非谓语动词练习题1

非谓语动词专练（一）

1.Tell Mary that there's someone _______for her at the door.

A. waiting

B. waited

C. waits

D. to wait

2.There is a big dog _______to a fence outside the house.

A. tying

B. tied

C. to tie D .ties

3.The_______waiter came up to us and said, "You are welcome."

A. smiling

B. smiled

C. smile

D. to smile

4. _______the early train, you'll have to get up early and rush in a taxi.

A. Catching

B. Caught

C. To catch

D. Catch

5.There, in the corner, sat three girls, _______.

A. sew

B. were sewing

C. to sew

D. sewing

6.Whether it will do us harm remains_______.

A. seen

B. seeing

C. being seen

D. to be seen

7.Whom would you rather have _______with you, him or me?

A. to be gone

B. gone

C. going

D. go

8.The power station keeps the villages ______ with electricity.

A. supplied

B. to supply

C. supplying

D. having supplied

9.The path in the park looked beautiful, _______ with _______ leaves.

A. covered; falling

B. covered; fallen

C. covering; falling

D. covering, fallen

10.I won't go to the party even if_______.

A. inviting

B. being invited

C. invited

D. having invited

11.All work is pleasant_ ______when the habit of working is formed.

A. done

B. doing

C. to do

D. to be done

12.The man _______in a blue jacket at the party was a doctor.

A. put on

B. dressed

C. had on

D. wore

13.People are talking about the new play _______in two weeks.

A. to be put on

B. to put on

C. being put on

D. put on

14.The man _______in the chair asked me to _______.

A. seated; seated

B. sitting; sitting

C. seating; seat

D. seated; be seated

15.I happened _______with him when he was hit by a stone.

A.I was talking

B. talking

C. to talk

D. to be talking

16.We are not sure which restaurant _______tonight.

A. eating at

B. for eating

C. to eat at

D. we eat

17.The way Della thought of _______enough money was to sell her beautiful hair.

A. got

B. to be got

C. to get

D. get

18.A phone call sent him _______to the hospital.

A. hurry

B. hurrying

C. to hurry

D. hurried

19.My work _______, I went home .

A. had been done

B. done

C. having done

D. to be done

20.You can close your umbrella. The rain seems _______.

A. stopping

B. to stop

C. to have stopped

D. having stopped

21.I rushed there in a taxi only _______the library_______.

A. finding; closed

B. finding; shut

C. to find; close

D. to find; closed

22.Many things _______impossible in the past are common today.

A. considering

B. to consider

C. considered

D. being considered

23.He must have gone out. I heard the noise of the door ___when I was still in bed.

A. being locked

B. to lock

C. locking

D. having locked

24.As a boy, he was_______ hard all day long.

A. made to work

B. to make working

C. made working

D. to make work

25.The_______look on his face suggested that he had passed the exam.

A. exciting

B. tired

C. tiring

D. excited

26._______a nurse, she knew how to take care of a patient.

A. Been

B. Being

C. To be

D. Be

27._______twice,he didn't want to try again.

A. Failed

B. Failing

C. Having failed

D. To fail

28._______by the police again, the thief hung his head.

A. Being caught

B. Caught

C. Having caught

D. To be caught

29._______the road, be careful.

A. While crossing

B. When cross

C. Crossed

D. Being crossed

30.Hearing the _______news, we all felt_______ .

A. encouraging; encouraging

B. encouraged; encouraged

C. encouraged; encouraging

D. encouraging; encouraged

31.There seemed nothing else to do but ______a doctor.

A. to send for

B. to call for

C. send for

D. to call in

32._______a reply, he decided to write again.

A. Not receiving

B. Receiving not

C. Not having received

D. Having received not

33.She went out, _______her baby by itself.

A. left

B. leaving

C. having left

D. to leave

34.Rather than_ ______on a crowded bus, he always prefers _______a bicycle.

A. ride; ride

B. riding; ride

C. ride; to ride

D. to ride; riding

35.The computer center, _____last year, is very popular among the students in this school.A. open B. opening C. having opened D. opened

36.The sentence needs _______once more.

