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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 159 · 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.Zoya is interested in ___ science. (a) to study (b) studies (c) studying (d) study
  2. 2.Meera is tired of ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) eating (c) to eat (d) eats
  3. 3.Dev is tired of ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) to feed (d) feed
  4. 4.Riya finished ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogs (d) to jog
  5. 5.Priya is fond of ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) to cook
  6. 6.Dev promised ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) to play (c) plays (d) play
  7. 7.Pooja is tired of ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) to bring (c) brings (d) bring
  8. 8.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
  9. 9.Isha hoped ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) to clap (c) clap (d) clapping
  10. 10.Omkar is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) to win
  11. 11.Aditya kept ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) to bring (c) bring (d) brings
  12. 12.Karan is good at ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eating (c) eat (d) eats
  13. 13.Dev is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) to take
  14. 14.Vivaan avoided ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) to clean
  15. 15.Kabir decided ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) makes (d) to make
  16. 16.Vivaan decided ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
  17. 17.Myra promised ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dance (c) to dance (d) dancing
  18. 18.Rohan kept ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) to play (c) playing (d) play
  19. 19.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) to play (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
  20. 20.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) to take (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
  21. 21.Ananya is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helping (b) help (c) to help (d) helps
  22. 22.Karan is good at ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) to feed (d) feeding
  23. 23.Yash is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) to clap (d) claps
  24. 24.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  25. 25.Ira is tired of ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helps (c) helping (d) help
  26. 26.Diya is interested in ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) to clean (d) cleans
  27. 27.Ananya is interested in ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wear (c) wears (d) wearing
  28. 28.Sneha enjoyed ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook (d) to cook
  29. 29.Meera is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) to write (b) write (c) writes (d) writing
  30. 30.Kunal hoped ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writes (c) writing (d) write
  31. 31.Kavya is interested in ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook (d) to cook
  32. 32.Farhan avoided ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washing (c) to wash (d) washes
  33. 33.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
  34. 34.Farhan finished ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brings (d) to bring
  35. 35.Aarav avoided ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
  36. 36.Priya is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) write (b) writing (c) to write (d) writes
  37. 37.Riya planned ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) plants (d) planting
  38. 38.Myra is good at ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) to help (c) helping (d) help
  39. 39.Yash practised ___ a story. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) tell (d) telling
  40. 40.Priya promised ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wear (c) wears (d) wearing

Answer key

  1. studying
  2. eating
  3. feeding
  4. jogging
  5. cooking
  6. to play
  7. bringing
  8. baking
  9. to clap
  10. winning
  11. bringing
  12. eating
  13. taking
  14. cleaning
  15. to make
  16. to jog
  17. to dance
  18. playing
  19. playing
  20. taking
  21. helping
  22. feeding
  23. clapping
  24. drawing
  25. helping
  26. cleaning
  27. wearing
  28. cooking
  29. writing
  30. to write
  31. cooking
  32. washing
  33. watching
  34. bringing
  35. baking
  36. writing
  37. to plant
  38. helping
  39. telling
  40. to wear

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