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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 14 · 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 refused ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) ride (c) riding (d) to ride
  2. 2.Yash promised ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
  3. 3.Omkar avoided ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  4. 4.Ananya is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) to sing (b) sings (c) singing (d) sing
  5. 5.Rohan avoided ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) to clap (c) claps (d) clapping
  6. 6.Meera planned ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) to clean
  7. 7.Tara finished ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) to swim (c) swim (d) swimming
  8. 8.Myra planned ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) to build (c) building (d) builds
  9. 9.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) to bake
  10. 10.Yash is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) making (b) makes (c) to make (d) make
  11. 11.Riya agreed ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
  12. 12.Rohan is tired of ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) play (c) playing (d) plays
  13. 13.Rahul is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) to clap (b) claps (c) clapping (d) clap
  14. 14.Dev decided ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) to play
  15. 15.Aarav wanted ___ tea. (a) making (b) make (c) makes (d) to make
  16. 16.Vivaan finished ___ science. (a) study (b) studying (c) to study (d) studies
  17. 17.Pooja kept ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) to buy
  18. 18.Yash avoided ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) to climb (c) climb (d) climbing
  19. 19.Neel is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) plant
  20. 20.Meera decided ___ cricket. (a) play (b) plays (c) to play (d) playing
  21. 21.Farhan decided ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy (d) to buy
  22. 22.Vivaan planned ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) to bake
  23. 23.Manav is good at ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) to jog (d) jog
  24. 24.Manav is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) to sing (b) sing (c) singing (d) sings
  25. 25.Aarav avoided ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  26. 26.Kunal avoided ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) to clap (c) clapping (d) clap
  27. 27.Neel avoided ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) write (c) to write (d) writes
  28. 28.Omkar is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swimming (b) swims (c) swim (d) to swim
  29. 29.Pooja kept ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) cleaning (d) clean
  30. 30.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climb
  31. 31.Kavya practised ___ a story. (a) tells (b) telling (c) to tell (d) tell
  32. 32.Priya enjoyed ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catching (c) catch (d) to catch
  33. 33.Rohan decided ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances (d) to dance
  34. 34.Yash kept ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flies
  35. 35.Myra finished ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) to plant (c) plant (d) planting
  36. 36.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eats (b) eat (c) to eat (d) eating
  37. 37.Vivaan is tired of ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) to watch (c) watch (d) watching
  38. 38.Aarav is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) to play
  39. 39.Meera is tired of ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) to climb (c) climb (d) climbs
  40. 40.Zoya is interested in ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climb

Answer key

  1. to ride
  2. to speak
  3. dancing
  4. singing
  5. clapping
  6. to clean
  7. swimming
  8. to build
  9. baking
  10. making
  11. to bake
  12. playing
  13. clapping
  14. to play
  15. to make
  16. studying
  17. buying
  18. climbing
  19. planting
  20. to play
  21. to buy
  22. to bake
  23. jogging
  24. singing
  25. baking
  26. clapping
  27. writing
  28. swimming
  29. cleaning
  30. climbing
  31. telling
  32. catching
  33. to dance
  34. flying
  35. planting
  36. eating
  37. watching
  38. playing
  39. climbing
  40. climbing

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