Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet
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.Ishaan needed ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
- 2.Yash planned ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) to climb (d) climb
- 3.Meera is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wears (b) to wear (c) wear (d) wearing
- 4.Zoya avoided ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) dance
- 5.Neel is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) wears (d) to wear
- 6.Pooja is good at ___ to school. (a) goes (b) go (c) going (d) to go
- 7.Rahul is fond of ___ a message. (a) sending (b) send (c) sends (d) to send
- 8.Kabir enjoyed ___ a message. (a) send (b) to send (c) sending (d) sends
- 9.Riya agreed ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) clap (d) to clap
- 10.Vivaan is interested in ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carries (d) to carry
- 11.Isha hoped ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catching (c) catches (d) to catch
- 12.Rahul is good at ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carries
- 13.Rahul is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) wins (b) to win (c) win (d) winning
- 14.Isha is fond of ___ a story. (a) tells (b) tell (c) to tell (d) telling
- 15.Ira finished ___ the match. (a) win (b) to win (c) wins (d) winning
- 16.Saanvi is fond of ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carries
- 17.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) to tell
- 18.Dev is fond of ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) to swim (c) swim (d) swims
- 19.Ishaan is good at ___ the train. (a) to take (b) taking (c) take (d) takes
- 20.Arjun planned ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) building (c) build (d) to build
- 21.Zoya is tired of ___ in the park. (a) run (b) to run (c) runs (d) running
- 22.Kabir finished ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) to throw (c) throw (d) throwing
- 23.Manav avoided ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) to throw (c) throwing (d) throws
- 24.Zoya avoided ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) to bake
- 25.Rahul needed ___ rice. (a) cook (b) to cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
- 26.Manav is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) to win
- 27.Nisha kept ___ the train. (a) take (b) taking (c) to take (d) takes
- 28.Isha finished ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) draws (c) drawing (d) to draw
- 29.Myra avoided ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat
- 30.Meera finished ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
- 31.Nisha is interested in ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat
- 32.Rahul agreed ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) write (c) writes (d) to write
- 33.Kunal agreed ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
- 34.Myra refused ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) play (c) to play (d) playing
- 35.Tara refused ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) to swim (d) swim
- 36.Karan enjoyed ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cooking
- 37.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) send (b) sends (c) to send (d) sending
- 38.Aditya is good at ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) plants (d) planting
- 39.Neel is fond of ___ to school. (a) goes (b) going (c) go (d) to go
- 40.Kunal is good at ___ the match. (a) to win (b) win (c) wins (d) winning
Answer key
- to play
- to climb
- wearing
- dancing
- wearing
- going
- sending
- sending
- to clap
- carrying
- to catch
- carrying
- winning
- telling
- winning
- carrying
- telling
- swimming
- taking
- to build
- running
- throwing
- throwing
- baking
- to cook
- winning
- taking
- drawing
- eating
- baking
- eating
- to write
- to jog
- to play
- to swim
- cooking
- sending
- planting
- going
- winning
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