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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 168 · 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.Riya is tired of ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) rides (c) ride (d) to ride
  2. 2.Meera is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) drawing (b) to draw (c) draw (d) draws
  3. 3.Zoya finished ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooking
  4. 4.Ishaan finished ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flying (d) to fly
  5. 5.Yash is tired of ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) to bake
  6. 6.Priya enjoyed ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) to clap (c) clapping (d) clap
  7. 7.Meera is interested in ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draws (c) drawing (d) draw
  8. 8.Karan kept ___ a message. (a) sending (b) to send (c) sends (d) send
  9. 9.Kabir is fond of ___ a story. (a) tell (b) tells (c) to tell (d) telling
  10. 10.Aditya wanted ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swims (c) to swim (d) swimming
  11. 11.Myra is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helping (b) helps (c) to help (d) help
  12. 12.Karan planned ___ the match. (a) winning (b) wins (c) win (d) to win
  13. 13.Meera kept ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
  14. 14.Aisha wanted ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) to dance (c) dancing (d) dance
  15. 15.Dev enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) to climb (d) climbing
  16. 16.Saanvi wanted ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wears (c) wearing (d) to wear
  17. 17.Meera wanted ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) to help (c) helps (d) help
  18. 18.Karan enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbs (d) to climb
  19. 19.Saanvi is good at ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drinking
  20. 20.Manav is interested in ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  21. 21.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writes (b) write (c) writing (d) to write
  22. 22.Nisha decided ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) writes (c) write (d) to write
  23. 23.Omkar is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
  24. 24.Diya enjoyed ___ tea. (a) making (b) makes (c) to make (d) make
  25. 25.Yash is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) to feed
  26. 26.Aisha is fond of ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  27. 27.Ira promised ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
  28. 28.Meera refused ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plant (c) to plant (d) plants
  29. 29.Yash is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) sings (b) to sing (c) singing (d) sing
  30. 30.Pooja practised ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throw (c) throws (d) to throw
  31. 31.Myra finished ___ the match. (a) wins (b) to win (c) winning (d) win
  32. 32.Kavya finished ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throwing (c) throw (d) throws
  33. 33.Kabir hoped ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watch (c) to watch (d) watching
  34. 34.Riya kept ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
  35. 35.Arjun is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) to dance (d) dances
  36. 36.Kabir is good at ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buy (c) buying (d) to buy
  37. 37.Kavya decided ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dances (c) to dance (d) dancing
  38. 38.Nisha practised ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) dances (d) to dance
  39. 39.Ananya is interested in ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) to feed
  40. 40.Vivaan wanted ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catch (c) catching (d) catches

Answer key

  1. riding
  2. drawing
  3. cooking
  4. flying
  5. baking
  6. clapping
  7. drawing
  8. sending
  9. telling
  10. to swim
  11. helping
  12. to win
  13. helping
  14. to dance
  15. climbing
  16. to wear
  17. to help
  18. climbing
  19. drinking
  20. baking
  21. writing
  22. to write
  23. baking
  24. making
  25. feeding
  26. baking
  27. to play
  28. to plant
  29. singing
  30. throwing
  31. winning
  32. throwing
  33. to watch
  34. washing
  35. dancing
  36. buying
  37. to dance
  38. dancing
  39. feeding
  40. to catch

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