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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 125 · 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.Arjun promised ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) building (c) builds (d) to build
  2. 2.Rohan needed ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bake
  3. 3.Isha avoided ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) to drink (d) drinking
  4. 4.Aarav is interested in ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) eat
  5. 5.Rohan is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) build (c) builds (d) building
  6. 6.Aditya planned ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watch (d) to watch
  7. 7.Omkar is good at ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogging
  8. 8.Kabir is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) to bring (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
  9. 9.Saanvi is interested in ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) plants (d) planting
  10. 10.Ananya needed ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draws (c) draw (d) drawing
  11. 11.Pooja enjoyed ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writes (c) writing (d) to write
  12. 12.Ananya finished ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washing (c) wash (d) washes
  13. 13.Rahul is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) to write (b) write (c) writes (d) writing
  14. 14.Farhan finished ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) wash (c) to wash (d) washing
  15. 15.Neel agreed ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
  16. 16.Rohan practised ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) to build (c) building (d) builds
  17. 17.Kabir enjoyed ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) help (c) to help (d) helping
  18. 18.Rahul decided ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbs (d) to climb
  19. 19.Pooja is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) make (b) makes (c) to make (d) making
  20. 20.Kabir kept ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) brings (c) to bring (d) bringing
  21. 21.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating
  22. 22.Sneha is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) sends (b) send (c) to send (d) sending
  23. 23.Kabir planned ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) to catch (c) catch (d) catching
  24. 24.Aarav kept ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbs
  25. 25.Aarav agreed ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) to feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
  26. 26.Aditya is fond of ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) to draw (c) drawing (d) draws
  27. 27.Ananya is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wears (b) to wear (c) wearing (d) wear
  28. 28.Manav is tired of ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) to buy
  29. 29.Aarav needed ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbs (c) climb (d) climbing
  30. 30.Kavya agreed ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) to jog (d) jogs
  31. 31.Ira needed ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throw (c) throws (d) throwing
  32. 32.Yash is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) drinking (d) to drink
  33. 33.Sneha is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) to bake
  34. 34.Kavya is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swims (b) to swim (c) swim (d) swimming
  35. 35.Neel needed ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washing (c) wash (d) washes
  36. 36.Meera is tired of ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak
  37. 37.Yash enjoyed ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeds
  38. 38.Isha agreed ___ the match. (a) to win (b) win (c) winning (d) wins
  39. 39.Tara planned ___ in the park. (a) running (b) run (c) to run (d) runs
  40. 40.Rohan hoped ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) play (c) to play (d) plays

Answer key

  1. to build
  2. to bake
  3. drinking
  4. eating
  5. building
  6. to watch
  7. jogging
  8. bringing
  9. planting
  10. to draw
  11. writing
  12. washing
  13. writing
  14. washing
  15. to help
  16. building
  17. helping
  18. to climb
  19. making
  20. bringing
  21. eating
  22. sending
  23. to catch
  24. climbing
  25. to feed
  26. drawing
  27. wearing
  28. buying
  29. to climb
  30. to jog
  31. to throw
  32. drinking
  33. baking
  34. swimming
  35. to wash
  36. speaking
  37. feeding
  38. to win
  39. to run
  40. to play

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