When my teacher is listening to someone who is speaking English very fast, he nods his head and pretends __________.
A.to be understood
B.understanding
C.understanding it
D.to understand

After the operation, the doctors wouldn’t let him ____________ out of bed for three days.
A.to get
B.getting
C.gets
D.get

She always puts off __________ the dinner dishes until the next morning.
A.to wash
B.washing
C.wash
D.and washes

After Ann got a speeding ticket and had to pay a big fine, she decided __________ over the speed limit on interstate highways.
A.to stop driving
B.to stop to drive
C.stopping driving
D.stopping to drive

Graduate students often spend their weekends _______ data for their research.
A.gather
B.to gathering
C.gathering
D.to gather

I can feel something ______ up my leg. It must be an insect.
A.crawl
B.crawled
C.crawling
D.to crawl

I meant _____ the car with petrol before we left.
A.fill
B.to be filled
C.filling
D.to fill

It’s not worth _______ out now. It’s much too late.
A.go
B.gone
C.to go
D.going

Language permits us ________ our heritage through literature narratives.
A.to preseving
B.preserving
C.preserve
D.to preserve

Johnny is only nine, but he intends ___________ a singer when he grows up.
A.to be
B.being
C.Both B and C are correct
D.be