Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet
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.Farhan is good at ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tells (c) tell (d) telling
- 2.Diya planned ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) to plant
- 3.Aarav avoided ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) to cook
- 4.Yash is fond of ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) builds (c) build (d) building
- 5.Zoya hoped ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) bake
- 6.Ananya is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writing (b) to write (c) write (d) writes
- 7.Dev needed ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) to plant (c) plant (d) planting
- 8.Sneha is good at ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) send (d) sending
- 9.Ishaan enjoyed ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throw (c) throws (d) to throw
- 10.Meera promised ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
- 11.Diya promised ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plant (c) to plant (d) plants
- 12.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
- 13.Kunal is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) to take (b) taking (c) take (d) takes
- 14.Priya refused ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) to feed
- 15.Vivaan is tired of ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooks
- 16.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch (d) to watch
- 17.Arjun finished ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) to play
- 18.Yash is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speaks (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speak
- 19.Karan finished ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) to fly (c) flying (d) flies
- 20.Pooja is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) to send (b) sending (c) send (d) sends
- 21.Aarav kept ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) to play
- 22.Zoya finished ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleaning
- 23.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buying (b) buys (c) to buy (d) buy
- 24.Zoya enjoyed ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) to swim
- 25.Manav avoided ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) to bake (c) bake (d) baking
- 26.Isha is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) builds (c) building (d) to build
- 27.Aditya is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carries (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carrying
- 28.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writing (b) write (c) writes (d) to write
- 29.Ira is fond of ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buy (d) buying
- 30.Neel is interested in ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) helping (c) help (d) to help
- 31.Aarav hoped ___ science. (a) to study (b) studying (c) studies (d) study
- 32.Diya is good at ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
- 33.Sneha practised ___ to school. (a) go (b) goes (c) to go (d) going
- 34.Omkar promised ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throws (c) throw (d) to throw
- 35.Kavya is interested in ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) to wear (d) wear
- 36.Dev is interested in ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carry
- 37.Nisha finished ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) to feed (d) feed
- 38.Arjun is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
- 39.Kabir planned ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writes (c) writing (d) to write
- 40.Ira is interested in ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) brings (c) to bring (d) bring
Answer key
- telling
- to plant
- cooking
- building
- to bake
- writing
- to plant
- sending
- throwing
- to write
- to plant
- climbing
- taking
- to feed
- cooking
- watching
- playing
- speaking
- flying
- sending
- playing
- cleaning
- buying
- swimming
- baking
- building
- carrying
- writing
- buying
- helping
- to study
- singing
- going
- to throw
- wearing
- carrying
- feeding
- jogging
- to write
- bringing
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