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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 182 · 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.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) playing (b) play (c) to play (d) plays
  2. 2.Manav wanted ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) to help (c) helps (d) help
  3. 3.Karan is good at ___ to school. (a) going (b) goes (c) go (d) to go
  4. 4.Dev hoped ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drink
  5. 5.Neel decided ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tells (c) to tell (d) tell
  6. 6.Ananya is fond of ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) to help (c) helps (d) helping
  7. 7.Sneha avoided ___ tea. (a) make (b) makes (c) to make (d) making
  8. 8.Isha is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) sing (b) to sing (c) sings (d) singing
  9. 9.Manav planned ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) to help
  10. 10.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) to build (b) builds (c) building (d) build
  11. 11.Diya is interested in ___ science. (a) study (b) to study (c) studies (d) studying
  12. 12.Arjun decided ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throws (c) to throw (d) throwing
  13. 13.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) to bake (c) bake (d) bakes
  14. 14.Ira enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carries (d) to carry
  15. 15.Isha agreed ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) build (c) to build (d) building
  16. 16.Priya promised ___ to school. (a) going (b) goes (c) go (d) to go
  17. 17.Tara is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) plays (b) to play (c) playing (d) play
  18. 18.Farhan practised ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
  19. 19.Aditya is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) to swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swim
  20. 20.Riya practised ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flying (c) flies (d) to fly
  21. 21.Kunal enjoyed ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) to speak
  22. 22.Zoya is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speaks (b) to speak (c) speak (d) speaking
  23. 23.Meera planned ___ to school. (a) going (b) goes (c) go (d) to go
  24. 24.Karan hoped ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watching
  25. 25.Kabir hoped ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) to bake (d) baking
  26. 26.Ira enjoyed ___ a message. (a) send (b) to send (c) sends (d) sending
  27. 27.Kunal is fond of ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dance
  28. 28.Myra hoped ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) throw
  29. 29.Aarav decided ___ science. (a) study (b) to study (c) studying (d) studies
  30. 30.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) builds (b) building (c) to build (d) build
  31. 31.Myra is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wears (b) wearing (c) wear (d) to wear
  32. 32.Arjun finished ___ a song. (a) sing (b) sings (c) singing (d) to sing
  33. 33.Aisha is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) to help
  34. 34.Kabir hoped ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plant
  35. 35.Kavya is interested in ___ science. (a) studies (b) to study (c) studying (d) study
  36. 36.Sneha hoped ___ a message. (a) sends (b) sending (c) send (d) to send
  37. 37.Myra kept ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) to cook (d) cook
  38. 38.Arjun agreed ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) to bake
  39. 39.Dev practised ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planting (d) to plant
  40. 40.Aditya is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) winning (b) to win (c) win (d) wins

Answer key

  1. playing
  2. to help
  3. going
  4. to drink
  5. to tell
  6. helping
  7. making
  8. singing
  9. to help
  10. building
  11. studying
  12. to throw
  13. baking
  14. carrying
  15. to build
  16. to go
  17. playing
  18. cooking
  19. swimming
  20. flying
  21. speaking
  22. speaking
  23. to go
  24. to watch
  25. to bake
  26. sending
  27. dancing
  28. to throw
  29. to study
  30. building
  31. wearing
  32. singing
  33. helping
  34. to plant
  35. studying
  36. to send
  37. cooking
  38. to bake
  39. planting
  40. winning

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