A. explained

B. explaining

C. being explained

D. to explain

37.There was a terrible noise _______the sudden burst of light.

A. followed

B. to be followed

C. following

D. being followed

38.I'm sorry I forgot_ ______him about it, so he didn't come.

A. to tell

B. telling

C. to be told

D. having told

39.The monkey was so lucky that it just missed ______ .

A. catching

B. to be caught

C. being caught

D. to catch

40. _______ for the work, he went to sleep at ease.

A. Well prepared

B. Preparing

C. Being prepared

D. Getting ready 非谓语动词专练（二）

1 . Do you know the boy ____ under the big tree ?

A . lay

B . lain

C . laying

D . lying

2 . ______ some officials , Napoleon inspected his army .

A. Followed

B. Followed by

C. Being followed

D. Having been followed by

3 . There was a terrible noise ____ the sudden burst of light .

A . followed

B . following

C . to be followed

D . being followed

4 . She pretended ____ me when I passed by .

A . not to see

B . not seeing

C . to not see

D . having not seen

5 . - Good morning . Can I help you ?

- I'd like to have this package ____ , madam .

A . be weighed

B . to be weighed

C . to weigh

D . weighed

6 . Most of the artists ____ to the party were from South Africa .

A . invited

B . to invite

C . being invited

D . had been invited

7 . ____ more attention , the trees could have grown better .

A . Given

B . To give

C . Giving

D . Having given

8 . She reached the top of the hill and stopped __ on a big rock by the side of the path 。A . to have rested B . resting C . to rest D . rest

9 . Last summer I took a course on ____ .

A . how to make dresses

B . how dresses be made

C . how to be made dresses

D . how dresses to be made

10 . This sentence needs _________. .

A. improvement

B. improved

C. improving

D. improved

11 . The secretary worked late into the night, ____ a long speech for the president .

A . to prepare

B . preparing

C . prepared

D . was preparing

12 . I can hardly imagine Peter ____ across the Atlantic Ocean in five days .

A . sail

B . to sail

C . sailing

D . to have sailed

13 . - The light in the office is still on .

-Oh , I forgot ____ .

A . turning it off

B . turn it off

C . to turn it off

D . having turned it off

14 . John was made ____ the truck for a week as a punishment .

A . to wash

B . washing

C . wash

D . to be washing

15 . Little Jim should love ____ to the theatre this evening .

A . to be taken

B . to take

C . being taken

D . taking

16 . - I usually go there by train .

- Why not ____ by boat for a change .

A . to try going

B . trying to go

C . to try and go

D . try going

17 . I would appreciate ____ back this afternoon .

A . you to call

B . you call

C . your calling

D . you're calling

18. There're so many kinds of recorders on sale that I can't make up my mind ____ to buy .A . what B . which C . how D . where

19 . _____ for a long time, most of the crops in this area died from lacking water.

A. Being no rain

B. There was no rain

C. To be no rain

D. There being no rain

20 . "Can't you read ? "Mary said ____ to the notice .

A . angrily pointing

B . and point angrily

C . angrily pointed

D . and angrily pointing

21 . ________ more attention , the trees could have grown better .

A. Given

B. To give

C. Giving

D. Having given

22 . I'm sorry ____ so long, I forgot to tell you in advance where I had put my key.

A. to keep you wait

B. to keep you waiting

C. to keep you waited

D. to have kept you waiting

23 . Charles Babbage is generally considered ____ the first computer .

A . to invent

B . inventing

C . to have invented

D . having invented

24 . - I must apologize for ____ ahead of time .

- That's all right .

A . letting you not know

B . not letting you know

C . letting you know not

D . letting not you know

25 . Rather than ____ on a crowded bus , he always prefers ____ a bicycle .

A . ride ; ride

B . riding ; ride

C . ride ; to ride

D . to ride ; riding

26 . The missing boys were last seen ____ near the river .

