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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 133 · 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.Saanvi promised ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) to cook
  2. 2.Myra finished ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
  3. 3.Neel is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) runs (b) to run (c) running (d) run
  4. 4.Meera decided ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) to draw (c) draws (d) draw
  5. 5.Diya avoided ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) riding (c) ride (d) to ride
  6. 6.Kunal enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) plant
  7. 7.Ananya is good at ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carrying
  8. 8.Priya decided ___ tea. (a) making (b) makes (c) make (d) to make
  9. 9.Kunal promised ___ the train. (a) take (b) to take (c) taking (d) takes
  10. 10.Tara is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating
  11. 11.Dev refused ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) to fly
  12. 12.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) to sing (b) sings (c) singing (d) sing
  13. 13.Ananya is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speak (b) to speak (c) speaks (d) speaking
  14. 14.Vivaan is interested in ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat
  15. 15.Aisha agreed ___ the ball. (a) catching (b) catches (c) to catch (d) catch
  16. 16.Sneha is fond of ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) to plant
  17. 17.Aditya enjoyed ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing
  18. 18.Karan finished ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
  19. 19.Isha enjoyed ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) to fly (c) flies (d) flying
  20. 20.Diya is tired of ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  21. 21.Priya enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) ride (c) rides (d) riding
  22. 22.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flies (b) to fly (c) flying (d) fly
  23. 23.Dev is tired of ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) brings (c) to bring (d) bring
  24. 24.Kabir is interested in ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carry
  25. 25.Manav refused ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) to bring (d) brings
  26. 26.Rahul is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) to help
  27. 27.Diya is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) bake
  28. 28.Ira practised ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) to eat (c) eat (d) eats
  29. 29.Farhan enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climb (d) to climb
  30. 30.Pooja is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) makes (b) make (c) making (d) to make
  31. 31.Isha practised ___ a story. (a) tells (b) tell (c) to tell (d) telling
  32. 32.Omkar kept ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) throw (c) to throw (d) throwing
  33. 33.Priya is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) catch (b) to catch (c) catches (d) catching
  34. 34.Arjun decided ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) to play (c) playing (d) play
  35. 35.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helps (b) helping (c) to help (d) help
  36. 36.Omkar is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) go (b) to go (c) going (d) goes
  37. 37.Yash enjoyed ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tells (c) tell (d) telling
  38. 38.Myra is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) run (b) runs (c) to run (d) running
  39. 39.Nisha is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swim (d) to swim
  40. 40.Tara is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbs (b) to climb (c) climbing (d) climb

Answer key

  1. to cook
  2. feeding
  3. running
  4. to draw
  5. riding
  6. planting
  7. carrying
  8. to make
  9. to take
  10. eating
  11. to fly
  12. singing
  13. speaking
  14. eating
  15. to catch
  16. planting
  17. washing
  18. climbing
  19. flying
  20. jogging
  21. riding
  22. flying
  23. bringing
  24. carrying
  25. to bring
  26. helping
  27. baking
  28. eating
  29. climbing
  30. making
  31. telling
  32. throwing
  33. catching
  34. to play
  35. helping
  36. going
  37. telling
  38. running
  39. swimming
  40. climbing

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