1) Do you like the frog's leg?
__ them, I really don't know
a) Never trying
b) Not to have tried
c) Never having tried
d) Never had tried
--> I think a and c are both sensible. But is it possible to pick one out here? Any different ideas?
2)If you pay for the movie, I'll __ for dinner
a) snap
b) sprout
c) spark
d) spring
I'm in the dilema... My dictionary doesn't mention the four words as "paying"
3) The teacher told Sue her comments were interesting but not___
a) stimulating
b) synthetic
c) relevant
d) peripheral
I think c and d both make sense, I chose d... But am I wrong?
4) The boy didn't fall even though he was ___ on the edge of the cliff
a) peering
b) presiding
c) perceived
d) poised
--> I choose c, what about you?
5) And two questions about this sentence:
" To reject folk tales as historical evidence because they cannot be dated and situated with precision like other historical documents is to turn one back's on one of the few points of entry into the previous century.
How can to infinitive stand at the beginning of a sentence? And I don't understand what they mean in bold, either. Please help me. Thanks in advance