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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 173 · 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.Yash promised ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  2. 2.Neel refused ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) speaks (d) to speak
  3. 3.Kabir practised ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swims (c) to swim (d) swimming
  4. 4.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) fly (d) flying
  5. 5.Aisha practised ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throw (c) throws (d) to throw
  6. 6.Rohan avoided ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) to play
  7. 7.Arjun is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) rides (b) ride (c) riding (d) to ride
  8. 8.Aarav hoped ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinks (c) drink (d) drinking
  9. 9.Omkar is fond of ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) to speak (d) speak
  10. 10.Tara avoided ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) washing (c) to wash (d) wash
  11. 11.Yash is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) to play (b) play (c) plays (d) playing
  12. 12.Kavya enjoyed ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flying (c) fly (d) flies
  13. 13.Tara is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bringing (b) brings (c) to bring (d) bring
  14. 14.Tara is fond of ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
  15. 15.Kabir enjoyed ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) to wear (d) wears
  16. 16.Aarav is interested in ___ milk. (a) drinking (b) drinks (c) drink (d) to drink
  17. 17.Yash avoided ___ the match. (a) wins (b) to win (c) win (d) winning
  18. 18.Aditya is interested in ___ a message. (a) send (b) to send (c) sending (d) sends
  19. 19.Diya is tired of ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speak
  20. 20.Myra avoided ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) carry (d) to carry
  21. 21.Farhan is tired of ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  22. 22.Priya is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) runs (b) to run (c) run (d) running
  23. 23.Ananya is interested in ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
  24. 24.Diya enjoyed ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buy (c) to buy (d) buying
  25. 25.Kunal practised ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) catch
  26. 26.Neel is good at ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
  27. 27.Arjun kept ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  28. 28.Dev practised ___ science. (a) to study (b) studying (c) studies (d) study
  29. 29.Priya is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) bake
  30. 30.Ira practised ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  31. 31.Kavya is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) builds (c) building (d) to build
  32. 32.Nisha is good at ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carry
  33. 33.Omkar promised ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tells (c) to tell (d) tell
  34. 34.Pooja is fond of ___ tea. (a) make (b) makes (c) to make (d) making
  35. 35.Yash agreed ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drink
  36. 36.Omkar is interested in ___ the train. (a) takes (b) take (c) taking (d) to take
  37. 37.Nisha is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) to swim
  38. 38.Aarav is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
  39. 39.Isha is tired of ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) to climb (d) climbs
  40. 40.Yash wanted ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) makes (d) to make

Answer key

  1. to carry
  2. to speak
  3. swimming
  4. flying
  5. throwing
  6. playing
  7. riding
  8. to drink
  9. speaking
  10. washing
  11. playing
  12. flying
  13. bringing
  14. cooking
  15. wearing
  16. drinking
  17. winning
  18. sending
  19. speaking
  20. carrying
  21. dancing
  22. running
  23. bringing
  24. buying
  25. catching
  26. jogging
  27. baking
  28. studying
  29. baking
  30. jogging
  31. building
  32. carrying
  33. to tell
  34. making
  35. to drink
  36. taking
  37. swimming
  38. jogging
  39. climbing
  40. to make

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