TO- INFINITIVE OR BARE- INFINITIVE

I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences/Or identify the underlined part that needs correction: 1. I saw him __________off. A. to drive B. drive C. driven D. drove 2. You’d better ____________ an umbrella. A. take B. to take C. taking D. to be taken 3. Would you mind if I _____________ the window? A. to open B. opened C. opening D. open 4. Wouldn’t you rather _____________? A. succeed B. to succeed C. succeeding D. succeeded 5. He made me __________it all over again. A. done B. do C. to do D. doing 6. I had the boy ___________ a letter yesterday. A. posting B. to post C. post D. posted 7. You must _____________ a lot of people. A. to know B. know C. knowing D. known 8. My father doesn’t let me _____________ out at night. A. going B. to go C. go D. gone 9. We heard him __________________ downstairs. A. ran B. to be run C. to run D. run 10. Let’s ____________ an English song. A. singing B. sing C. to sing D. sang 11. We watched him ______________ the car. A. park B. parked C. to park D. to be parked 12. Why don’t you ____________ for a job? A. applying B. applied C. to apply D. apply 13. I am planning __________ Da Lat next week. A. visit B. visiting C. visited D. to visit 14. I must go now. I promised _____________ late A. not being B. not to be C. not being D. won’t be 15. Suddenly he stopped the car in order __________. A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoking D. smoked 16. It was late, so we decided ____________ a taxi home. A. to take B. taken C. taking D. take 17. How old were you when you learnt _______________? A. how to drive B. how drive C. how driving D. how driven 18. She always encourages her son ____________ harder. A. to study B. studied C. study D. studying 19. Don’t forget __________ the letter I gave you. A. to post B. posting C. post D. posted 20. I got my father ________________ my bike. A. repair B. to repair C. repairing D. repaired 21. The fire isn’t hot enough _________________ a kettle. A. boiling B. to boil C. boil D. boiled 22. It is too cold for us ______________________. A. went out B. go out C. to go out D. going out 23. He went to Britain ___________English. A. learn B. learning C. to learn D. learned 24. I have some letters ________________. A. to write B. writing C. wrote D. write 25. It takes me ten minutes _________to school every day. A. walking B. to walk C. walk D. walked 26. We expect him ______________ tomorrow. A. arrive B. arriving C. to arrive D. will arrive 27. Would you like __________to my birthday party? A. coming B. come C. came D. to come 28. I tried ___________the bus, but I missed it. A. catch B. catching C. to catch D. caught 29. Remember _____________Lan a present because today is her birthday. A. send B. sending C. to send D. sent 30. We were allowed ___________ photographs in this room. A. sell B. to sell C. selling D. sold 31. It took me a very long time recovering from the shock of her death. A B C D 32. Remember taking off your shoes when you are in a Japanese house. A B C D 33. My parents permitted me going out at weekends. A B C D 34. Money is used to buying food and clothes. A B C D 35. He often lets me to use his mobile phone. A B C D
II. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that its meaning remains unchanged, using the given words: 1. My parents don’t allow me to play games on computer. ➢ My parents don’t let ………………………………………… 2. I had my friend answer the questions. ➢ I got my friend ………………………………………………. 3. He spent an hour doing his homework last night. ➢ It took………………………………………………………… 4. I am going to the post office. I want to send some letter. ➢ I am going to the post office in order……………………………… 5. My grandfather is very weak. He can’t lift the box. ➢ My grandfather is too ………………………………………… 6. My father said that I could use his car. ➢ My father allowed me………………………………………… 7. The sudden noise caused me to jump. ➢ The sudden noise made me…………………………………… 8. “John, please don’t tell anyone my new address”, said Mary. ➢ Mary told John……………………………………………….. 9. I don’t really want to visit the museum. ➢ I’d rather……………………………………………………… 10. Lan told Nam:” Remember to send your parents my regard” ➢ Lan reminded Nam…………………………………….………. 11. The lesson was too long for us to learn by heart. ➢ The lesson wasn’t short enough………………………………. 12. She was very stupid when she went out without a raincoat. ➢ It was very stupid of her………………………………………. 13. Would you mind making me some tea? ➢ Would you please…………………………………………………? 14. They got out of the car. ➢ I watched them…………………………………………………… 15. He was the first man who reached the top of the mountain. ➢ He was the first man to……………………………………………