A . playing

B . to be playing

C . play

D . to play

27 . The visiting minister expressed his satisfaction with the talks , ____ that he had enjoyed his stay here .

A . having added

B . to add

C . adding

D . added

28 . The first textbooks ____ for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16th century .

A . having written

B . to be written

C . being written

D . written

29 . Paul doesn't have to be made ____ . He always works hard .

A . learn

B . to learn

C . learned

D . learning

30 . We agreed ____ here but so far she hasn't turned up yet .

A . having met

B . meeting

C . to meet

D . to have met

31 . - You were brave enough to raise objections at the meeting .

-Well , now I regret ____ that .

A . to do

B . to be doing

C . to have done

D . having done

32 . - I'll be away on a business trip . Would you mind looking after my cat ?

- Not at all . ____ .

A . I've no time

B . I'd rather not

C . I'll like it

D . I'd be happy to

33 . The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street , but his mother told him ___ .

A . not to

B . not to do

C . not do it

D . do not to

34 . The patient was warned ____ oily food after the operation .

A . to eat not

B . eating not

C . not to eat

D . not eating

35 . It is wise to have some money ____ for old age .

A . put away

B . kept up

C . given away

D . sep up

36 . ____ in thought , he almost ran into the car in front of him .

A . Losing

B . Having lose

C . Lost

D . To lose

37 . She is upstairs _______ letters .

A. writes

B. is writing

C. write

D. writing

38 . The speaker raised his voice but still couldn't make himself_______.

A. hear

B. to hear

C. hearing

D. heard

39 . - Alice , why didn't you come yesterday ?

- I ____ , but I had an unexpected visitor .

A . had

B . would

C . was going to

D . did

40 . The next morning she found the man _______ in bed , dead .

A. lying

B. lie

C. lay

D. laying

41. The salesman scolded the girl caught_______ and let her off .

A. to have stolen

B. to be stealing

C. to steal

D. stealing

42. On Saturday afternoon , Mr. Green went to the market ,________ some bananas and visited her cousin .

A. bought

B. buying

C. to buy

D. buy

43. She set out soon after dark_______ home an hour later.

A. arriving

B. to arrive

C. having arrived

D. and arrived

44.Though he had often made his little sister______, today he was made by his little sister .A. cry ; to cry B. crying ; crying C. cry ; cry D. to cry ; cry

45. Jane was made________ the truck for a week as a punishment.

A. to wash

B. washing

C. wash

D. to be washing

46. They knew her very well . They had seen her _______up from childhood .

A. grow

B. grew

C. was growing

D. to grow

47. They would not allow him ______across the enemy line .

A. to risk going

B. risking to go

C. for risk to go

D. risk going

48.Mrs. Smith warned her daughter _______after drinking.

A. never to drive

B. to never drive

C. never driving

D. never drive

49. The chair looks rather hard , but in fact , it is very comfortable to_______ .

A. sit

B. sit on

C. be sat

D. be sat on

50. Tom kept quiet about the accident______ lose his job.

A. so not as to

B. so as not to

C. so as to not

D. not so as to

非谓语动词专练（三）

1.＿＿＿＿＿Sunday, the students are at home.

A.Being

B.To be

C.It is

D.It being

2.The boy lay on his back, his teeth ＿＿and his glaring eyes ＿＿＿.

A.set；looked

B.set；looking

C.setting；looked

D.setting；looking

3.All the thing＿＿＿＿，his proposal is of greater value than yours.

A.considered

B.considering

C.to consider

D.consider

4.＿＿＿＿who she was, she said she was Mr.Johnson's friend

A.Asking

B.Asked

C.To be asked

D.When asking

5.He hurried to the station,＿＿＿the 9：30 train had already left.

A.to find

B.found

C.only to find

D.only finding

6.Which do you enjoy ＿＿＿your weekends, fishing or watching TV?

A.spending

B.to spend

C.being spent

D.spend

7.＿＿＿all my letters, I had a drink and went out.

A.Finished

B.Having finished

C.Finishing

D.To finish

8.She had no money ＿＿＿a birthday present for her children.

