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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 203 · 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.Ira enjoyed ___ milk. (a) drinking (b) drink (c) drinks (d) to drink
  2. 2.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) to wear (b) wear (c) wears (d) wearing
  3. 3.Karan is interested in ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  4. 4.Kavya decided ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) bake
  5. 5.Isha agreed ___ the match. (a) win (b) winning (c) wins (d) to win
  6. 6.Farhan is fond of ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) to plant
  7. 7.Neel practised ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) to clean
  8. 8.Manav is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) run (b) to run (c) running (d) runs
  9. 9.Aisha is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  10. 10.Ishaan needed ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carrying
  11. 11.Vivaan planned ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  12. 12.Manav is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) brings (b) bring (c) bringing (d) to bring
  13. 13.Arjun decided ___ in the park. (a) running (b) runs (c) run (d) to run
  14. 14.Yash is interested in ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) to fly
  15. 15.Priya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) planting (d) plants
  16. 16.Rahul is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) to study (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
  17. 17.Rohan is fond of ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wearing (c) wears (d) wear
  18. 18.Ananya is fond of ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) write (c) writing (d) to write
  19. 19.Pooja enjoyed ___ lunch. (a) brings (b) to bring (c) bring (d) bringing
  20. 20.Riya needed ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washing (c) wash (d) washes
  21. 21.Sneha kept ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tell (c) to tell (d) tells
  22. 22.Manav is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tell (b) tells (c) telling (d) to tell
  23. 23.Omkar is fond of ___ the train. (a) takes (b) take (c) to take (d) taking
  24. 24.Rahul needed ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) catch
  25. 25.Ananya planned ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swim
  26. 26.Yash is interested in ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) to plant (c) plant (d) plants
  27. 27.Nisha enjoyed ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tells (c) telling (d) tell
  28. 28.Diya enjoyed ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooks (d) to cook
  29. 29.Rohan practised ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) rides (c) ride (d) to ride
  30. 30.Zoya is good at ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) writes (c) to write (d) write
  31. 31.Aisha avoided ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
  32. 32.Dev wanted ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) help (c) helps (d) helping
  33. 33.Dev is interested in ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) to watch (c) watching (d) watch
  34. 34.Karan wanted ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) to build (c) building (d) builds
  35. 35.Sneha is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) sending (b) to send (c) send (d) sends
  36. 36.Diya decided ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watching (c) to watch (d) watch
  37. 37.Aarav decided ___ tea. (a) making (b) make (c) makes (d) to make
  38. 38.Arjun is good at ___ a song. (a) sings (b) sing (c) singing (d) to sing
  39. 39.Isha is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) to feed
  40. 40.Priya is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carry (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carrying

Answer key

  1. drinking
  2. wearing
  3. jogging
  4. to bake
  5. to win
  6. planting
  7. cleaning
  8. running
  9. jogging
  10. to carry
  11. to bake
  12. bringing
  13. to run
  14. flying
  15. planting
  16. studying
  17. wearing
  18. writing
  19. bringing
  20. to wash
  21. telling
  22. telling
  23. taking
  24. to catch
  25. to swim
  26. planting
  27. telling
  28. cooking
  29. riding
  30. writing
  31. planting
  32. to help
  33. watching
  34. to build
  35. sending
  36. to watch
  37. to make
  38. singing
  39. feeding
  40. carrying

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