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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 166 · 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.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sing (d) to sing
  2. 2.Arjun is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) to eat (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat
  3. 3.Omkar is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) to swim (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
  4. 4.Sneha is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) to play (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
  5. 5.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) to cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cook
  6. 6.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) to write (b) write (c) writes (d) writing
  7. 7.Isha avoided ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbs (d) to climb
  8. 8.Tara is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eating (b) eats (c) eat (d) to eat
  9. 9.Rohan planned ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  10. 10.Ishaan avoided ___ a message. (a) sending (b) to send (c) sends (d) send
  11. 11.Karan is good at ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
  12. 12.Yash is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) to cook (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooks
  13. 13.Rahul is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) builds (b) building (c) build (d) to build
  14. 14.Kabir is interested in ___ the train. (a) takes (b) take (c) to take (d) taking
  15. 15.Diya finished ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) helping (c) to help (d) help
  16. 16.Aarav is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) to play (b) play (c) plays (d) playing
  17. 17.Meera is good at ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) to cook (d) cook
  18. 18.Pooja is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) to bake (d) bake
  19. 19.Isha is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) to build (c) builds (d) building
  20. 20.Ananya is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak
  21. 21.Tara is interested in ___ to school. (a) to go (b) go (c) going (d) goes
  22. 22.Arjun is tired of ___ tea. (a) make (b) makes (c) to make (d) making
  23. 23.Zoya is fond of ___ science. (a) studying (b) to study (c) study (d) studies
  24. 24.Karan wanted ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) to jog (d) jogging
  25. 25.Kunal promised ___ the ball. (a) catching (b) catch (c) to catch (d) catches
  26. 26.Dev is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dances (b) to dance (c) dance (d) dancing
  27. 27.Myra is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  28. 28.Rahul is fond of ___ tea. (a) making (b) makes (c) to make (d) make
  29. 29.Omkar promised ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) running (d) run
  30. 30.Dev refused ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rides (d) to ride
  31. 31.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) riding (b) to ride (c) rides (d) ride
  32. 32.Rohan refused ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaking (c) speak (d) speaks
  33. 33.Isha agreed ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) eat
  34. 34.Myra is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) to drink (b) drinks (c) drink (d) drinking
  35. 35.Isha agreed ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) to wash (c) washes (d) washing
  36. 36.Meera avoided ___ a song. (a) sings (b) to sing (c) sing (d) singing
  37. 37.Pooja is interested in ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) to carry
  38. 38.Saanvi is good at ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
  39. 39.Tara is good at ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) to jog (d) jogging
  40. 40.Arjun is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) win (b) wins (c) to win (d) winning

Answer key

  1. singing
  2. eating
  3. swimming
  4. playing
  5. cooking
  6. writing
  7. climbing
  8. eating
  9. to carry
  10. sending
  11. writing
  12. cooking
  13. building
  14. taking
  15. helping
  16. playing
  17. cooking
  18. baking
  19. building
  20. speaking
  21. going
  22. making
  23. studying
  24. to jog
  25. to catch
  26. dancing
  27. drawing
  28. making
  29. to run
  30. to ride
  31. riding
  32. to speak
  33. to eat
  34. drinking
  35. to wash
  36. singing
  37. carrying
  38. feeding
  39. jogging
  40. winning

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