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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 143 · 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.Kunal is interested in ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watch
  2. 2.Ananya enjoyed ___ science. (a) studies (b) studying (c) study (d) to study
  3. 3.Isha is interested in ___ the match. (a) winning (b) win (c) wins (d) to win
  4. 4.Ira enjoyed ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) write (c) to write (d) writing
  5. 5.Farhan practised ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catching (c) catches (d) to catch
  6. 6.Dev avoided ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) to fly
  7. 7.Aditya is fond of ___ a story. (a) tells (b) tell (c) to tell (d) telling
  8. 8.Manav is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carries
  9. 9.Ishaan decided ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
  10. 10.Meera is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) to go (b) goes (c) go (d) going
  11. 11.Farhan is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) plays (b) to play (c) play (d) playing
  12. 12.Kabir promised ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) makes (d) to make
  13. 13.Isha hoped ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) to eat (c) eats (d) eating
  14. 14.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writing (b) write (c) to write (d) writes
  15. 15.Sneha finished ___ a song. (a) singing (b) to sing (c) sing (d) sings
  16. 16.Manav needed ___ cricket. (a) play (b) playing (c) to play (d) plays
  17. 17.Saanvi wanted ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) to clap (d) clap
  18. 18.Aditya kept ___ to school. (a) going (b) goes (c) go (d) to go
  19. 19.Vivaan is tired of ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eating (d) eats
  20. 20.Ishaan planned ___ the match. (a) win (b) to win (c) winning (d) wins
  21. 21.Myra enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) running (d) run
  22. 22.Rahul is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) to make (b) making (c) make (d) makes
  23. 23.Kunal is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) to feed (b) feeds (c) feed (d) feeding
  24. 24.Priya is fond of ___ a message. (a) send (b) sends (c) to send (d) sending
  25. 25.Manav is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  26. 26.Aarav kept ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catching (c) catch (d) to catch
  27. 27.Karan finished ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) to buy (c) buys (d) buy
  28. 28.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  29. 29.Riya finished ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bake
  30. 30.Farhan enjoyed ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) eat (c) to eat (d) eats
  31. 31.Riya is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) help (b) helping (c) helps (d) to help
  32. 32.Myra kept ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washing (c) to wash (d) washes
  33. 33.Diya enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) run (c) running (d) runs
  34. 34.Farhan wanted ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watches (d) to watch
  35. 35.Riya is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tells (b) telling (c) to tell (d) tell
  36. 36.Rohan refused ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) brings (c) to bring (d) bringing
  37. 37.Rohan kept ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) to speak (d) speaks
  38. 38.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
  39. 39.Rahul finished ___ milk. (a) drinking (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drink
  40. 40.Arjun enjoyed ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) to feed

Answer key

  1. watching
  2. studying
  3. winning
  4. writing
  5. catching
  6. flying
  7. telling
  8. carrying
  9. to play
  10. going
  11. playing
  12. to make
  13. to eat
  14. writing
  15. singing
  16. to play
  17. to clap
  18. going
  19. eating
  20. to win
  21. running
  22. making
  23. feeding
  24. sending
  25. baking
  26. catching
  27. buying
  28. drawing
  29. baking
  30. eating
  31. helping
  32. washing
  33. running
  34. to watch
  35. telling
  36. to bring
  37. speaking
  38. climbing
  39. drinking
  40. feeding

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