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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 111 · 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.Myra is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) to swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swim
  2. 2.Neel is tired of ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
  3. 3.Saanvi avoided ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tell (c) tells (d) telling
  4. 4.Ira is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  5. 5.Omkar is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) to feed
  6. 6.Manav avoided ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) to plant
  7. 7.Isha enjoyed ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) flies (c) to fly (d) fly
  8. 8.Kabir hoped ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rides (d) to ride
  9. 9.Vivaan is good at ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) to climb
  10. 10.Zoya is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dancing (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dance
  11. 11.Farhan enjoyed ___ to school. (a) goes (b) go (c) going (d) to go
  12. 12.Ira is tired of ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooking
  13. 13.Vivaan kept ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  14. 14.Rahul is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) to feed (d) feeds
  15. 15.Arjun is fond of ___ science. (a) studying (b) to study (c) studies (d) study
  16. 16.Omkar needed ___ the match. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) to win
  17. 17.Diya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) planting (d) plants
  18. 18.Meera is interested in ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) to swim (d) swims
  19. 19.Dev is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing
  20. 20.Kabir hoped ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watch
  21. 21.Sneha is interested in ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) to drink (c) drink (d) drinking
  22. 22.Aisha hoped ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) to eat (c) eats (d) eat
  23. 23.Zoya kept ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
  24. 24.Meera planned ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooks
  25. 25.Dev is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) runs (b) running (c) to run (d) run
  26. 26.Ananya decided ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) rides (c) riding (d) ride
  27. 27.Arjun is interested in ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) to feed (c) feeds (d) feed
  28. 28.Vivaan agreed ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) building (c) to build (d) builds
  29. 29.Aisha is interested in ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drinking
  30. 30.Rohan is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jogging (b) to jog (c) jog (d) jogs
  31. 31.Aditya is good at ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) to buy
  32. 32.Kabir enjoyed ___ the train. (a) take (b) takes (c) to take (d) taking
  33. 33.Vivaan enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carries
  34. 34.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studying (b) to study (c) studies (d) study
  35. 35.Ananya practised ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
  36. 36.Vivaan is tired of ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washing (d) washes
  37. 37.Ananya is tired of ___ cricket. (a) play (b) plays (c) playing (d) to play
  38. 38.Pooja wanted ___ tea. (a) to make (b) making (c) makes (d) make
  39. 39.Isha finished ___ science. (a) studies (b) studying (c) study (d) to study
  40. 40.Meera is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) draws (d) drawing

Answer key

  1. swimming
  2. speaking
  3. telling
  4. carrying
  5. feeding
  6. planting
  7. flying
  8. to ride
  9. climbing
  10. dancing
  11. going
  12. cooking
  13. carrying
  14. feeding
  15. studying
  16. to win
  17. planting
  18. swimming
  19. dancing
  20. to watch
  21. drinking
  22. to eat
  23. cleaning
  24. to cook
  25. running
  26. to ride
  27. feeding
  28. to build
  29. drinking
  30. jogging
  31. buying
  32. taking
  33. carrying
  34. studying
  35. writing
  36. washing
  37. playing
  38. to make
  39. studying
  40. drawing

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