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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 118 · 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.Farhan is fond of ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
  2. 2.Yash finished ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) to buy
  3. 3.Riya is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writing (b) writes (c) to write (d) write
  4. 4.Myra kept ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
  5. 5.Farhan agreed ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) speaks (d) to speak
  6. 6.Ananya finished ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooking
  7. 7.Dev is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) wins (b) win (c) to win (d) winning
  8. 8.Aarav enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) to ride (c) riding (d) ride
  9. 9.Myra planned ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) to bring (c) bring (d) brings
  10. 10.Kavya kept ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buy (c) buying (d) buys
  11. 11.Omkar is good at ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) to speak (d) speaks
  12. 12.Ananya is good at ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) brings (c) bringing (d) to bring
  13. 13.Kabir decided ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) to draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  14. 14.Vivaan kept ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wears (c) wearing (d) to wear
  15. 15.Zoya avoided ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) washing (c) to wash (d) wash
  16. 16.Aisha finished ___ to school. (a) goes (b) go (c) to go (d) going
  17. 17.Ananya is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) running (b) run (c) to run (d) runs
  18. 18.Meera is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) to take
  19. 19.Dev planned ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
  20. 20.Ananya is tired of ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) builds (c) to build (d) build
  21. 21.Pooja is tired of ___ to school. (a) goes (b) going (c) go (d) to go
  22. 22.Rahul is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) to feed (b) feeds (c) feed (d) feeding
  23. 23.Aditya enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) to ride (c) ride (d) rides
  24. 24.Karan needed ___ tea. (a) making (b) to make (c) makes (d) make
  25. 25.Neel is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throw (b) to throw (c) throws (d) throwing
  26. 26.Nisha promised ___ a story. (a) telling (b) to tell (c) tells (d) tell
  27. 27.Rohan is tired of ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
  28. 28.Rohan is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogging (d) to jog
  29. 29.Kavya is interested in ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) to speak (c) speaks (d) speak
  30. 30.Sneha planned ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) builds (c) build (d) to build
  31. 31.Sneha needed ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tell (c) telling (d) tells
  32. 32.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carry (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carrying
  33. 33.Diya refused ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) to fly (c) flying (d) flies
  34. 34.Ishaan promised ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) throwing (c) throw (d) to throw
  35. 35.Aarav avoided ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
  36. 36.Manav refused ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) to watch (c) watch (d) watches
  37. 37.Isha is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) study (b) to study (c) studies (d) studying
  38. 38.Ananya kept ___ the train. (a) to take (b) taking (c) take (d) takes
  39. 39.Aisha hoped ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
  40. 40.Zoya is fond of ___ a story. (a) tell (b) tells (c) telling (d) to tell

Answer key

  1. sending
  2. buying
  3. writing
  4. playing
  5. to speak
  6. cooking
  7. winning
  8. riding
  9. to bring
  10. buying
  11. speaking
  12. bringing
  13. to draw
  14. wearing
  15. washing
  16. going
  17. running
  18. taking
  19. to watch
  20. building
  21. going
  22. feeding
  23. riding
  24. to make
  25. throwing
  26. to tell
  27. watching
  28. jogging
  29. speaking
  30. to build
  31. to tell
  32. carrying
  33. to fly
  34. to throw
  35. jogging
  36. to watch
  37. studying
  38. taking
  39. to bake
  40. telling

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