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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 130 · 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.Aditya is fond of ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) bake
  2. 2.Tara is fond of ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cook
  3. 3.Rohan hoped ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) to cook (d) cooks
  4. 4.Aarav practised ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dance (c) dancing (d) to dance
  5. 5.Kabir is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) to study (b) study (c) studying (d) studies
  6. 6.Manav is good at ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
  7. 7.Riya decided ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
  8. 8.Ananya is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) building (c) builds (d) to build
  9. 9.Farhan practised ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) washing (c) to wash (d) wash
  10. 10.Dev wanted ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) makes (d) to make
  11. 11.Aditya is fond of ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) to speak (d) speaks
  12. 12.Aisha is good at ___ the train. (a) taking (b) takes (c) take (d) to take
  13. 13.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) to speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) speak
  14. 14.Omkar is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
  15. 15.Rahul is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbs (b) to climb (c) climb (d) climbing
  16. 16.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) ride (b) riding (c) to ride (d) rides
  17. 17.Zoya enjoyed ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing
  18. 18.Kabir practised ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) help (c) to help (d) helps
  19. 19.Rohan is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) to jog
  20. 20.Kabir is good at ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) to clean (d) cleaning
  21. 21.Ira refused ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  22. 22.Yash is tired of ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) run (d) running
  23. 23.Isha is good at ___ a message. (a) sends (b) send (c) sending (d) to send
  24. 24.Omkar is interested in ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) to bake
  25. 25.Neel is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) sending (b) to send (c) send (d) sends
  26. 26.Neel is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) play (b) plays (c) to play (d) playing
  27. 27.Meera enjoyed ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watching (d) watches
  28. 28.Zoya is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) claps (d) to clap
  29. 29.Aisha wanted ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) to clap (d) clap
  30. 30.Karan is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
  31. 31.Zoya is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) making (b) makes (c) to make (d) make
  32. 32.Kunal is good at ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) to help (c) helps (d) helping
  33. 33.Aisha is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating
  34. 34.Priya is fond of ___ the match. (a) wins (b) winning (c) win (d) to win
  35. 35.Sneha promised ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) building (c) build (d) builds
  36. 36.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flying (b) flies (c) to fly (d) fly
  37. 37.Ishaan promised ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) to buy
  38. 38.Riya decided ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) to throw (c) throw (d) throws
  39. 39.Ishaan is good at ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) running (c) run (d) runs
  40. 40.Omkar is interested in ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) to wear (d) wears

Answer key

  1. baking
  2. cooking
  3. to cook
  4. dancing
  5. studying
  6. jogging
  7. to write
  8. building
  9. washing
  10. to make
  11. speaking
  12. taking
  13. speaking
  14. baking
  15. climbing
  16. riding
  17. washing
  18. helping
  19. jogging
  20. cleaning
  21. to carry
  22. running
  23. sending
  24. baking
  25. sending
  26. playing
  27. watching
  28. clapping
  29. to clap
  30. jogging
  31. making
  32. helping
  33. eating
  34. winning
  35. to build
  36. flying
  37. to buy
  38. to throw
  39. running
  40. wearing

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