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GERUNDS, INFINITIVES & PARTICIPLES - TEST 1

ENGLISH 11. One notable benefit of ---- books to young children 16. The researcher’s attempt at ---- the complex genetic

is that it helps ---- their language and communication
interactions involved ---- extensive experiments.
skills.
A) being understood / to conduct
A) having read / to develop
B) understanding / conducting
B) to be reading / having developed
C) to understand / being conducted
C) reading / develop
D) having understood / to be conducting
D) to read / developing
E) to be understood / having conducted
E) being read / to be developed

12. As soon as ---- by the regulatory authorities, the new 17. The author’s choice ---- lengthy footnotes in the book
drug will be available to the public, ---- a possible cure was meant ---- readers extra background and sources.
for a once untreatable disease.
A) to be using / offering
A) having been approved / to provide
B) using / to be offered
B) approved / providing
C) having used / being offered
C) approving / having provided
D) to have used / to be offering
D) being approved / to have provided
E) to use / to offer
E) having approved / provided

13. ---- a daily routine that includes brushing and flossing, 18. Currently ---- by a team of experts, the ancient
along with regular check-ups, is crucial for ---- dental manuscript appears ---- in a coded script that has
health. puzzled scholars for centuries.

A) Establishing / maintaining A) analysing / being written
B) To establish / having maintained B) analysed / having been written
C) Being established / maintained C) being analysed / to have been written
D) Having established / to be maintaining D) having been analysed / to write
E) To be established / being maintained E) to be analysing / to have written

14. The Colosseum is a remarkable architectural wonder 19. The outdated infrastructure needs ----, which requires
that is known ---- during the Roman Empire ---- major a detailed examination of the entire system before ----
events. any improvement.
A) to build / hosting A) upgrading / attempting
B) being built / to be hosted B) to upgrade / being attempted
C) to be building / to have hosted C) to be upgraded / having attempted
D) to have been built / to host D) being upgraded / to attempt
E) having built / being hosted E) having upgraded / to have attempted

15. When ---- for fish, penguins use their excellent 20. ---- in 1889, the first road vehicle ---- a speed of over
swimming skills and streamlined bodies ---- quickly 100 kilometres per hour was La Jamais Contente.
through the water.
A) Having been manufactured / reached
A) being hunted / having moved
B) To be manufactured / having reached
B) to have been hunting / move
C) Manufactured / to reach
C) having hunted / to be moving
D) To manufacture / reaching
D) to be hunting / moving
E) Being manufactured / to have reached
E) hunting / to move

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