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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 136 · 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 fond of ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  2. 2.Arjun is interested in ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) feed
  3. 3.Aarav agreed ___ tea. (a) to make (b) making (c) make (d) makes
  4. 4.Arjun is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) washes (b) washing (c) wash (d) to wash
  5. 5.Ananya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) plants (b) plant (c) to plant (d) planting
  6. 6.Riya finished ___ science. (a) studying (b) study (c) to study (d) studies
  7. 7.Vivaan finished ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) to bring (c) brings (d) bring
  8. 8.Kabir is good at ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) to help (d) helping
  9. 9.Arjun finished ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sending (c) send (d) sends
  10. 10.Diya is tired of ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  11. 11.Sneha is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) to ride (b) rides (c) riding (d) ride
  12. 12.Kabir finished ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eating (d) eats
  13. 13.Meera kept ___ a message. (a) sending (b) sends (c) to send (d) send
  14. 14.Meera is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) to draw (b) drawing (c) draws (d) draw
  15. 15.Manav is fond of ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
  16. 16.Riya is interested in ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
  17. 17.Farhan kept ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) builds (c) to build (d) building
  18. 18.Meera is fond of ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flying (d) to fly
  19. 19.Yash promised ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) to bake
  20. 20.Kunal finished ___ the train. (a) takes (b) to take (c) taking (d) take
  21. 21.Tara is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) to play
  22. 22.Meera is good at ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) to eat (c) eating (d) eats
  23. 23.Rahul kept ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drinking
  24. 24.Rahul is fond of ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) play (c) plays (d) playing
  25. 25.Ishaan kept ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) to wash (c) washes (d) washing
  26. 26.Isha is interested in ___ a story. (a) tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) to tell
  27. 27.Manav is interested in ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speak (c) speaks (d) speaking
  28. 28.Yash finished ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drawing (d) to draw
  29. 29.Farhan practised ___ the train. (a) to take (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
  30. 30.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dances (b) to dance (c) dancing (d) dance
  31. 31.Omkar refused ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) build (c) builds (d) building
  32. 32.Dev practised ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbs (c) climb (d) climbing
  33. 33.Pooja is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
  34. 34.Vivaan finished ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) claps (c) to clap (d) clapping
  35. 35.Priya is interested in ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) wash (c) washing (d) to wash
  36. 36.Vivaan planned ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climb
  37. 37.Vivaan decided ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dances (c) to dance (d) dancing
  38. 38.Dev promised ___ the match. (a) winning (b) wins (c) to win (d) win
  39. 39.Arjun refused ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) to make (d) makes
  40. 40.Manav is tired of ___ a message. (a) send (b) to send (c) sends (d) sending

Answer key

  1. dancing
  2. feeding
  3. to make
  4. washing
  5. planting
  6. studying
  7. bringing
  8. helping
  9. sending
  10. drawing
  11. riding
  12. eating
  13. sending
  14. drawing
  15. writing
  16. flying
  17. building
  18. flying
  19. to bake
  20. taking
  21. playing
  22. eating
  23. drinking
  24. playing
  25. washing
  26. telling
  27. speaking
  28. drawing
  29. taking
  30. dancing
  31. to build
  32. climbing
  33. baking
  34. clapping
  35. washing
  36. to climb
  37. to dance
  38. to win
  39. to make
  40. sending

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