seemed to come to the ………… that in most cases CONCLUDE

we are superior to animals and lead a more………… COMFORT

life. Wild animals have much more …………. than FREE

pets or animals in zoos, but even a lion or tiger in the

jungle could be killed by………………at almost any HUNT

time. For animals, life is generally hard and………... DANGER

compared to the life led by people in large cities, where

there is not only ……………. but also freedom to VARY

choose the kind of life you want to lead. It is hard

to imagine a life more………….. than that of a tortoise. BORE

However, we, humans, do have some……………….. ADVANTAGE

in areas such as smell, hearing or speed. For example,

a dog’s sense of smell is much more………………… POWER

than ours.

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