A.to buy with

B.buying

C.bought

D.with which to buy

9.From the dates＿＿＿on the gold coin, it is conformed that it was made five hundred years ago.

A.marking

B.marked

C.to be marked

D.having been marked

10.＿＿＿＿time and labour, cartoonists generally draw the hands of their characters with only 3 fingers and a thumb.

A.To save

B.Saved

C.Saving

D.Having saved

11.O'Neal works hard.He is often seen ＿＿＿heavily before his teammates start.

A.sweated

B.to be sweated

C.sweating

D.being sweated

12.I can hardly imagine Peter＿＿＿across the Atlantic Ocean in 15 days.

A.sail

B.to sail

C.sailing

D.to have sailed

13.Such＿＿＿the case, I couldn't help but ＿＿＿＿＿him.

A.being；support

B.is；to support

C.has been；supporting

D.be；supported

14.Does the way you thought of＿＿＿the water clean make any sense?

A.making

B.to make

C.how to make

D.having made

15.In order not to be disturbed, I spent three hours＿＿in my study.

A.locking

B.locked

C.to lock

D.being locked

16.You will find the word "psychology" ＿＿＿＿under "P" in your dictionary.

A.have listed

B.list

C.listed

D.listing

17.Sandy could do nothing but ＿＿＿to his mother that he was wrong.

A.admitting

B.admits

C.admit

D.to admit

18.When I caught him cheating me, I stopped ＿＿things in his shop.

A.buying

B.buy

C.to buy

D.bought

19.A doctor can expect＿＿＿at any hour of the day or night.

A.calling

B.to call

C.being called

D.to be called

20.Nearly every great building in Beijing was built＿＿＿south.

A.to face

B.facing

C.to have faced

D.being facing

21.With his son＿＿＿, the old man felt unhappy.

A.to be disappointed

B.disappointing

C.being disappointed

D.to disappoint

22.It was＿＿＿＿computer games that cost the boy a lot of time that he ought to have spent on his lessons.

A.to have played

B.playing

C.played

D.having played

23.And there, almost＿＿＿in the big chair, sat her little brother, who never had to be told to keep quiet.

A.having lost

B.losing

C.to be lost

D.lost

24.As I will be away for at least a year, I'd appreciate＿＿＿from you now and then＿＿me how everyone is getting along.

A.hearing；tell

B.to hear；tell

C.hearing；telling

D.to hear；to tell

25.The students are forbidden, unless they have special passes, ＿＿after 11 pm.

A.to stay out

B.from staying out

C.staying out

D.not to stay out

26.I worked so late in the office last night that I hardly had time＿＿the last bus.

A.catching

B.to catch

C.having caught

D.to have caught

27.＿＿to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one's skin.

A.Exposed

B.Having exposed

C.Being exposed

D.After being exposed

28.Mike didn't start＿＿＿＿the importance of a foreign language till he graduated from school.

A.knowing

B.to know

C.know

D.to have known

29.-- Why was a special meeting called?

-- ＿＿＿a new chairman.

A.To elect

B.Electing

C.Our electing

D.Elected

30.-- Why did Bob weep?

-- He couldn't bear＿＿＿like that before the whole class.

A.making fun of

B.being made fun of

C.to be laughed at

D.being made fun

31.The students expected there＿＿more reviewing classes before the final exams.

A.is

B.to be

C.being

D.have been

32.I don't mind＿＿＿by bus, but I hate＿＿in queues.

A.traveling；stand

B.to travel；to stand

C.traveling；to stand

D.traveling；to standing

33.We are looking forward to＿＿＿the film＿＿＿＿at the Grand Cinema.

A.seeing；to show

B.see; shown

C.seeing；shown

D.see；to show

34.At the shopping-centre,he didn't know what＿＿and＿＿with an empty bag.

A.to buy；leave

B.to be bought；left

C.to buy；left

D.was to buy；leave

35.The policeman put down the phone, ＿＿＿with a smile on his face.

