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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 20 · 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.Aarav promised ___ to school. (a) goes (b) going (c) go (d) to go
  2. 2.Yash is tired of ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) to buy (c) buying (d) buys
  3. 3.Manav is tired of ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
  4. 4.Diya avoided ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
  5. 5.Aarav agreed ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) to cook
  6. 6.Rohan planned ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy (d) to buy
  7. 7.Karan hoped ___ the train. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) to take
  8. 8.Rahul hoped ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
  9. 9.Neel wanted ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) plants (d) planting
  10. 10.Nisha enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) to plant
  11. 11.Arjun is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) to drink (d) drinking
  12. 12.Aditya enjoyed ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cooking
  13. 13.Aisha agreed ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) draws (d) to draw
  14. 14.Aisha hoped ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  15. 15.Meera is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
  16. 16.Tara enjoyed ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooks
  17. 17.Saanvi is tired of ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) help (c) helping (d) helps
  18. 18.Karan practised ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  19. 19.Nisha is interested in ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swim (c) swims (d) swimming
  20. 20.Pooja enjoyed ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooking
  21. 21.Ira practised ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) to feed
  22. 22.Ananya is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) washes (b) to wash (c) wash (d) washing
  23. 23.Ananya enjoyed ___ tea. (a) to make (b) making (c) make (d) makes
  24. 24.Rohan is tired of ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) tell
  25. 25.Aisha is fond of ___ science. (a) study (b) studies (c) to study (d) studying
  26. 26.Kavya is tired of ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) to dance (c) dance (d) dances
  27. 27.Saanvi is tired of ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
  28. 28.Aarav is fond of ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  29. 29.Rohan finished ___ the train. (a) to take (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
  30. 30.Manav wanted ___ a song. (a) sing (b) sings (c) singing (d) to sing
  31. 31.Omkar planned ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) to feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
  32. 32.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) to ride (b) ride (c) rides (d) riding
  33. 33.Rohan is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) wash (b) to wash (c) washing (d) washes
  34. 34.Kunal is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) to speak (d) speak
  35. 35.Rahul finished ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) riding (d) rides
  36. 36.Saanvi finished ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) dance (d) to dance
  37. 37.Manav is fond of ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buys (c) to buy (d) buying
  38. 38.Karan is interested in ___ science. (a) to study (b) study (c) studying (d) studies
  39. 39.Zoya kept ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) to bake (d) bake
  40. 40.Ananya is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eats (b) to eat (c) eating (d) eat

Answer key

  1. to go
  2. buying
  3. flying
  4. speaking
  5. to cook
  6. to buy
  7. to take
  8. to jog
  9. to plant
  10. planting
  11. drinking
  12. cooking
  13. to draw
  14. to draw
  15. washing
  16. cooking
  17. helping
  18. baking
  19. swimming
  20. cooking
  21. feeding
  22. washing
  23. making
  24. telling
  25. studying
  26. dancing
  27. baking
  28. baking
  29. taking
  30. to sing
  31. to feed
  32. riding
  33. washing
  34. speaking
  35. riding
  36. dancing
  37. buying
  38. studying
  39. baking
  40. eating

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