Тесты по грамматике английского языка для школьников и абитуриентов

Выберите правильный вариант.
1. Jane stopped______too fast, because she is afraid of car
accidents.
a) drive c) to drive
b) driving d) to be driving
2.1 suggest that Mary______with this job on her own.
a) will cope c) coped
b) copes d) cope
3. Yesterday John went to the police. They admitted his ______in the murder.
a) having participated c) had participated
b) having participating d) having to participating
4.1 hate______early in the morning.
a) to get up c) get up
b) having get up d) getting up
5. Susan couldn't help______about the offending words she
______to Helen.
a) thinking, said c) to think, had said
b) thinking, had said d) to be thinking, has said
6. Mary kept on______the poem despite the fact that she
had no talent.
a) to compose c) composing
b) compose d) to have composing
7. Caroline earns a living______antiques.
a) for selling c) by selling
b) to sell d) sell
8. Elisa congratulated herself on______the first prize in the
competition.
a) having won b) have won
с) having win d) having been winning
9. There is definitely no point in______about your unsuc­cessful destiny. No one can help you.
a) to complain c) being complaining
b) complain d) complaining
10. Do you often go______when you are in a foreign coun­try?
a) sightseeing c) to go sightseeing
b) to sightseeing d) having sightseeing
11. I do not believe in Sarah's______of telling lies. I know
she is very honest.
a) accused c) having being accused
b) being accused d) have been accused
12. Go and apologize to the teacher for______the lesson or
Monday.
a) have spoilt c) having spoilt
b) spoiling d) have spoiling
13.1 disapprove______your motherland. And you?
a) to betraying c) betraying
b) of betraying d) of betray
14. We didn't know what to do in the evening. Susan sug­gested ______to the theatre.
a) going c) to be going
b) to going d) go
15. Elisa loves______the piano and she has a gift for it.
a) to playing c) playing
b) play d) being playing
16. My friends postponed______to the new house, because
they haven't already finished the reconstruction.
a) to move b) moving
c) move d) to be moving
17. Can you imagine me______a horse?
a) to ride c) riding
b) to riding d) to be riding
18. Before______to bed, take this medicine. It will help you
to sleep well.
a) go c) being going
b) to go d) going
19. Although I couldn't imagine her______the whole his­tory of Russia, she managed to do it.
a) having learned c) to have learned
b) having learning d) had learned
20. Jane decided against______a mathematician.
a) be c) to being
b) being d) to be
21. The government must do something. The country can't continue______like that.
a) living c) to be living
b) to live d) being living
22. Mary lay in the sun, ______ a cocktail and _______ a
book.
a) drink, read c) drinking, reading
b) drinking, read d) being drinking, reading
23.______a talented lawyer, Susan was able to start her own
business.
a) being c) to be
b) have been d) be
24. After______you should consult the dictionary.
a) read c) had read
b) reading d) having read
25.______the troubles she would face, Jane refused to write
a thesis.
a) imagined c) having imagined
b) have imagined d) had imagined