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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 105 · 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.Karan is fond of ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) help (c) to help (d) helps
  2. 2.Rahul is interested in ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) riding (c) to ride (d) ride
  3. 3.Arjun wanted ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeds
  4. 4.Nisha is fond of ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy (d) to buy
  5. 5.Pooja is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studying (b) to study (c) study (d) studies
  6. 6.Myra wanted ___ tea. (a) make (b) makes (c) making (d) to make
  7. 7.Kunal practised ___ the train. (a) takes (b) taking (c) take (d) to take
  8. 8.Yash hoped ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) bake (d) to bake
  9. 9.Meera is fond of ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) to speak (c) speak (d) speaks
  10. 10.Arjun is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) run (b) running (c) to run (d) runs
  11. 11.Diya refused ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) to build (c) builds (d) build
  12. 12.Omkar decided ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dancing (d) dances
  13. 13.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sing (d) to sing
  14. 14.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) ride (b) rides (c) riding (d) to ride
  15. 15.Kavya refused ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) to fly
  16. 16.Omkar enjoyed ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) to draw (c) draw (d) draws
  17. 17.Kabir avoided ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) to clean
  18. 18.Meera is interested in ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
  19. 19.Sneha finished ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) bring (c) brings (d) bringing
  20. 20.Aisha is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) to throw (b) throws (c) throw (d) throwing
  21. 21.Aditya planned ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) to help (c) helps (d) helping
  22. 22.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) making (b) makes (c) make (d) to make
  23. 23.Rohan finished ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) play (c) to play (d) plays
  24. 24.Rohan kept ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
  25. 25.Riya is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flying (d) to fly
  26. 26.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flying (b) flies (c) fly (d) to fly
  27. 27.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) bake (c) to bake (d) bakes
  28. 28.Ishaan is interested in ___ the train. (a) to take (b) takes (c) taking (d) take
  29. 29.Manav is interested in ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) to plant (c) plant (d) planting
  30. 30.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wearing (b) to wear (c) wears (d) wear
  31. 31.Diya is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) to cook (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
  32. 32.Pooja is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) to cook (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
  33. 33.Pooja decided ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carries (c) carry (d) carrying
  34. 34.Karan is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flying (b) flies (c) fly (d) to fly
  35. 35.Manav is good at ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) to fly
  36. 36.Riya enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) plants (d) planting
  37. 37.Aditya agreed ___ a message. (a) send (b) to send (c) sends (d) sending
  38. 38.Aisha is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draw (b) draws (c) to draw (d) drawing
  39. 39.Vivaan is tired of ___ the train. (a) to take (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
  40. 40.Dev wanted ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) eats (c) eat (d) to eat

Answer key

  1. helping
  2. riding
  3. to feed
  4. buying
  5. studying
  6. to make
  7. taking
  8. to bake
  9. speaking
  10. running
  11. to build
  12. to dance
  13. singing
  14. riding
  15. to fly
  16. drawing
  17. cleaning
  18. swimming
  19. bringing
  20. throwing
  21. to help
  22. making
  23. playing
  24. watching
  25. flying
  26. flying
  27. baking
  28. taking
  29. planting
  30. wearing
  31. cooking
  32. cooking
  33. to carry
  34. flying
  35. flying
  36. planting
  37. to send
  38. drawing
  39. taking
  40. to eat

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