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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 152 · 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.Dev hoped ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) to dance
  2. 2.Rahul agreed ___ tea. (a) making (b) makes (c) to make (d) make
  3. 3.Dev finished ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) to clean (d) cleans
  4. 4.Pooja kept ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helps (c) help (d) helping
  5. 5.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washing (d) washes
  6. 6.Tara is interested in ___ in the park. (a) run (b) to run (c) running (d) runs
  7. 7.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) planting (b) plant (c) to plant (d) plants
  8. 8.Priya kept ___ a story. (a) telling (b) to tell (c) tells (d) tell
  9. 9.Rohan avoided ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) to wear (c) wear (d) wearing
  10. 10.Ananya finished ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeding
  11. 11.Zoya finished ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) watch
  12. 12.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
  13. 13.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch (d) to watch
  14. 14.Pooja refused ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) to dance (d) dances
  15. 15.Kabir is interested in ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
  16. 16.Neel is interested in ___ in the park. (a) run (b) to run (c) runs (d) running
  17. 17.Isha is good at ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) to draw (c) draw (d) drawing
  18. 18.Isha is good at ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swims (c) swim (d) swimming
  19. 19.Yash is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) to win (b) win (c) winning (d) wins
  20. 20.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  21. 21.Pooja promised ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) to feed (d) feed
  22. 22.Diya wanted ___ science. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) to study
  23. 23.Nisha enjoyed ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy
  24. 24.Tara finished ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) fly (c) flies (d) flying
  25. 25.Myra is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) to drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drink
  26. 26.Nisha is fond of ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) to play (c) play (d) plays
  27. 27.Zoya is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) to cook (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooks
  28. 28.Dev is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) to cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cook
  29. 29.Omkar is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watching (d) to watch
  30. 30.Meera is interested in ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carrying
  31. 31.Karan is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook (d) to cook
  32. 32.Aditya enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carry
  33. 33.Priya finished ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
  34. 34.Aarav is interested in ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) to bake (c) bake (d) baking
  35. 35.Farhan enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) plant (c) to plant (d) planting
  36. 36.Aarav is tired of ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) to plant (c) plants (d) plant
  37. 37.Neel is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) makes (b) to make (c) making (d) make
  38. 38.Dev hoped ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
  39. 39.Kavya is tired of ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) to draw (c) draws (d) draw
  40. 40.Arjun is interested in ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) to wash (c) wash (d) washes

Answer key

  1. to dance
  2. to make
  3. cleaning
  4. helping
  5. washing
  6. running
  7. planting
  8. telling
  9. wearing
  10. feeding
  11. watching
  12. baking
  13. watching
  14. to dance
  15. jogging
  16. running
  17. drawing
  18. swimming
  19. winning
  20. drawing
  21. to feed
  22. to study
  23. buying
  24. flying
  25. drinking
  26. playing
  27. cooking
  28. cooking
  29. watching
  30. carrying
  31. cooking
  32. carrying
  33. writing
  34. baking
  35. planting
  36. planting
  37. making
  38. to jog
  39. drawing
  40. washing

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