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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 13 · 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 finished ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) build (c) to build (d) building
  2. 2.Priya is fond of ___ tea. (a) makes (b) to make (c) make (d) making
  3. 3.Dev planned ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watching (d) watches
  4. 4.Yash is tired of ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) to bring (c) bringing (d) brings
  5. 5.Rahul is tired of ___ a story. (a) tell (b) telling (c) to tell (d) tells
  6. 6.Sneha is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) to speak (d) speak
  7. 7.Yash avoided ___ the train. (a) takes (b) taking (c) to take (d) take
  8. 8.Myra is tired of ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rides (d) to ride
  9. 9.Rohan finished ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wearing (c) wear (d) wears
  10. 10.Yash needed ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) to help
  11. 11.Tara kept ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  12. 12.Myra finished ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) wearing (c) wear (d) to wear
  13. 13.Ishaan agreed ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbs (d) to climb
  14. 14.Vivaan refused ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buying (c) to buy (d) buys
  15. 15.Pooja promised ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) building (c) to build (d) builds
  16. 16.Priya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to plant (b) plants (c) plant (d) planting
  17. 17.Rohan practised ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) to bake
  18. 18.Saanvi finished ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carries (c) carry (d) carrying
  19. 19.Rohan is interested in ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) to study
  20. 20.Ira is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) to clean
  21. 21.Aisha is fond of ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carrying
  22. 22.Arjun is tired of ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helps (c) help (d) helping
  23. 23.Nisha is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) to clean
  24. 24.Manav agreed ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  25. 25.Kabir is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swimming (b) to swim (c) swim (d) swims
  26. 26.Myra kept ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climb
  27. 27.Isha is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drinking
  28. 28.Kunal decided ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) to eat (c) eats (d) eat
  29. 29.Rahul finished ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cook
  30. 30.Farhan avoided ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) to run
  31. 31.Farhan is good at ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat
  32. 32.Aditya avoided ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) drawing (c) draw (d) draws
  33. 33.Rahul is fond of ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tell (c) telling (d) tells
  34. 34.Meera enjoyed ___ a song. (a) sing (b) sings (c) to sing (d) singing
  35. 35.Meera is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) build (b) builds (c) to build (d) building
  36. 36.Riya is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) to bring (b) bring (c) bringing (d) brings
  37. 37.Meera decided ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) to draw (c) drawing (d) draw
  38. 38.Karan is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) takes (b) to take (c) take (d) taking
  39. 39.Farhan is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) going (b) go (c) to go (d) goes
  40. 40.Ananya is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watch (b) watches (c) watching (d) to watch

Answer key

  1. building
  2. making
  3. to watch
  4. bringing
  5. telling
  6. speaking
  7. taking
  8. riding
  9. wearing
  10. to help
  11. carrying
  12. wearing
  13. to climb
  14. to buy
  15. to build
  16. planting
  17. baking
  18. carrying
  19. studying
  20. cleaning
  21. carrying
  22. helping
  23. cleaning
  24. to dance
  25. swimming
  26. climbing
  27. drinking
  28. to eat
  29. cooking
  30. running
  31. eating
  32. drawing
  33. telling
  34. singing
  35. building
  36. bringing
  37. to draw
  38. taking
  39. going
  40. watching

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