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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 198 · 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.Nisha is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writing (b) to write (c) writes (d) write
  2. 2.Meera is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speaks (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speak
  3. 3.Farhan is good at ___ science. (a) study (b) studies (c) studying (d) to study
  4. 4.Manav is good at ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) plants (d) planting
  5. 5.Karan needed ___ the match. (a) winning (b) win (c) wins (d) to win
  6. 6.Omkar is tired of ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cooking
  7. 7.Ananya enjoyed ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tell (c) tells (d) telling
  8. 8.Rohan kept ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) plant (c) to plant (d) planting
  9. 9.Sneha is fond of ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) to help
  10. 10.Tara needed ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) eat (c) eats (d) to eat
  11. 11.Isha is interested in ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
  12. 12.Myra is good at ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eating (d) eats
  13. 13.Aarav is interested in ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writing (c) to write (d) writes
  14. 14.Manav practised ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) to clean (d) clean
  15. 15.Tara enjoyed ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throws (c) throw (d) to throw
  16. 16.Riya enjoyed ___ tea. (a) making (b) to make (c) make (d) makes
  17. 17.Rahul kept ___ lunch. (a) brings (b) bringing (c) bring (d) to bring
  18. 18.Rohan is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleans (d) to clean
  19. 19.Yash hoped ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) write (c) writes (d) to write
  20. 20.Riya promised ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) to play
  21. 21.Neel kept ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) wash (c) to wash (d) washing
  22. 22.Aditya practised ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) to bake (d) baking
  23. 23.Tara agreed ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drinking
  24. 24.Nisha is interested in ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) running (d) run
  25. 25.Omkar enjoyed ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swim (c) swims (d) swimming
  26. 26.Zoya is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) to speak (d) speaks
  27. 27.Omkar is good at ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) to study (d) studying
  28. 28.Rahul is good at ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) helping (c) to help (d) help
  29. 29.Neel wanted ___ in the park. (a) run (b) runs (c) running (d) to run
  30. 30.Karan is interested in ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) drink
  31. 31.Yash is fond of ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  32. 32.Riya is tired of ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) to feed
  33. 33.Dev avoided ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tells (c) telling (d) tell
  34. 34.Dev is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drinking (b) to drink (c) drinks (d) drink
  35. 35.Arjun is good at ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tell (c) tells (d) to tell
  36. 36.Ira is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
  37. 37.Kavya kept ___ tea. (a) making (b) make (c) to make (d) makes
  38. 38.Diya planned ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) to feed (d) feed
  39. 39.Aisha avoided ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) drink
  40. 40.Myra practised ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat

Answer key

  1. writing
  2. speaking
  3. studying
  4. planting
  5. to win
  6. cooking
  7. telling
  8. planting
  9. helping
  10. to eat
  11. speaking
  12. eating
  13. writing
  14. cleaning
  15. throwing
  16. making
  17. bringing
  18. cleaning
  19. to write
  20. to play
  21. washing
  22. baking
  23. to drink
  24. running
  25. swimming
  26. speaking
  27. studying
  28. helping
  29. to run
  30. drinking
  31. jogging
  32. feeding
  33. telling
  34. drinking
  35. telling
  36. feeding
  37. making
  38. to feed
  39. drinking
  40. eating

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