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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 139 · 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.Diya finished ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) to wash (c) wash (d) washing
  2. 2.Omkar is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) build (c) to build (d) building
  3. 3.Ananya enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bake (c) to bake (d) bakes
  4. 4.Aarav is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) to bring (b) brings (c) bringing (d) bring
  5. 5.Meera is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studies (b) to study (c) study (d) studying
  6. 6.Aditya wanted ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
  7. 7.Aditya enjoyed ___ the train. (a) take (b) to take (c) taking (d) takes
  8. 8.Karan kept ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinking (c) drink (d) drinks
  9. 9.Neel finished ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) to dance (d) dances
  10. 10.Zoya refused ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy
  11. 11.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) help (b) helping (c) to help (d) helps
  12. 12.Meera is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) to plant
  13. 13.Dev avoided ___ science. (a) study (b) to study (c) studying (d) studies
  14. 14.Aditya practised ___ tea. (a) making (b) make (c) makes (d) to make
  15. 15.Omkar is tired of ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) to build (c) building (d) builds
  16. 16.Ira kept ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) to throw
  17. 17.Farhan is good at ___ tea. (a) to make (b) make (c) making (d) makes
  18. 18.Ananya finished ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) buy
  19. 19.Dev kept ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carries (d) to carry
  20. 20.Nisha hoped ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
  21. 21.Omkar is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) to play (b) play (c) plays (d) playing
  22. 22.Ishaan practised ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeding (c) feed (d) feeds
  23. 23.Aisha is fond of ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
  24. 24.Isha enjoyed ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
  25. 25.Rahul avoided ___ to school. (a) goes (b) go (c) to go (d) going
  26. 26.Rahul is fond of ___ the match. (a) win (b) winning (c) wins (d) to win
  27. 27.Riya needed ___ science. (a) study (b) studies (c) to study (d) studying
  28. 28.Kavya enjoyed ___ the ball. (a) catching (b) catches (c) catch (d) to catch
  29. 29.Pooja is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to run (b) runs (c) running (d) run
  30. 30.Pooja avoided ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) to speak (c) speak (d) speaks
  31. 31.Nisha enjoyed ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) drawing (c) draws (d) draw
  32. 32.Aisha practised ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaking (c) speak (d) speaks
  33. 33.Yash wanted ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) to swim (d) swim
  34. 34.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tell (b) tells (c) telling (d) to tell
  35. 35.Ananya is fond of ___ in the park. (a) running (b) run (c) to run (d) runs
  36. 36.Rahul enjoyed ___ a story. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) telling (d) tell
  37. 37.Priya needed ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) speak (d) to speak
  38. 38.Ananya is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dances (b) to dance (c) dance (d) dancing
  39. 39.Vivaan is good at ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
  40. 40.Manav is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dancing (d) dances

Answer key

  1. washing
  2. building
  3. baking
  4. bringing
  5. studying
  6. to jog
  7. taking
  8. drinking
  9. dancing
  10. to buy
  11. helping
  12. planting
  13. studying
  14. making
  15. building
  16. throwing
  17. making
  18. buying
  19. carrying
  20. to climb
  21. playing
  22. feeding
  23. climbing
  24. playing
  25. going
  26. winning
  27. to study
  28. catching
  29. running
  30. speaking
  31. drawing
  32. speaking
  33. to swim
  34. telling
  35. running
  36. telling
  37. to speak
  38. dancing
  39. cooking
  40. dancing

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