---Are you ready to leave?
---Almost, I’ll be ready to go just as soon as I putting the clean dishes away.
| A．get through | B．give up | C．carry out | D．set about |
The waiter greeted me with a big smile and _____ us by the window.
| A．seating | B．seated | C．to seat | D．being seated |
She was staring out over the lake，_____ in thought.
| A．lost | B．losing | C．to lose | D．to having lost |
It can be cheaper to buy a new washing machine than to get your old one _____.
| A．repaired | B．to repair | C．repairing | D．having repaired |
He started to explain， but she cut him short，_____ she had to catch a bus.
| A．saying | B．said | C．to say | D．having said |
_____ back problems， always bend your knees when you lift heavy objects.
| A．Avoiding | B．To avoid |
| C．Having avoided | D．To be avoiding |