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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 148 · 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.Pooja is good at ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carries
  2. 2.Myra is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planting (d) to plant
  3. 3.Rohan is tired of ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tell (c) tells (d) telling
  4. 4.Dev is tired of ___ the train. (a) taking (b) to take (c) take (d) takes
  5. 5.Kavya is interested in ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
  6. 6.Rahul is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helps (b) help (c) to help (d) helping
  7. 7.Ananya practised ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) to study
  8. 8.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) bake
  9. 9.Manav is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) to take (b) takes (c) taking (d) take
  10. 10.Sneha practised ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
  11. 11.Priya agreed ___ tea. (a) to make (b) makes (c) make (d) making
  12. 12.Yash kept ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watching
  13. 13.Sneha wanted ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) wash (c) to wash (d) washes
  14. 14.Kabir is good at ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swim (c) swimming (d) swims
  15. 15.Dev decided ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) to bake
  16. 16.Zoya is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) take (b) to take (c) taking (d) takes
  17. 17.Aisha enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
  18. 18.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) planting (d) plants
  19. 19.Aditya is interested in ___ a story. (a) tell (b) to tell (c) telling (d) tells
  20. 20.Neel wanted ___ to school. (a) goes (b) going (c) go (d) to go
  21. 21.Manav enjoyed ___ a song. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sing (d) to sing
  22. 22.Dev enjoyed ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) to fly
  23. 23.Arjun is interested in ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tell (c) to tell (d) tells
  24. 24.Vivaan kept ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) to clean
  25. 25.Arjun hoped ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writes (c) writing (d) to write
  26. 26.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flying (b) flies (c) fly (d) to fly
  27. 27.Kabir decided ___ tea. (a) making (b) make (c) makes (d) to make
  28. 28.Ananya refused ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) to help (d) helping
  29. 29.Nisha is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washing (d) washes
  30. 30.Aditya wanted ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooks
  31. 31.Kunal is interested in ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) to play (c) play (d) plays
  32. 32.Farhan is good at ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
  33. 33.Myra is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) to drink (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
  34. 34.Isha enjoyed ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) to make (d) makes
  35. 35.Aarav is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  36. 36.Riya is good at ___ a story. (a) tells (b) tell (c) telling (d) to tell
  37. 37.Manav is good at ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catching (c) catches (d) to catch
  38. 38.Rohan decided ___ a song. (a) singing (b) sing (c) sings (d) to sing
  39. 39.Omkar is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helping (b) to help (c) helps (d) help
  40. 40.Diya planned ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) to eat (c) eat (d) eating

Answer key

  1. carrying
  2. planting
  3. telling
  4. taking
  5. drinking
  6. helping
  7. studying
  8. baking
  9. taking
  10. singing
  11. to make
  12. watching
  13. to wash
  14. swimming
  15. to bake
  16. taking
  17. jogging
  18. planting
  19. telling
  20. to go
  21. singing
  22. flying
  23. telling
  24. cleaning
  25. to write
  26. flying
  27. to make
  28. to help
  29. washing
  30. to cook
  31. playing
  32. baking
  33. drinking
  34. making
  35. carrying
  36. telling
  37. catching
  38. to sing
  39. helping
  40. to eat

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