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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 158 · 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.Kabir is fond of ___ to school. (a) to go (b) go (c) goes (d) going
  2. 2.Aisha is interested in ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) to eat (c) eats (d) eat
  3. 3.Kavya is tired of ___ to school. (a) goes (b) go (c) going (d) to go
  4. 4.Aisha enjoyed ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dancing (d) dances
  5. 5.Dev avoided ___ in the park. (a) run (b) runs (c) running (d) to run
  6. 6.Karan kept ___ a message. (a) sends (b) to send (c) send (d) sending
  7. 7.Rahul decided ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbs
  8. 8.Vivaan wanted ___ tea. (a) make (b) makes (c) making (d) to make
  9. 9.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  10. 10.Aditya hoped ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
  11. 11.Arjun enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) ride (c) rides (d) riding
  12. 12.Neel hoped ___ a message. (a) sending (b) send (c) to send (d) sends
  13. 13.Aarav promised ___ the match. (a) win (b) wins (c) to win (d) winning
  14. 14.Yash is good at ___ lunch. (a) brings (b) bringing (c) bring (d) to bring
  15. 15.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) fly (b) flying (c) flies (d) to fly
  16. 16.Rohan refused ___ the match. (a) winning (b) win (c) to win (d) wins
  17. 17.Rahul is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eat (b) eating (c) to eat (d) eats
  18. 18.Rohan is good at ___ the match. (a) winning (b) wins (c) to win (d) win
  19. 19.Priya is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
  20. 20.Priya avoided ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
  21. 21.Aarav refused ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swim (d) to swim
  22. 22.Sneha enjoyed ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) to drink
  23. 23.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) plant (b) plants (c) to plant (d) planting
  24. 24.Neel decided ___ science. (a) study (b) studying (c) to study (d) studies
  25. 25.Vivaan promised ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) builds (c) to build (d) build
  26. 26.Priya hoped ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) to watch (c) watches (d) watch
  27. 27.Nisha practised ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) buys (c) to buy (d) buy
  28. 28.Karan is tired of ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) to speak (c) speak (d) speaks
  29. 29.Ishaan is good at ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) to play
  30. 30.Sneha is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climb (d) to climb
  31. 31.Diya wanted ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) to clap (c) clapping (d) claps
  32. 32.Tara is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) to swim
  33. 33.Kunal kept ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buy (c) to buy (d) buying
  34. 34.Riya is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) speaking (d) to speak
  35. 35.Isha planned ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) claps (d) to clap
  36. 36.Zoya is interested in ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wear (c) wearing (d) wears
  37. 37.Isha practised ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carry
  38. 38.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) singing (b) to sing (c) sing (d) sings
  39. 39.Diya enjoyed ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swim
  40. 40.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) to jog (d) jogging

Answer key

  1. going
  2. eating
  3. going
  4. dancing
  5. running
  6. sending
  7. to climb
  8. to make
  9. baking
  10. to write
  11. riding
  12. to send
  13. to win
  14. bringing
  15. flying
  16. to win
  17. eating
  18. winning
  19. baking
  20. cleaning
  21. to swim
  22. drinking
  23. planting
  24. to study
  25. to build
  26. to watch
  27. buying
  28. speaking
  29. playing
  30. climbing
  31. to clap
  32. swimming
  33. buying
  34. speaking
  35. to clap
  36. wearing
  37. carrying
  38. singing
  39. swimming
  40. jogging

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