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Gerunds and Infinitives Test - 2

Verilen sorularda boş bırakılan yerlere uygun 5. For many decades, environmentalists across the
düşen sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz. world have been struggling ---- our nature, but it is
not only their responsibility; we are all obliged ---- the
world we live in.
1. The vast majority of Danes would prefer ---- to work
rather than ---- in all types of weather and at all times A) protecting / saving
of the day as their main mode of transportation.
B) to protect / save
A) cycling / to have driven
C) protect / to be saving
B) cycle / to be driving
D) to protect / to save
C) to be cycling / to drive
E) to be protected / to be saved
D) to cycle / drive
E) to have cycled / driving

2. Most countries took action ---- pesticide use due to the 6. The Naples area of Italy is known for ---- one of the
serious danger they pose to bees, whose pollination world’s highest volcanic risks, and ---- effects of a
work is essential to ---- a healthy environment. potential eruption is a top priority for local authorities.

A) to ban / maintaining A) to have / to mitigate
B) to be banned / be maintained B) having had / mitigate
C) having banned / being maintained C) have / to be mitigating
D) to have banned / have been maintaining D) to be having / be mitigated

E) being banned/ maintain E) having / mitigating

3. If you do not stop ---- sugar in excess amounts, it 7. Throughout history, people have preferred ---- near
can harm your health by ---- your risk of tooth decay, rivers because there is easily available water for
heart disease, and metabolic conditions such as type irrigation, and the soil along the riverbanks is fertile
2 diabetes. enough ---- crops.
A) to consume / having increased A) to have settled / to be grown

B) consuming / increasing B) to settle / growing
C) to be consumed / to increase C) settling / to grow
D) being consumed / to have increased D) to be settling / grow
E) consume / being increased E) settle / to grow

4. One benefit of ---- trees in urban areas is that they 8. Roger Federer, a successful tennis player who
provide shade and release water vapour, which helps became the first man ---- ten consecutive Grand Slam
---- hot city streets. tournament finals, announced his decision ---- last
year.
A) growing / cool
A) reaching / to be retired
B) to grow / cooling
B) to reach / to retire
C) having grown / being cooled
C) to have reached / retiring
D) to be growing / to cool
D) to be reached / being retired
E) being grown / to be cooled
E) reach / to have retired

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