A.satisfied

B.satisfying

C.to be satisfied

D.having satisfied

36.＿＿＿, your composition is full of mistakes.

A.Writing carelessly

B.Written carelessly

C.Having written carelessly

D.Being written carelessly

37.She made a candle＿＿＿us light.

A.give

B.gave

C.to give

D.given

38.-- What do you suppose made her worried?

-- ＿＿＿a gold ring.

A.Lose

B.Lost

C.Losing

D.Because of losing

39.I know it's not important, but I can't help ＿＿about it.

A.to think

B.and think

C.thinking

D.being thought

40.＿＿several times, the young scientist still kept on making his experiments.

A.Having been failed

B.Having failed

C.Though failed

D.Because of failure

41.＿＿＿all over the hill and around the lake are wild flowers of different kinds.

A.To grow

B.Growing

C.Grown

D.Grow

42.--Who are you going to have＿＿this letter for you?

-- My secretary.

A.type

B.typed

C.been typed

D.been typing

43.The food＿＿＿at the moment is for the dinner party.

A.cooked

B.to be cooked

C.is being cooked

D.being cooked

44.A kind old gentleman offered＿＿＿my bags to the taxi stand.

A.his help carried

B.carrying

C.me to carry

D.to help me to carry

45.You can hardly imagine the difficulty the woman had＿＿＿her children.

A.brought up

B.to bring up

C.bringing up

D.to have brought up

46.He was＿＿＿today, but was asked to stay for＿＿＿week.

A.to have returned；another

B.returning；one more

C.returned；another

D.to return；other

47.-- Where should I send my form?

-- The Personnel office is the place＿＿＿.

A.for sending it

B.to send it to

C.to send

D.to send it

48.I could feel the wind＿＿on my face from an open window.

A.to blow

B.blowing

C.to be blowing

D.blown

49.-- Lucy, why didn't you come last Sunday?

-- I＿＿＿, but my father was in hospital.

A.would

B.had

C.was going to

D.did

50.--What terrible weather! I simply can't get the car＿＿＿.

-- Why not try＿＿＿＿the engine with some hot water?

A.starting；filling

B.start；filling

C.started；to fill

D.to start；fill

非谓语动词专练（四）

1. There ______ no classes yesterday, we paid a visit to the Great Wall.

A. was

B. being

C. were

D. had been

2. The policeman rushed into the room only ___ an old lady lying on the ground.

A. found

B. find

C. finding

D. to find

3. The boy lay on the ground, his eyes ______ and his hands ______.

A. closing; trembling

B. closed; trembling

C. closed; trembled

D. closing; trembled

4. Each of them got up early ______ to catch the early bus.

A. to hope

B. hoping

C. so that

D. and

5. How pleased the Emperor was ______ what the cheats said!

A. hearing

B. heard

C. hear

D. to hear

6. We should prevent pollution ______ happily.

A. from living

B. living

C. to living

D. to live

7.I am busy now, so I can't help ______ the machine.

A. repair

B. to have repaired

C. repairing

D. fixing

8. Jane came very close ______ a gold medal for Britain in the Olympics.

A. to win

B. winning

C. to winning

D. to be won

9. The boy seated himself in the corner with his back ______ to his father.

A. turning

B. to turn

C. to be turned

D. turned

10. ----By the way, when did you get your bedroom ______? ----Last week.

A. to paint

B. painted

C. painting

D. to be painted

11. He likes ______, but he doesn't like ______ today because it is too cold.

A. to swim; to swim

B. swimming; swimming

C. to swim; swimming

D. swimming; to swim

12. The novel is said ______ into many languages.

A. to translate

B. being translated

C. to have been translated

D. having been translated

13. I'm examining the composition he has just finished ______ the possible mistakes in it.

A. correcting

B. to correct

C. corrected

D. correct

14. They would not allow him ______ across the enemy line.

A. to risk going

B. risking to go

C. for risk to go

D. risk going

15. He spent as much time as he could _____ the child.

A. teaching

B. to teach

C. teach

D. for teaching

16. ______ the room, a letter was laid on the ground.

