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Grammar

Level C2

Part 1 - Gerunds and Infinitives

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For questions 1-10, choose the correct answer.

1

Gerunds and Infinitives

Hardly had the committee finished the hearing when the chair went on .......... (to outline) the next steps.

 having outlined

 outlining

 outline

 to outline

2

Gerunds and Infinitives

I regret .......... you that your application has been unsuccessful.

 to inform

 to have informed

 inform

 informing

3

Gerunds and Infinitives

The witness distinctly remembers .......... (to sign) the statement, yet the signature is missing from the file.

 to sign

 signing

 sign

 having been signed

4

Gerunds and Infinitives

Try .......... (to restart) the router before you call technical support; it often resolves the issue.

 to have restarted

 restarting

 restart

 to restart

5

Gerunds and Infinitives

The novelist stopped .......... (to smoke) years ago, but the habit still haunts his characters.

 smoke

 having smoked

 smoking

 to smoke

6

Gerunds and Infinitives

She didn’t mean .......... (to sound) dismissive; her tone was simply clipped from exhaustion.

 sound

 to sound

 sounding

 to have sounded

7

Gerunds and Infinitives

The CEO proposed .......... (to postpone) the merger until the regulatory landscape stabilised.

 to postpone

 having postponed

 postpone

 postponing

8

Gerunds and Infinitives

He was narrowly spared .......... (to testify) in open court when the case was settled at the last minute.

 to testify

 having testified

 testify

 testifying

9

Gerunds and Infinitives

Not .......... (to know) the protocol, he inadvertently addressed the ambassador by her first name.

 knowing

 to have known

 to know

 having known

10

Gerunds and Infinitives

The board authorised the CFO .......... (to negotiate) the terms, but not .......... (to sign) anything without further approval.

 to negotiate / signing

 negotiating / signing

 negotiating / to sign

 to negotiate / to sign

What to do

This part consists of a number of assessments, each of which has only one valid answer.

Select the best answer according to what you read.

There's only a correct answer which you will have to select by clicking on it.

Don't spend time in an assessment you don't know. Wasting time on this activity might cost you points later in the exam because you won’t have enough time to do other tasks well. Get used to being quick!

Don't spend time in an assessment you don't know. Wasting time on this activity might cost you points later in the exam because you won’t have enough time to do other tasks well. Get used to being quick!

Although these grammar tests are not part of the official Cambridge exams, they are still important as they touch on language elements that you'll come across in all parts of the official exams, such as Reading and Use of English.

Strategy

  1. Read the assessment so you understand what it is about.
  2. Pay attention to the topic on the top-right corner of each assessment.
  3. Check the words before and after each gap and look for grammatical collocations.
  4. Remember that you select a choice by clicking on it.

Instructions

For questions 1-10, choose the correct answer.

Exercise Details

Author

James Ford

@james-ford

User Prompt

"Create a grammar exercise focusing on 'Gerunds and Infinitives'"

Tone: Standard
Level: C2

Created on:

Feb 23, 2026

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