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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 122 · 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.Meera avoided ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) to feed
  2. 2.Kavya is interested in ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) write (c) writing (d) to write
  3. 3.Dev agreed ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating
  4. 4.Aisha avoided ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) to clap (d) clap
  5. 5.Aarav promised ___ a message. (a) sending (b) sends (c) send (d) to send
  6. 6.Kunal promised ___ in the park. (a) run (b) runs (c) to run (d) running
  7. 7.Sneha practised ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speak
  8. 8.Myra decided ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
  9. 9.Arjun is interested in ___ tea. (a) make (b) makes (c) to make (d) making
  10. 10.Riya wanted ___ the match. (a) win (b) wins (c) to win (d) winning
  11. 11.Priya is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
  12. 12.Kabir is interested in ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rides (d) to ride
  13. 13.Omkar is interested in ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) to plant (c) plant (d) plants
  14. 14.Priya finished ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) play (c) to play (d) playing
  15. 15.Isha decided ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) to write (c) writing (d) write
  16. 16.Ananya is fond of ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  17. 17.Sneha wanted ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) building (c) build (d) to build
  18. 18.Farhan is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) to win (b) winning (c) wins (d) win
  19. 19.Myra finished ___ a message. (a) send (b) to send (c) sending (d) sends
  20. 20.Farhan enjoyed ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eat (c) to eat (d) eating
  21. 21.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) write (b) to write (c) writes (d) writing
  22. 22.Myra is tired of ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swim (c) to swim (d) swimming
  23. 23.Ira is fond of ___ science. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) to study
  24. 24.Rahul is fond of ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) to dance (d) dances
  25. 25.Kunal is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) win (b) to win (c) winning (d) wins
  26. 26.Karan planned ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) to throw
  27. 27.Arjun is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) ride (b) rides (c) to ride (d) riding
  28. 28.Manav is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
  29. 29.Pooja decided ___ in the park. (a) run (b) runs (c) to run (d) running
  30. 30.Rahul is good at ___ the match. (a) to win (b) winning (c) wins (d) win
  31. 31.Diya is good at ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) to clean (d) clean
  32. 32.Aisha kept ___ a story. (a) tells (b) telling (c) to tell (d) tell
  33. 33.Meera is good at ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) to draw (c) draws (d) draw
  34. 34.Isha is tired of ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) help (c) helps (d) helping
  35. 35.Aditya is interested in ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  36. 36.Vivaan practised ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wear (c) wearing (d) wears
  37. 37.Aisha is fond of ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cook
  38. 38.Ishaan is good at ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) to draw (c) drawing (d) draw
  39. 39.Isha is interested in ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleaning
  40. 40.Ishaan is interested in ___ a story. (a) tell (b) tells (c) to tell (d) telling

Answer key

  1. feeding
  2. writing
  3. to eat
  4. clapping
  5. to send
  6. to run
  7. speaking
  8. to write
  9. making
  10. to win
  11. jogging
  12. riding
  13. planting
  14. playing
  15. to write
  16. carrying
  17. to build
  18. winning
  19. sending
  20. eating
  21. writing
  22. swimming
  23. studying
  24. dancing
  25. winning
  26. to throw
  27. riding
  28. climbing
  29. to run
  30. winning
  31. cleaning
  32. telling
  33. drawing
  34. helping
  35. carrying
  36. wearing
  37. cooking
  38. drawing
  39. cleaning
  40. telling

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