UNIVERSIDAD INCCA DE COLOMBIA

LICENCIATURA EN HUMANIDADES, LENGUA CASTELLANA E INGLÉS

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: _______________

Final exam
Third term

1. Use gerunds of the verbs below (8 marks)

say play sell forget

quarrel pay save enter
help lose bathe repeat

a) My brother succeeded in _______ of his old car.

b) Eric doesn’t remember _______ for our dinner.
c) Is he looking forward _______ that university course?
d) Both of us don’t practice _______ the piano any longer.
e) Why do you keep _______ you are guilty every time?
f) My mother doesn’t mind _______ us with this task.
g) I know we will miss _______ in the Cretan Sea.
h) I’ve decided to finish ________ with my relatives.

2. Choose the correct form (7 marks)

a) Lucy loves going/to go out with Tim.

b) Can you concentrate on doing/to do your personal task, please?
c) We will be sorry letting/to let you pass.
d) My dog isn’t used to traveling/travel for distances that are so long.
e) Don’t they want listening/to listen to our new album of songs?
f) My friends persuaded me checking/to check their homework.
g) Paul didn’t feel like singing/to sing yesterday evening at the karaoke bar.

3. Combine the next sentences (10 marks)

a) dislikes/ meeting/ at work/ Brenda/ strangers

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b) like/ music/ do/ listening to/ you/ classic?
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c) to the Moon/ you/ can/ going/ imagine/ for a picnic?
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d) I/ couldn’t/ laughing/ him/ help/ saw/ when/ I
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e) admitted/ yesterday/ Pitt/ eating/ all/ the cookies
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f) can’t/ Martin/ at night/ shopping/ stand
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g) girl/ keep/ why/ looking at/ this/ me/ does?
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h) spends/ drawing/ Bob/ a lot of/ time/ his book/ for
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i) who/ dishes/ in/ hates/ washing/ your family?
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j) feels/ Daniel/ a rest/ today/ having/ like
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 4. Complete the following passage with either the gerund or the infinitive form of the
verbs in brackets. (15 marks)

Dennis was in his first year at university, studying History. He was rather a lazy student and he
tended to avoid (1) ________________ (work) whenever he could. In the middle of the term,
his history professor gave out an assignment to be handed in within two weeks. The
assignment was quite a difficult one, so his professor advised them (2) ________________
(start) earlier. Dennis intended (3)________________ (do) the assignment, but he postponed
(4) _________________ (write) it for a week. He had a bad habit of (5) _______________
(delay) things. The following week, he forgot (6) ________________ (do) it totally. The night
before the assignment was due, he suddenly remembered it and rushed to the library to find
the books he needed. He tried (7) ________________ (read) as much as possible on the
topic, but there wasn't enough time. Dennis considered (8) ________________ (ask) for more
time to do his paper, but his History professor was known to be very tough on students, so he
finally decided (9) ________________ (cheat) and copy his paper from somewhere else.
He found an old article on the same topic and quickly typed it out. The next day, he submitted
the paper. The following week, he was alarmed (10) _______________ (see) his professor
approaching him, looking angry. "Is this your own work, or did you copy it?" asked the
professor. Dennis denied (11) ________________ (copy) the paper. The professor was angry
with Dennis for not (12) _________________ (tell) the truth. "If you expect me (13)
________________ (believe) that, you must be very stupid," said the professor. "Every word is
taken from an article I wrote myself five years ago. Did you really think I would forget (14)
_________________ (write) it?" Dennis couldn’t help (15) _______________ (feel) sorry for
telling such a lie.

5. Complete the next sentences with the correct form gerunds or infinitives. (10
marks)
a) I enjoy ________________ (to get up) late on weekends, but I also don’t mind
_____________ (to get up) early during the week.
b) I suggest ______________ (to go out) this weekend – would you like ____________ (to
join)?
c) I first wanted ________________ (to sell) my old car. But then I refused ________________
(to sell) it and decided …… (to keep) it.
d) Even after losing the job, he continued _______________________ (to get up) early.
e) I’d love ________________ (to meet) but I prefer _________________ (to see) us on
Tuesday.
f) He offered me ________________ (to choose) the date for the meeting and I suggested
__________________ (to opt) for Monday.
g) I forgot __________________ (to switch) off the light, we need _______________ (to go)
back.
h) He promised _____________________ (to call) once in New York.
i) He tried ____________________ (to concentrate) on his work but kept on thinking about
her.
j) I love ________________________ (to have) a cup of coffee early in the morning.

Good Luck!