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