← Gerunds and infinitives lesson New set →

Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 167 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Karan is fond of ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) to swim
  2. 2.Saanvi is interested in ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) brings (d) to bring
  3. 3.Kavya avoided ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) to throw (c) throw (d) throwing
  4. 4.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) to plant
  5. 5.Ishaan is interested in ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) to draw (c) draw (d) drawing
  6. 6.Dev is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) to swim
  7. 7.Manav enjoyed ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
  8. 8.Aditya refused ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
  9. 9.Tara is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
  10. 10.Aditya practised ___ a song. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sing (d) to sing
  11. 11.Manav refused ___ to school. (a) goes (b) to go (c) go (d) going
  12. 12.Isha is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) to wash (b) washing (c) washes (d) wash
  13. 13.Ananya promised ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogs (d) to jog
  14. 14.Riya is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) to swim
  15. 15.Arjun practised ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catch (c) catching (d) catches
  16. 16.Kunal enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) to bake
  17. 17.Tara enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) riding (c) rides (d) to ride
  18. 18.Isha wanted ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapping (d) to clap
  19. 19.Rahul wanted ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) to draw (d) draw
  20. 20.Dev wanted ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carrying
  21. 21.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) to swim
  22. 22.Pooja is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climb (d) to climb
  23. 23.Kabir avoided ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak
  24. 24.Neel enjoyed ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) help (d) helps
  25. 25.Isha is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) plants (b) plant (c) to plant (d) planting
  26. 26.Rohan is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jog (d) to jog
  27. 27.Rahul is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) to speak (d) speaking
  28. 28.Kunal planned ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeds
  29. 29.Ishaan is tired of ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) to clap (c) claps (d) clapping
  30. 30.Manav is interested in ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) to help (c) helping (d) help
  31. 31.Riya is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jogs (b) to jog (c) jogging (d) jog
  32. 32.Nisha is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to run (b) running (c) run (d) runs
  33. 33.Aarav is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studying (b) study (c) studies (d) to study
  34. 34.Tara is good at ___ science. (a) to study (b) study (c) studying (d) studies
  35. 35.Priya is tired of ___ rice. (a) cook (b) to cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
  36. 36.Kabir agreed ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooks
  37. 37.Rahul is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) to ride (b) rides (c) ride (d) riding
  38. 38.Aditya is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) run (b) to run (c) runs (d) running
  39. 39.Nisha is interested in ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carrying
  40. 40.Diya decided ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cooking

Answer key

  1. swimming
  2. bringing
  3. throwing
  4. planting
  5. drawing
  6. swimming
  7. writing
  8. to write
  9. baking
  10. singing
  11. to go
  12. washing
  13. to jog
  14. swimming
  15. catching
  16. baking
  17. riding
  18. to clap
  19. to draw
  20. to carry
  21. swimming
  22. climbing
  23. speaking
  24. helping
  25. planting
  26. jogging
  27. speaking
  28. to feed
  29. clapping
  30. helping
  31. jogging
  32. running
  33. studying
  34. studying
  35. cooking
  36. to cook
  37. riding
  38. running
  39. carrying
  40. to cook

Free english grammar lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-grammar