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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 104 · 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.Ira is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) drawing (b) to draw (c) draw (d) draws
  2. 2.Manav is good at ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) baking
  3. 3.Aarav kept ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) to cook
  4. 4.Kunal is fond of ___ in the park. (a) running (b) to run (c) runs (d) run
  5. 5.Vivaan is good at ___ lunch. (a) brings (b) to bring (c) bringing (d) bring
  6. 6.Rahul is good at ___ a story. (a) tells (b) telling (c) tell (d) to tell
  7. 7.Zoya practised ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) to catch (c) catching (d) catch
  8. 8.Diya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to climb (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) climb
  9. 9.Diya needed ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) eat (c) to eat (d) eats
  10. 10.Pooja agreed ___ a story. (a) tell (b) to tell (c) tells (d) telling
  11. 11.Manav enjoyed ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
  12. 12.Dev needed ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) to run
  13. 13.Omkar is good at ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) to feed
  14. 14.Aditya kept ___ science. (a) study (b) studying (c) to study (d) studies
  15. 15.Manav is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) go (b) going (c) to go (d) goes
  16. 16.Sneha needed ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brings
  17. 17.Aisha kept ___ science. (a) to study (b) studying (c) studies (d) study
  18. 18.Arjun enjoyed ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) to cook
  19. 19.Aisha is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) plants (b) plant (c) to plant (d) planting
  20. 20.Kunal is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) to carry (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carries
  21. 21.Aditya finished ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) to wash (c) washing (d) wash
  22. 22.Karan hoped ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) to speak (d) speak
  23. 23.Vivaan avoided ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) claps (c) to clap (d) clapping
  24. 24.Farhan planned ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing (d) to climb
  25. 25.Farhan is interested in ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) dance (d) to dance
  26. 26.Ananya practised ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catch (c) catching (d) catches
  27. 27.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) telling (b) tells (c) to tell (d) tell
  28. 28.Karan practised ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throws (c) to throw (d) throwing
  29. 29.Rahul promised ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) help (c) helping (d) helps
  30. 30.Ira finished ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
  31. 31.Aarav is good at ___ science. (a) to study (b) studies (c) studying (d) study
  32. 32.Farhan enjoyed ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) bring (c) bringing (d) brings
  33. 33.Myra is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bringing (b) to bring (c) brings (d) bring
  34. 34.Yash is good at ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
  35. 35.Ishaan finished ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) to clean (d) cleaning
  36. 36.Kabir finished ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  37. 37.Rohan wanted ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) speak
  38. 38.Kabir is good at ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) to feed
  39. 39.Omkar kept ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) help (c) helps (d) to help
  40. 40.Riya hoped ___ the train. (a) taking (b) to take (c) take (d) takes

Answer key

  1. drawing
  2. baking
  3. cooking
  4. running
  5. bringing
  6. telling
  7. catching
  8. climbing
  9. to eat
  10. to tell
  11. feeding
  12. to run
  13. feeding
  14. studying
  15. going
  16. to bring
  17. studying
  18. cooking
  19. planting
  20. carrying
  21. washing
  22. to speak
  23. clapping
  24. to climb
  25. dancing
  26. catching
  27. telling
  28. throwing
  29. to help
  30. feeding
  31. studying
  32. bringing
  33. bringing
  34. baking
  35. cleaning
  36. jogging
  37. to speak
  38. feeding
  39. helping
  40. to take

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