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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 202 · 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.Neel avoided ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  2. 2.Kabir is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) making (b) makes (c) make (d) to make
  3. 3.Kavya kept ___ cricket. (a) play (b) playing (c) plays (d) to play
  4. 4.Aisha is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) to swim (b) swim (c) swimming (d) swims
  5. 5.Diya is interested in ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing (d) to wear
  6. 6.Myra is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) to take (b) take (c) takes (d) taking
  7. 7.Isha is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) builds (c) build (d) building
  8. 8.Omkar is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
  9. 9.Ira avoided ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeding (c) feed (d) feeds
  10. 10.Myra kept ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) to drink (d) drinks
  11. 11.Kabir is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bring (b) to bring (c) bringing (d) brings
  12. 12.Ananya hoped ___ the train. (a) to take (b) taking (c) takes (d) take
  13. 13.Ananya is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) to help (b) help (c) helps (d) helping
  14. 14.Manav enjoyed ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) building (c) to build (d) build
  15. 15.Kavya wanted ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) to jog (c) jogging (d) jog
  16. 16.Myra wanted ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drinking
  17. 17.Meera refused ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
  18. 18.Rohan practised ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) draw (d) to draw
  19. 19.Sneha is interested in ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
  20. 20.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) study (b) studies (c) studying (d) to study
  21. 21.Omkar is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) to throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) throw
  22. 22.Rohan practised ___ science. (a) studying (b) to study (c) study (d) studies
  23. 23.Nisha practised ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cooking
  24. 24.Riya avoided ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catch (c) catches (d) catching
  25. 25.Yash practised ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) to play (c) playing (d) play
  26. 26.Omkar is good at ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleans (d) to clean
  27. 27.Rohan is fond of ___ the ball. (a) catching (b) catches (c) catch (d) to catch
  28. 28.Arjun promised ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleans
  29. 29.Ira practised ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) to feed (d) feed
  30. 30.Zoya avoided ___ science. (a) study (b) to study (c) studying (d) studies
  31. 31.Zoya avoided ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) to write (c) writes (d) write
  32. 32.Omkar finished ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carrying
  33. 33.Diya is interested in ___ the train. (a) takes (b) take (c) to take (d) taking
  34. 34.Aditya is interested in ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washes (c) washing (d) to wash
  35. 35.Isha refused ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) bake
  36. 36.Saanvi finished ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dance
  37. 37.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) catches (b) catch (c) catching (d) to catch
  38. 38.Diya is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleaning
  39. 39.Neel avoided ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy (d) to buy
  40. 40.Aditya is fond of ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) playing (c) play (d) plays

Answer key

  1. baking
  2. making
  3. playing
  4. swimming
  5. wearing
  6. taking
  7. building
  8. watching
  9. feeding
  10. drinking
  11. bringing
  12. to take
  13. helping
  14. building
  15. to jog
  16. to drink
  17. to write
  18. drawing
  19. playing
  20. studying
  21. throwing
  22. studying
  23. cooking
  24. catching
  25. playing
  26. cleaning
  27. catching
  28. to clean
  29. feeding
  30. studying
  31. writing
  32. carrying
  33. taking
  34. washing
  35. to bake
  36. dancing
  37. catching
  38. cleaning
  39. buying
  40. playing

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