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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 101 · 40 questions
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The grammar rule (The first verb decides): -ing after: enjoy, finish, avoid, keep, practise, and after every preposition (good at swimming, fond of reading, looking forward to meeting). to + base after: want, decide, plan, hope, promise, agree, need, refuse. Learn them in pairs: enjoyed singing, decided to sing.

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  1. 1.Saanvi hoped ___ a song. (a) sings (b) singing (c) to sing (d) sing
  2. 2.Priya refused ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) to climb (d) climbs
  3. 3.Omkar is fond of ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
  4. 4.Farhan finished ___ a song. (a) singing (b) to sing (c) sing (d) sings
  5. 5.Aditya finished ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating
  6. 6.Ira finished ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapping (d) to clap
  7. 7.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wearing (b) to wear (c) wear (d) wears
  8. 8.Farhan is interested in ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
  9. 9.Ira kept ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) help (c) to help (d) helping
  10. 10.Vivaan decided ___ to school. (a) to go (b) going (c) goes (d) go
  11. 11.Meera is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) takes (b) taking (c) take (d) to take
  12. 12.Kavya finished ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) ride (c) riding (d) to ride
  13. 13.Vivaan is interested in ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  14. 14.Isha avoided ___ a song. (a) sings (b) to sing (c) singing (d) sing
  15. 15.Zoya needed ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook (d) to cook
  16. 16.Ira is fond of ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) eats (c) eat (d) to eat
  17. 17.Yash is fond of ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wears (c) wear (d) wearing
  18. 18.Aisha is good at ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake (d) to bake
  19. 19.Kabir kept ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eats (c) eat (d) eating
  20. 20.Myra avoided ___ cricket. (a) play (b) plays (c) to play (d) playing
  21. 21.Riya avoided ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) to help
  22. 22.Saanvi avoided ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
  23. 23.Ananya is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) to play (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
  24. 24.Aditya is good at ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) to dance (d) dance
  25. 25.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tells (b) tell (c) to tell (d) telling
  26. 26.Pooja is good at ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) cooking (d) to cook
  27. 27.Ananya kept ___ to school. (a) to go (b) goes (c) go (d) going
  28. 28.Omkar is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jog (d) to jog
  29. 29.Kabir is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) to bring (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
  30. 30.Dev is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helps (b) to help (c) help (d) helping
  31. 31.Neel kept ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) to speak
  32. 32.Yash kept ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washes (c) to wash (d) washing
  33. 33.Karan is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to plant (b) plants (c) plant (d) planting
  34. 34.Rohan is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) to clean (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleans
  35. 35.Kunal practised ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) to feed (c) feed (d) feeding
  36. 36.Kunal is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) feeding (b) to feed (c) feeds (d) feed
  37. 37.Manav is tired of ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) to buy
  38. 38.Myra enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) to climb (d) climbs
  39. 39.Aditya is interested in ___ to school. (a) goes (b) going (c) to go (d) go
  40. 40.Zoya is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) go (b) goes (c) to go (d) going

Answer key

  1. to sing
  2. to climb
  3. feeding
  4. singing
  5. eating
  6. clapping
  7. wearing
  8. cooking
  9. helping
  10. to go
  11. taking
  12. riding
  13. baking
  14. singing
  15. to cook
  16. eating
  17. wearing
  18. baking
  19. eating
  20. playing
  21. helping
  22. jogging
  23. playing
  24. dancing
  25. telling
  26. cooking
  27. going
  28. jogging
  29. bringing
  30. helping
  31. speaking
  32. washing
  33. planting
  34. cleaning
  35. feeding
  36. feeding
  37. buying
  38. climbing
  39. going
  40. going

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