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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 11 · 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.Pooja promised ___ the train. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) to take
  2. 2.Sneha is fond of ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swim (c) to swim (d) swimming
  3. 3.Karan decided ___ rice. (a) cook (b) to cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
  4. 4.Farhan is tired of ___ a letter. (a) write (b) to write (c) writes (d) writing
  5. 5.Ira avoided ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) run (c) to run (d) running
  6. 6.Manav is good at ___ a message. (a) to send (b) send (c) sends (d) sending
  7. 7.Sneha practised ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) dance
  8. 8.Saanvi refused ___ science. (a) to study (b) studies (c) studying (d) study
  9. 9.Dev kept ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) to swim (c) swimming (d) swims
  10. 10.Rohan is fond of ___ to school. (a) to go (b) go (c) goes (d) going
  11. 11.Ananya wanted ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) to speak (d) speak
  12. 12.Vivaan refused ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) makes (d) to make
  13. 13.Kunal is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) to swim (b) swim (c) swims (d) swimming
  14. 14.Vivaan decided ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carrying
  15. 15.Sneha is interested in ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) fly (c) to fly (d) flies
  16. 16.Meera is fond of ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wears (c) wearing (d) to wear
  17. 17.Sneha avoided ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) runs (c) run (d) running
  18. 18.Karan refused ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writing (c) to write (d) writes
  19. 19.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) to catch (b) catch (c) catches (d) catching
  20. 20.Priya is good at ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eating (c) eat (d) to eat
  21. 21.Zoya is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) brings (b) bringing (c) to bring (d) bring
  22. 22.Zoya is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carry (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carrying
  23. 23.Tara is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) sings (b) to sing (c) sing (d) singing
  24. 24.Aditya practised ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) writing (c) to write (d) write
  25. 25.Kabir decided ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) play (c) to play (d) plays
  26. 26.Nisha is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) wears (d) to wear
  27. 27.Pooja finished ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  28. 28.Aarav is interested in ___ to school. (a) going (b) to go (c) goes (d) go
  29. 29.Yash decided ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) to play (c) play (d) playing
  30. 30.Aisha practised ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) plays (c) to play (d) play
  31. 31.Priya refused ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flying (d) to fly
  32. 32.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) to climb (d) climbs
  33. 33.Ishaan finished ___ the match. (a) to win (b) wins (c) winning (d) win
  34. 34.Ananya needed ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinks (c) drink (d) drinking
  35. 35.Priya wanted ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
  36. 36.Myra is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eating (b) to eat (c) eat (d) eats
  37. 37.Dev refused ___ in the park. (a) running (b) run (c) runs (d) to run
  38. 38.Aarav refused ___ the train. (a) to take (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
  39. 39.Saanvi is good at ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) to wash (c) wash (d) washing
  40. 40.Pooja is interested in ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) sending (d) send

Answer key

  1. to take
  2. swimming
  3. to cook
  4. writing
  5. running
  6. sending
  7. dancing
  8. to study
  9. swimming
  10. going
  11. to speak
  12. to make
  13. swimming
  14. to carry
  15. flying
  16. wearing
  17. running
  18. to write
  19. catching
  20. eating
  21. bringing
  22. carrying
  23. singing
  24. writing
  25. to play
  26. wearing
  27. drawing
  28. going
  29. to play
  30. playing
  31. to fly
  32. climbing
  33. winning
  34. to drink
  35. to bake
  36. eating
  37. to run
  38. to take
  39. washing
  40. sending

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