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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 142 · 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.Farhan is good at ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tells (c) tell (d) telling
  2. 2.Diya planned ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) to plant
  3. 3.Aarav avoided ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) to cook
  4. 4.Yash is fond of ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) builds (c) build (d) building
  5. 5.Zoya hoped ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) bake
  6. 6.Ananya is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writing (b) to write (c) write (d) writes
  7. 7.Dev needed ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) to plant (c) plant (d) planting
  8. 8.Sneha is good at ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) send (d) sending
  9. 9.Ishaan enjoyed ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throw (c) throws (d) to throw
  10. 10.Meera promised ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
  11. 11.Diya promised ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plant (c) to plant (d) plants
  12. 12.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
  13. 13.Kunal is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) to take (b) taking (c) take (d) takes
  14. 14.Priya refused ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) to feed
  15. 15.Vivaan is tired of ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooks
  16. 16.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch (d) to watch
  17. 17.Arjun finished ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) to play
  18. 18.Yash is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speaks (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speak
  19. 19.Karan finished ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) to fly (c) flying (d) flies
  20. 20.Pooja is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) to send (b) sending (c) send (d) sends
  21. 21.Aarav kept ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) to play
  22. 22.Zoya finished ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleaning
  23. 23.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buying (b) buys (c) to buy (d) buy
  24. 24.Zoya enjoyed ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) to swim
  25. 25.Manav avoided ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) to bake (c) bake (d) baking
  26. 26.Isha is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) builds (c) building (d) to build
  27. 27.Aditya is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carries (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carrying
  28. 28.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writing (b) write (c) writes (d) to write
  29. 29.Ira is fond of ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buy (d) buying
  30. 30.Neel is interested in ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) helping (c) help (d) to help
  31. 31.Aarav hoped ___ science. (a) to study (b) studying (c) studies (d) study
  32. 32.Diya is good at ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
  33. 33.Sneha practised ___ to school. (a) go (b) goes (c) to go (d) going
  34. 34.Omkar promised ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throws (c) throw (d) to throw
  35. 35.Kavya is interested in ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) to wear (d) wear
  36. 36.Dev is interested in ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carry
  37. 37.Nisha finished ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) to feed (d) feed
  38. 38.Arjun is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  39. 39.Kabir planned ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writes (c) writing (d) to write
  40. 40.Ira is interested in ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) brings (c) to bring (d) bring

Answer key

  1. telling
  2. to plant
  3. cooking
  4. building
  5. to bake
  6. writing
  7. to plant
  8. sending
  9. throwing
  10. to write
  11. to plant
  12. climbing
  13. taking
  14. to feed
  15. cooking
  16. watching
  17. playing
  18. speaking
  19. flying
  20. sending
  21. playing
  22. cleaning
  23. buying
  24. swimming
  25. baking
  26. building
  27. carrying
  28. writing
  29. buying
  30. helping
  31. to study
  32. singing
  33. going
  34. to throw
  35. wearing
  36. carrying
  37. feeding
  38. jogging
  39. to write
  40. bringing

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