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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 121 · 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.Saanvi refused ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) to clean (d) cleans
  2. 2.Isha is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) to speak (b) speaking (c) speak (d) speaks
  3. 3.Aarav planned ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carries
  4. 4.Rohan kept ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) eating (c) to eat (d) eats
  5. 5.Aditya wanted ___ to school. (a) going (b) go (c) to go (d) goes
  6. 6.Nisha is fond of ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dancing (c) dance (d) dances
  7. 7.Nisha wanted ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) builds (c) build (d) to build
  8. 8.Nisha finished ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
  9. 9.Arjun enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) to jog (d) jogs
  10. 10.Ananya is good at ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeding
  11. 11.Yash is interested in ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plants (c) to plant (d) plant
  12. 12.Meera is tired of ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) to wash (c) washes (d) washing
  13. 13.Rohan is good at ___ a story. (a) tell (b) telling (c) to tell (d) tells
  14. 14.Aisha agreed ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watch (c) to watch (d) watches
  15. 15.Dev practised ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) wash (c) washes (d) to wash
  16. 16.Riya is good at ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) planting (c) plant (d) to plant
  17. 17.Arjun is good at ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) to draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  18. 18.Ira finished ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) to wear (d) wears
  19. 19.Karan wanted ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) brings (c) bring (d) to bring
  20. 20.Ananya is good at ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
  21. 21.Nisha avoided ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) to feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
  22. 22.Dev is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) sings (b) sing (c) to sing (d) singing
  23. 23.Riya is tired of ___ the match. (a) win (b) wins (c) to win (d) winning
  24. 24.Rahul finished ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) dance (d) to dance
  25. 25.Aarav planned ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) to plant (c) plant (d) plants
  26. 26.Priya finished ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
  27. 27.Karan is interested in ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
  28. 28.Ira is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) to draw (b) draws (c) draw (d) drawing
  29. 29.Neel planned ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jog
  30. 30.Omkar avoided ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) to drink (d) drinks
  31. 31.Meera agreed ___ the train. (a) take (b) takes (c) to take (d) taking
  32. 32.Kunal enjoyed ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swims (d) to swim
  33. 33.Kunal practised ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapping (d) to clap
  34. 34.Manav is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tell (b) tells (c) telling (d) to tell
  35. 35.Kavya avoided ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washes (c) washing (d) to wash
  36. 36.Meera avoided ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeds
  37. 37.Yash is tired of ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watch
  38. 38.Zoya needed ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) flies (c) to fly (d) fly
  39. 39.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writes (b) writing (c) write (d) to write
  40. 40.Rohan is fond of ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) to fly (c) flying (d) fly

Answer key

  1. to clean
  2. speaking
  3. to carry
  4. eating
  5. to go
  6. dancing
  7. to build
  8. climbing
  9. jogging
  10. feeding
  11. planting
  12. washing
  13. telling
  14. to watch
  15. washing
  16. planting
  17. drawing
  18. wearing
  19. to bring
  20. cleaning
  21. feeding
  22. singing
  23. winning
  24. dancing
  25. to plant
  26. baking
  27. climbing
  28. drawing
  29. to jog
  30. drinking
  31. to take
  32. swimming
  33. clapping
  34. telling
  35. washing
  36. feeding
  37. watching
  38. to fly
  39. writing
  40. flying

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