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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 149 · 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.Tara is interested in ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) to help (c) helping (d) helps
  2. 2.Meera finished ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) to climb (d) climb
  3. 3.Manav finished ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
  4. 4.Pooja is tired of ___ a story. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) tell (d) telling
  5. 5.Ananya promised ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helping (c) to help (d) helps
  6. 6.Karan enjoyed ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) to fly (c) flying (d) fly
  7. 7.Aisha is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) to wear (b) wearing (c) wear (d) wears
  8. 8.Diya hoped ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flying
  9. 9.Aisha enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) to climb (d) climbs
  10. 10.Kabir avoided ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) running (d) run
  11. 11.Karan is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances (d) to dance
  12. 12.Ira enjoyed ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flying (c) to fly (d) flies
  13. 13.Omkar is good at ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) to speak (d) speaking
  14. 14.Dev avoided ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dances (c) to dance (d) dancing
  15. 15.Kavya is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) to study (b) studying (c) studies (d) study
  16. 16.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wear (b) to wear (c) wearing (d) wears
  17. 17.Ira wanted ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) to study
  18. 18.Aarav hoped ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) to fly
  19. 19.Ananya enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) plants (d) planting
  20. 20.Aditya is tired of ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) wears (d) to wear
  21. 21.Rohan kept ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) builds (c) building (d) build
  22. 22.Tara agreed ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) to build (c) building (d) builds
  23. 23.Farhan is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helping (b) to help (c) help (d) helps
  24. 24.Yash is tired of ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) to clean
  25. 25.Meera is interested in ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dancing (d) dances
  26. 26.Kavya is interested in ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) riding (c) ride (d) to ride
  27. 27.Meera promised ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  28. 28.Neel planned ___ the match. (a) win (b) to win (c) winning (d) wins
  29. 29.Vivaan enjoyed ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watching
  30. 30.Manav avoided ___ tea. (a) makes (b) make (c) making (d) to make
  31. 31.Manav kept ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) to jog (c) jog (d) jogs
  32. 32.Zoya is good at ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
  33. 33.Rahul avoided ___ science. (a) to study (b) studies (c) studying (d) study
  34. 34.Diya is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wearing (b) to wear (c) wears (d) wear
  35. 35.Ira is tired of ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catches (c) catch (d) catching
  36. 36.Manav decided ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) to clap (c) clap (d) claps
  37. 37.Meera kept ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) to plant (c) planting (d) plant
  38. 38.Kunal practised ___ tea. (a) to make (b) making (c) make (d) makes
  39. 39.Ira is interested in ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) to help
  40. 40.Omkar wanted ___ a story. (a) tells (b) telling (c) tell (d) to tell

Answer key

  1. helping
  2. climbing
  3. watching
  4. telling
  5. to help
  6. flying
  7. wearing
  8. to fly
  9. climbing
  10. running
  11. dancing
  12. flying
  13. speaking
  14. dancing
  15. studying
  16. wearing
  17. to study
  18. to fly
  19. planting
  20. wearing
  21. building
  22. to build
  23. helping
  24. cleaning
  25. dancing
  26. riding
  27. to jog
  28. to win
  29. watching
  30. making
  31. jogging
  32. feeding
  33. studying
  34. wearing
  35. catching
  36. to clap
  37. planting
  38. making
  39. helping
  40. to tell

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