A. Entering

B. Having entered

C. He entered

D. Mrs Green entering

17. They set out ______ for the ______ boy.

A. searching; losing

B. searching; lost

C. to search; lost

D. to search; missed

18. ______ her mother had come, her face lit up.

A. Hearing

B. Having heard

C. When hearing

D. When she heard

19. They arrived at their university very late, ______ the gate closely shut.

A. found

B. to find

C. find

D. finding

20. ----Do you have anything more ______, sir?

---No. You can have a rest or do something else.

A. typing

B. to be typed

C. typed

D. to type

21. The manager promised to keep me ______ of how our business was going on.

A. to be informed

B. on informing

C. informed

D. informing

22. With a lot of difficult problems ______, the manager felt worried all the time.

A. to settle

B. settling

C. settled

D. being settled

23. Will those ______ the children from abroad come to the headmaster's office?

A. teaching

B. teach

C. who teaches

D. who teaching

24. After ______ for the job, you will be required to take a language test.

A. being interviewed

B. interviewed

C. interviewing

D. having interviewed

25 . They apologized for ______ to attend the meeting.

A. their not being able

B. their being not able

C. them not able

D. them being able not

26.______ to nuclear radiation, even for a short time, may produce variants(变异体) of genes in human bodies.

A. Being exposed

B. Having exposed

C. Exposed

D. After being exposed

27. China became the 143rd member of the World Trade Organization on December 11, 2001, thus ______ its 15-year wish to join the global trade body.

A. having realized

B. realized

C. realizing

D. to realize

28. Tom looked at Jenny, tears ______ his eyes, and shouted out the words ______ in his heart for years.

A. filling; having hidden

B. filled; hidden

C. filling; hidden

D. filled; hiding

29. Which will you enjoy ______ your vacation, traveling abroad or working in the countryside?

A. to spend

B. spend

C. spending

D. spent

30. ----Will you please tell us how you can seize the robbers?

----I will spend a whole week ______ in your room to wait for their coming.

A. locking

B. to lock

C. locked

D. being locked

31. I regret ______ you that they are unable to come to your wedding tomorrow.

A. informing

B. having informed

C. to have been informed

D. to inform

32. He wondered if he could slip out of the lecture hall without anyone ______.

A. noticing

B. noticed

C. to notice

D. being noticed

33. He spoke in such a high voice ______ out in the street.

A. as to be heard

B. to be heard

C. as to hear

D. to hear

34. As early as 1647 Ohio made a decision that free, tax-supported schools must be set up in every town ______ 50 households or more.

A. having

B. to have

C. to have had

D. having had

35. The building project ______ next year is, I think, not easy ______ in time.

A. being carried out; to complete

B. carried out; to be completed

C. to be carried out; to complete

D. to be carried out; to be completed

36. Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the Grand Hotel? I thought it was on this corner, but I seem to ______ a mistake.

A. make

B. be making

C. having made

D. have made

37. ----Here's a new pair of shoes for you.

----Thank you, but there's no need ______ a new pair for me.

A. to have bought

B. to buy

C. buying

D. to be buying

38.What worried the boy most was ______ to visit his father in the hospital.

A. his not allowing

B. his not being allowed

C. having not been allowed

D. his being not allowed

39. To do a bit for the motherland, ______.

A. working hard is necessary

B. to learn a foreign language is needed

C. it is important to master science

D. one should serve the people whole-heartedly

40. Everything ______ into consideration, they ought to have another chance.

A. to take

B. taken

C. to be taken

D. taking

41. The officials discussed the plan that they would like to see ___ the next month.

A. carry out

B. carrying out

C. to carry out

D. carried out

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非谓语动词专练（二）

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21.B BDCA 26.BCBAB 31.BCCCA 36.BCCCB 41.BADDC 46.ABBCA

22.非谓语动词专练（四）

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21------25 CAAAA 26------30 ACCAC

31------35 DAAAC 36-----40 DABDB

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