Question 1

I hate taking care of babies.
I loved singing.
I preferred eating Swedish Kanelbullar.
By looking at the above sentences, which one of the below options can be said?

Accepted Answer

Gerunds are used when the meaning is general and state.

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Gerunds are used in order to refer past events.

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Gerunds are used with future constructions.

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Gerunds are used when particular time and situation are referred.

Question 2

The present participle is used to reduce the adverbial clauses. The conjunction to indicate time relationship can be omitted if the subjects of two clauses are the same and the verb of the dependent clause is used in present participle form.
In which of the following sentences cannot a possible reduction be achieved through the use of present participle?

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Once the school year starts, all students feel refreshed and energized for the year.

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When the parents educate their children with love, they do not need authority to control them.

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While she is doing her best to achieve a higher professional success, she is striving for aca- demic studies as well.

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As soon as he has accepted the offer, he quitted his present job without informing in advance.

Question 3

In which of the following sentences is "the reduction" misused?

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After the long trials, the jury decided the man to be sentenced to life imprisonment.

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None of the candidates inspected so far could pass the first stage of the test.

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The students wanting to see the museum should write their names on the list.

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My friends born in Italy are mostly content with their country.

Question 4

Gerunds are used for reduction of adjective and adverb clauses.
In which of the following sentences is gerund not used as a reduced form?

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The proposal needs revising, and some members of the committee will do this.

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Having accepted the proposal, the committee decided who will be in charge.

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Lastly, the project having been finished will be shown to the public with a hope of admiration.

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The committee wanting to approve of the new proposal will meet tomorrow.

Question 5

In which of the following ones is "the gerund" used as a complementary to a sentence?

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The qualification needed in this job is being polite all the time as the customers are accustomed to good behaviour of the staff here.

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Writing means many things for many people but an approach to writing in a critical way is always the same for every one of us.

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In cuneiform writing, words are represented by signs incised into clay tablets by a wedge- shaped instrument.

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Moreover, actual decision making was more complex than simply one drug and its attendant cluster of factors.

Question 6

- I remember holding my diploma with pride and happiness in the graduation ceremony.
- My advisor reminded me having read the same article before, therefore, I needed to read it again.
- I regretted leaving all the work to the last minute as it was very stressful to finish everything on time.
Based on the sentences above, which of the following can be said about gerunds?

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Gerunds may refer to actions that are completed in the past.

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Gerunds are not used as object complements.

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Gerunds refer to actions that are to be completed in the future.

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Gerunds are mostly used as the subjects of sentences.

Question 7

In which of the following sentences is "infinitive to" misused?

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The manager let none of the instructors to use their annual leaves in the academic year.

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The school administration expected all the students to pay their school fees before the aca- demic year started.

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The professor wants the students to finish their projects on time to be accepted to the committee.

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The manager got all the teachers to prepare materials for the following semester.

Question 8

Verbs that are preceded by to + infinitive sometimes indicate purpose.
In which of the following sentences "to infinitive" is not used for purpose?

Accepted Answer

His ability to speak fluently in his native language affected his skills in his second language, too.

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Many educators of today do their best to follow the changing trends in technology world.

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Everyone must have a chance to get education because it is a basic human right.

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Most language learners need a lot of practice to get used to language and its sounds.

Question 9

Which of the following statements would be wrong to say about infinitives?

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Infinitives are generally used with action verbs.

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An infinitive phrase can function as a noun, an adjective complement, or an adverb.

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One can use infinitives to create sentence showing purpose.

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Many of the adjectives could be followed by an infinitive.

Question 10

Which of the following statements would be wrong to say about gerunds?

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With the question words and passive structures, we need to use gerunds.

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Like nouns, gerunds and gerund phrases can function as subjects, objects, and complements.

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Unlike nouns, gerunds do not take inflections; in other words, they do not have distinct plural forms.

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Present participles and gerunds look similar as words, and they also look similar as phrases.

Question 11

Infinitives are, in many cases, used to indicate purpose.
Which of the following sentences does not include an infinitive of purpose?

Accepted Answer

People's ability to learn languages, may change their wishes about living in other countries.

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Academicians do their best to improve the scientific studies in their universities.

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Many people feel the need to do graduate studies to learn more about their field.

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Teachers should follow new scholarly studies to catch up with the new trends in education.

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