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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 112 · 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.Aarav is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buys (b) buying (c) to buy (d) buy
  2. 2.Isha is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) build (b) builds (c) to build (d) building
  3. 3.Rohan decided ___ the train. (a) take (b) takes (c) to take (d) taking
  4. 4.Diya avoided ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) to clean
  5. 5.Kunal needed ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) to study
  6. 6.Farhan refused ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tell (c) tells (d) to tell
  7. 7.Kunal agreed ___ the match. (a) win (b) wins (c) to win (d) winning
  8. 8.Ananya finished ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) to dance
  9. 9.Omkar finished ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) speaking (d) to speak
  10. 10.Ishaan planned ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catching (c) catch (d) to catch
  11. 11.Aditya hoped ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watching
  12. 12.Tara is good at ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) eats (c) eat (d) to eat
  13. 13.Diya decided ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) watch
  14. 14.Kabir is tired of ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flies
  15. 15.Tara avoided ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
  16. 16.Kavya wanted ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  17. 17.Kavya kept ___ to school. (a) go (b) going (c) to go (d) goes
  18. 18.Yash is tired of ___ the match. (a) wins (b) winning (c) to win (d) win
  19. 19.Karan agreed ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) plants (c) to plant (d) planting
  20. 20.Kunal hoped ___ science. (a) to study (b) studies (c) study (d) studying
  21. 21.Farhan is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) to feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
  22. 22.Kunal planned ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) to feed
  23. 23.Arjun hoped ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeding
  24. 24.Diya planned ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) baking
  25. 25.Omkar is good at ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
  26. 26.Rohan practised ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) to jog (d) jogging
  27. 27.Aditya is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) plays (b) to play (c) playing (d) play
  28. 28.Nisha kept ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
  29. 29.Diya enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) to bake
  30. 30.Dev kept ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) writing (c) to write (d) write
  31. 31.Rohan promised ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) wear (d) to wear
  32. 32.Diya is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cook (b) to cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
  33. 33.Saanvi wanted ___ a song. (a) sings (b) singing (c) to sing (d) sing
  34. 34.Aisha practised ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) to clap (c) claps (d) clapping
  35. 35.Tara practised ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) clap (d) to clap
  36. 36.Kabir is good at ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plant
  37. 37.Meera is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buy (b) buys (c) to buy (d) buying
  38. 38.Zoya is tired of ___ a story. (a) tell (b) to tell (c) telling (d) tells
  39. 39.Ananya is fond of ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tells (c) tell (d) telling
  40. 40.Kabir decided ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) helping (c) help (d) to help

Answer key

  1. buying
  2. building
  3. to take
  4. cleaning
  5. to study
  6. to tell
  7. to win
  8. dancing
  9. speaking
  10. to catch
  11. to watch
  12. eating
  13. to watch
  14. flying
  15. jogging
  16. to dance
  17. going
  18. winning
  19. to plant
  20. to study
  21. feeding
  22. to feed
  23. to feed
  24. to bake
  25. feeding
  26. jogging
  27. playing
  28. washing
  29. baking
  30. writing
  31. to wear
  32. cooking
  33. to sing
  34. clapping
  35. clapping
  36. planting
  37. buying
  38. telling
  39. telling
  40. to help

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