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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 128 · 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 tired of ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
  2. 2.Diya promised ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) to help (c) helps (d) help
  3. 3.Kunal is interested in ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) eat (c) to eat (d) eats
  4. 4.Pooja is tired of ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) to help
  5. 5.Meera is good at ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washing (c) washes (d) wash
  6. 6.Diya decided ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) to help (c) helps (d) helping
  7. 7.Sneha is good at ___ tea. (a) make (b) makes (c) making (d) to make
  8. 8.Diya decided ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) fly (c) to fly (d) flying
  9. 9.Diya kept ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
  10. 10.Neel is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing (d) to wear
  11. 11.Saanvi finished ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) build (c) builds (d) to build
  12. 12.Neel is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throwing (b) throws (c) throw (d) to throw
  13. 13.Meera is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) cleaning (d) clean
  14. 14.Myra practised ___ in the park. (a) run (b) runs (c) running (d) to run
  15. 15.Kabir kept ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
  16. 16.Manav is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speak
  17. 17.Tara is fond of ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) drawing (d) draws
  18. 18.Ira practised ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) to eat (c) eating (d) eats
  19. 19.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) building (b) builds (c) build (d) to build
  20. 20.Kabir is good at ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing
  21. 21.Diya practised ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) throw (c) throwing (d) to throw
  22. 22.Omkar finished ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
  23. 23.Diya is tired of ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  24. 24.Aisha is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washing (d) washes
  25. 25.Diya is good at ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) to run
  26. 26.Vivaan wanted ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
  27. 27.Aisha hoped ___ science. (a) study (b) studies (c) to study (d) studying
  28. 28.Arjun decided ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
  29. 29.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) to draw (d) draw
  30. 30.Aditya decided ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) wash (c) washes (d) to wash
  31. 31.Manav finished ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
  32. 32.Meera is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) to go (b) go (c) going (d) goes
  33. 33.Dev is good at ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
  34. 34.Nisha planned ___ tea. (a) making (b) make (c) makes (d) to make
  35. 35.Omkar promised ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) speaking (d) to speak
  36. 36.Rohan is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) to go (b) go (c) goes (d) going
  37. 37.Riya kept ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flying (c) flies (d) fly
  38. 38.Diya is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) make (b) to make (c) making (d) makes
  39. 39.Pooja is fond of ___ lunch. (a) brings (b) bring (c) to bring (d) bringing
  40. 40.Diya wanted ___ a message. (a) send (b) sends (c) to send (d) sending

Answer key

  1. speaking
  2. to help
  3. eating
  4. helping
  5. washing
  6. to help
  7. making
  8. to fly
  9. watching
  10. wearing
  11. building
  12. throwing
  13. cleaning
  14. running
  15. jogging
  16. speaking
  17. drawing
  18. eating
  19. building
  20. washing
  21. throwing
  22. feeding
  23. baking
  24. washing
  25. running
  26. to drink
  27. to study
  28. to climb
  29. drawing
  30. to wash
  31. feeding
  32. going
  33. jogging
  34. to make
  35. to speak
  36. going
  37. flying
  38. making
  39. bringing
  40. to send

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