Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 131 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Diya enjoyed ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) wears (d) to wear
2. 2.Isha avoided ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) to write (c) writes (d) write
3. 3.Diya practised ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) rides (c) ride (d) to ride
4. 4.Meera is fond of ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) catch
5. 5.Priya is good at ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) to watch (c) watch (d) watching
6. 6.Aisha enjoyed ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) wear (c) to wear (d) wearing
7. 7.Rahul is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rides (d) to ride
8. 8.Omkar needed ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) to plant
9. 9.Aarav is tired of ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helps (c) helping (d) help
10. 10.Myra finished ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
11. 11.Ira finished ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writing (c) to write (d) writes
12. 12.Ishaan wanted ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) riding (c) to ride (d) rides
13. 13.Dev is interested in ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing (d) to wear
14. 14.Diya kept ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) singing (c) sing (d) sings
15. 15.Neel is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eat (b) eats (c) to eat (d) eating
16. 16.Karan is fond of ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
17. 17.Vivaan promised ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) writes (c) to write (d) write
18. 18.Diya is fond of ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) draws (c) drawing (d) to draw
19. 19.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) to carry (b) carries (c) carry (d) carrying
20. 20.Arjun is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) sings (b) sing (c) singing (d) to sing
21. 21.Ananya avoided ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) to build (c) builds (d) build
22. 22.Yash is good at ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) to wash (c) washes (d) washing
23. 23.Sneha promised ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jogging (c) jog (d) to jog
24. 24.Zoya needed ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carries
25. 25.Aditya is tired of ___ a song. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sing (d) to sing
26. 26.Omkar practised ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) washes (c) wash (d) to wash
27. 27.Arjun avoided ___ a letter. (a) write (b) to write (c) writes (d) writing
28. 28.Saanvi avoided ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) flying (c) to fly (d) fly
29. 29.Yash promised ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) to climb
30. 30.Aditya is tired of ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tell (c) to tell (d) tells
31. 31.Ishaan is interested in ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carry (d) to carry
32. 32.Sneha kept ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) to dance
33. 33.Omkar kept ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bakes
34. 34.Myra planned ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
35. 35.Aarav is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) plays (b) play (c) to play (d) playing
36. 36.Diya enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) run (c) to run (d) running
37. 37.Arjun needed ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) to build (c) build (d) builds
38. 38.Aisha promised ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) to throw (c) throw (d) throwing
39. 39.Yash is tired of ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carry
40. 40.Kabir decided ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) to plant (c) planting (d) plant

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