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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 137 · 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.Riya decided ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) rides (c) to ride (d) ride
  2. 2.Vivaan kept ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) throw
  3. 3.Riya decided ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swims (d) to swim
  4. 4.Priya enjoyed ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) to swim
  5. 5.Rohan is good at ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  6. 6.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) clap (b) claps (c) to clap (d) clapping
  7. 7.Neel is fond of ___ in the park. (a) run (b) running (c) to run (d) runs
  8. 8.Zoya is fond of ___ for the team. (a) to clap (b) clapping (c) clap (d) claps
  9. 9.Ananya practised ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) to buy (c) buy (d) buying
  10. 10.Neel wanted ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) to throw (c) throw (d) throws
  11. 11.Meera is tired of ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) to feed (d) feeds
  12. 12.Karan planned ___ in the park. (a) running (b) run (c) to run (d) runs
  13. 13.Priya finished ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinking (c) drink (d) drinks
  14. 14.Ananya hoped ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) ride (c) riding (d) rides
  15. 15.Meera is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) to tell (b) tell (c) telling (d) tells
  16. 16.Diya is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) clap (b) to clap (c) claps (d) clapping
  17. 17.Ishaan refused ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) running (d) run
  18. 18.Yash is interested in ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) to play
  19. 19.Kavya is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) fly (b) flies (c) to fly (d) flying
  20. 20.Rahul finished ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carry
  21. 21.Vivaan is good at ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing (d) to wear
  22. 22.Diya practised ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) to clap (c) clap (d) clapping
  23. 23.Arjun is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) to clean
  24. 24.Zoya enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) riding (c) rides (d) ride
  25. 25.Neel is interested in ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flying (c) flies (d) to fly
  26. 26.Arjun hoped ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flying (d) to fly
  27. 27.Omkar is fond of ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) play (c) playing (d) plays
  28. 28.Arjun finished ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) to help (c) help (d) helps
  29. 29.Riya promised ___ in the park. (a) running (b) run (c) runs (d) to run
  30. 30.Nisha kept ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) to buy
  31. 31.Nisha is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carries (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carrying
  32. 32.Kavya decided ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak
  33. 33.Kunal is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) to clap (b) clapping (c) claps (d) clap
  34. 34.Aarav decided ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writes (d) writing
  35. 35.Aarav avoided ___ a letter. (a) write (b) to write (c) writes (d) writing
  36. 36.Ishaan is fond of ___ to school. (a) go (b) to go (c) goes (d) going
  37. 37.Rohan finished ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) to dance (d) dances
  38. 38.Myra is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) bake (c) to bake (d) bakes
  39. 39.Aarav agreed ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  40. 40.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) to plant

Answer key

  1. to ride
  2. throwing
  3. to swim
  4. swimming
  5. jogging
  6. clapping
  7. running
  8. clapping
  9. buying
  10. to throw
  11. feeding
  12. to run
  13. drinking
  14. to ride
  15. telling
  16. clapping
  17. to run
  18. playing
  19. flying
  20. carrying
  21. wearing
  22. clapping
  23. cleaning
  24. riding
  25. flying
  26. to fly
  27. playing
  28. helping
  29. to run
  30. buying
  31. carrying
  32. to speak
  33. clapping
  34. to write
  35. writing
  36. going
  37. dancing
  38. baking
  39. to bake
  40. planting

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