英文法の重要テーマである不定詞と動名詞の使い分けに関する練習問題を紹介します。まだこの分野の理解が不十分だと思われる人は、先に以下の記事を読んでからこの練習問題に取り組むことをオススメします。
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練習問題
次の英文のカッコ内に入れるのに最も適当なものを選びなさい。
- Sue has given up ( ) to lose weight.
① to try ② try ③ tried ④ trying - The child doesn’t mind ( ) his mother.
① to help ② it helped ③ helping ④ help - He promised ( ) here at seven o’clock.
① coming ② will come ③ to come ④ comes - Nobody thought that I could finally manage ( ) Kate to accept the project.
① persuaded ② to persuade ③ persuading ④ in persuading - I can’t imagine her ( ) in New York.
① to work ② to be working ③ working ④ work - I can’t afford ( ) a new watch.
① buying ② for buying ③ you buy ④ to buy you - He couldn’t help ( ) angry when they laughed at him in public.
① get ② to get ③ getting ④ having gotten - I don’t feel like ( ) to bed early tonight.
① go ② go up ③ to go ④ going - Have you finished ( ) on your project yet?
① working ② worked ③ to work ④ to be working - I’m sorry. I didn’t mean ( ) you.
① hurt ② will hurt ③ hurting ④ to hurt - I know it’s no big deal but I can’t stop ( ) about it.
① worrying ② expect to worry ③ worry ④ to worry - If you decide ( ) the proposal, please send it to me by the end of May.
① submit ② submitting ③ to submit ④ to be submitted - We enjoyed ( ) the wedding reception the other day.
① attended ② attending ③ to attend ④ to have attended - After the argument, I tried to avoid ( ) George for weeks.
① from meeting ② having met ③ meeting ④ to meet - When I started talking about art, he offered ( ) me his collection.
① to show ② showing ③ showed ④ shows - You mustn’t miss ( ) this wonderful film.
① in seeing ② seeing ③ to have seen ④ to see - He escaped ( ).
① being punished ② to being punished ③ to be punished ④ of being punished - Don’t pretend ( ) jazz. I know you really hate it.
① liking ② liked ③ like ④ to like - Have you ever considered ( ) in sociology at college?
① majoring ② to major ③ of majoring ④ on majoring - Jimmy denied ( ) my model plane, even though he was the only person who was in my room at that time?
① to breaking ② to break ③ being broken ④ having broken - Dave has not taken his driving test yet, but he expects ( ).
① having taken it next week
② to take it next week
③ taking it next week
④ soon take the test - I tried ( ) a letter in English by myself, but after an hour I gave up.
① having written ② to have written ③ to write ④ to writing - Please remember ( ) your homework tomorrow.
① submitted ② to submit ③ to be sumbmitted ④ submitting - This letter is important and it must reach him as soon as possible. Please don’t forget ( ) it first thing in the morning.
① mail ② to mail ③ mailed ④ you mailed - “Haven’t we met somewhere before?”
“Yes, I remember ( ) you at the party last week.”
① meeting ② of meeting ③ to meet ④ to meeting - Have you ever tried ( ) on the river?
① skate ② skating ③ to be skating ④ to have skated - He could not ( ) to send all his children to college.
① allow ② permit ③ afford ④ approve - What many people ( ) to recognize is that, with friendship, quality is more important than quantity.
① mind ② deny ③ put off ④ fail - She left home and went to London ( ) to find love and adventure.
① regarding ② supposing ③ hoping ④ dreaming - He ( ) borrowing the book from her.
① regretted ② refused ③ asked ④ demanded - After a lot of problems she ( ) to learn to drive a car.
① gave up ② managed ③ put off ④ succeed - They asked for his opinion, but he ( ) to answer them.
① canceled ② ignored ③ refused ④ rejected
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【関連記事】不定詞・動名詞の使い分けとその覚え方