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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 204 · 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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Aarav kept ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catching (c) catches (d) to catch
  2. 2.Vivaan kept ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
  3. 3.Ira is interested in ___ the train. (a) to take (b) taking (c) takes (d) take
  4. 4.Ananya is tired of ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) to drink
  5. 5.Manav kept ___ to school. (a) go (b) to go (c) goes (d) going
  6. 6.Farhan agreed ___ a message. (a) sending (b) to send (c) send (d) sends
  7. 7.Ishaan is fond of ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dancing (d) dances
  8. 8.Ishaan finished ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eats (c) eat (d) eating
  9. 9.Farhan enjoyed ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washing (c) to wash (d) washes
  10. 10.Aditya avoided ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) to play
  11. 11.Isha finished ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carries
  12. 12.Priya needed ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) claps (d) to clap
  13. 13.Isha is good at ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) to bake (c) bake (d) bakes
  14. 14.Kavya is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
  15. 15.Farhan is tired of ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) to play
  16. 16.Ira is interested in ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) washes (c) to wash (d) wash
  17. 17.Isha wanted ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catch (c) catching (d) to catch
  18. 18.Meera is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) to buy
  19. 19.Manav is tired of ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) flying (c) to fly (d) fly
  20. 20.Ishaan needed ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) to play
  21. 21.Neel is interested in ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) to clap (c) clapping (d) clap
  22. 22.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) drinking (d) to drink
  23. 23.Yash is tired of ___ tea. (a) make (b) to make (c) making (d) makes
  24. 24.Arjun decided ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) to clean
  25. 25.Kunal enjoyed ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy
  26. 26.Aditya is good at ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) riding (c) to ride (d) rides
  27. 27.Kabir enjoyed ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) to make (d) makes
  28. 28.Myra promised ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) to drink (c) drinking (d) drink
  29. 29.Yash planned ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carry
  30. 30.Manav refused ___ the train. (a) takes (b) taking (c) to take (d) take
  31. 31.Pooja needed ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catching (c) to catch (d) catches
  32. 32.Farhan is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) to make (b) making (c) make (d) makes
  33. 33.Riya is interested in ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) washes (c) wash (d) to wash
  34. 34.Omkar is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) to send (b) send (c) sending (d) sends
  35. 35.Yash is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) to drink (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
  36. 36.Neel is fond of ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) to swim (c) swims (d) swimming
  37. 37.Aditya finished ___ the match. (a) wins (b) to win (c) winning (d) win
  38. 38.Karan wanted ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
  39. 39.Zoya is fond of ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) help (c) to help (d) helping
  40. 40.Neel agreed ___ the match. (a) win (b) wins (c) to win (d) winning

Answer key

  1. catching
  2. speaking
  3. taking
  4. drinking
  5. going
  6. to send
  7. dancing
  8. eating
  9. washing
  10. playing
  11. carrying
  12. to clap
  13. baking
  14. watching
  15. playing
  16. washing
  17. to catch
  18. buying
  19. flying
  20. to play
  21. clapping
  22. drinking
  23. making
  24. to clean
  25. buying
  26. riding
  27. making
  28. to drink
  29. to carry
  30. to take
  31. to catch
  32. making
  33. washing
  34. sending
  35. drinking
  36. swimming
  37. winning
  38. to sing
  39. helping
  40. to win

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