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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 172 · 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.Dev is good at ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cook
  2. 2.Meera agreed ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) to help
  3. 3.Ira finished ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) to help
  4. 4.Meera is interested in ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) to play
  5. 5.Vivaan finished ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throw (c) throws (d) throwing
  6. 6.Karan is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) to go (b) going (c) go (d) goes
  7. 7.Myra is interested in ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeds
  8. 8.Kunal is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy (d) to buy
  9. 9.Karan enjoyed ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) to watch (c) watch (d) watching
  10. 10.Vivaan avoided ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) throw
  11. 11.Kabir kept ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) send (d) sending
  12. 12.Arjun enjoyed ___ milk. (a) drink (b) to drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
  13. 13.Rahul wanted ___ lunch. (a) brings (b) to bring (c) bring (d) bringing
  14. 14.Zoya kept ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flying
  15. 15.Karan avoided ___ science. (a) studies (b) to study (c) study (d) studying
  16. 16.Riya practised ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) to write (c) writes (d) write
  17. 17.Kavya is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carry (d) to carry
  18. 18.Ira is tired of ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) build (c) building (d) to build
  19. 19.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) to take
  20. 20.Aisha finished ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) wears (d) to wear
  21. 21.Zoya practised ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) bake
  22. 22.Riya promised ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) rides (c) to ride (d) riding
  23. 23.Aarav enjoyed ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) to swim (c) swim (d) swims
  24. 24.Ira refused ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) build (c) to build (d) builds
  25. 25.Karan needed ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) to play (c) playing (d) play
  26. 26.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) to tell (b) tell (c) telling (d) tells
  27. 27.Arjun is interested in ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throws (c) to throw (d) throwing
  28. 28.Omkar is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) to watch
  29. 29.Ira wanted ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
  30. 30.Sneha is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) ride (b) rides (c) to ride (d) riding
  31. 31.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) baking
  32. 32.Saanvi planned ___ a story. (a) tell (b) tells (c) to tell (d) telling
  33. 33.Meera is interested in ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) build (c) builds (d) to build
  34. 34.Kabir planned ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) clap (d) to clap
  35. 35.Ananya agreed ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  36. 36.Aisha is good at ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) to bring (c) bringing (d) brings
  37. 37.Vivaan finished ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draws (c) draw (d) drawing
  38. 38.Sneha is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wear (b) to wear (c) wears (d) wearing
  39. 39.Farhan is fond of ___ the train. (a) takes (b) taking (c) to take (d) take
  40. 40.Sneha is good at ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) dance

Answer key

  1. cooking
  2. to help
  3. helping
  4. playing
  5. throwing
  6. going
  7. feeding
  8. buying
  9. watching
  10. throwing
  11. sending
  12. drinking
  13. to bring
  14. flying
  15. studying
  16. writing
  17. carrying
  18. building
  19. taking
  20. wearing
  21. baking
  22. to ride
  23. swimming
  24. to build
  25. to play
  26. telling
  27. throwing
  28. watching
  29. to feed
  30. riding
  31. baking
  32. to tell
  33. building
  34. to clap
  35. to bake
  36. bringing
  37. drawing
  38. wearing
  39. taking
  40. dancing

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