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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 206 · 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.Karan is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooks (d) to cook
  2. 2.Saanvi refused ___ a song. (a) sing (b) sings (c) to sing (d) singing
  3. 3.Dev enjoyed ___ cricket. (a) play (b) plays (c) playing (d) to play
  4. 4.Manav is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buying (b) buy (c) buys (d) to buy
  5. 5.Sneha kept ___ the train. (a) taking (b) take (c) takes (d) to take
  6. 6.Neel avoided ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) to fly
  7. 7.Aditya is good at ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) to climb (c) climb (d) climbing
  8. 8.Arjun is good at ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) to clean
  9. 9.Manav is fond of ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) to climb (c) climbing (d) climb
  10. 10.Ananya practised ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) to study
  11. 11.Karan avoided ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) to bake
  12. 12.Kabir is interested in ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) write (c) to write (d) writing
  13. 13.Aarav agreed ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buy (d) buying
  14. 14.Saanvi avoided ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) sings (c) singing (d) sing
  15. 15.Saanvi is good at ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) cooking (d) to cook
  16. 16.Tara is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) to drink (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
  17. 17.Kavya wanted ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak
  18. 18.Saanvi practised ___ science. (a) studies (b) studying (c) study (d) to study
  19. 19.Kunal enjoyed ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) fly (c) to fly (d) flying
  20. 20.Kabir is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) to clap (b) clap (c) claps (d) clapping
  21. 21.Riya practised ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) to draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  22. 22.Riya needed ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) to drink
  23. 23.Myra is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) planting (d) plants
  24. 24.Aisha is interested in ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carry
  25. 25.Omkar decided ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watches (d) watching
  26. 26.Ira is fond of ___ tea. (a) makes (b) to make (c) making (d) make
  27. 27.Ishaan practised ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) run (c) runs (d) running
  28. 28.Saanvi needed ___ a message. (a) send (b) sending (c) sends (d) to send
  29. 29.Arjun enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) bake
  30. 30.Ira enjoyed ___ tea. (a) makes (b) making (c) make (d) to make
  31. 31.Kavya planned ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) running (c) to run (d) run
  32. 32.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eat (b) to eat (c) eating (d) eats
  33. 33.Riya finished ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) running (c) runs (d) run
  34. 34.Priya is fond of ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throwing (c) throw (d) throws
  35. 35.Yash finished ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swims (c) to swim (d) swimming
  36. 36.Kabir enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) to carry (c) carry (d) carries
  37. 37.Ira practised ___ lunch. (a) brings (b) to bring (c) bring (d) bringing
  38. 38.Riya is interested in ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) to play (c) plays (d) play
  39. 39.Kabir practised ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tells (c) tell (d) telling
  40. 40.Vivaan practised ___ a message. (a) sends (b) sending (c) send (d) to send

Answer key

  1. cooking
  2. to sing
  3. playing
  4. buying
  5. taking
  6. flying
  7. climbing
  8. cleaning
  9. climbing
  10. studying
  11. baking
  12. writing
  13. to buy
  14. singing
  15. cooking
  16. drinking
  17. to speak
  18. studying
  19. flying
  20. clapping
  21. drawing
  22. to drink
  23. planting
  24. carrying
  25. to watch
  26. making
  27. running
  28. to send
  29. baking
  30. making
  31. to run
  32. eating
  33. running
  34. throwing
  35. swimming
  36. carrying
  37. bringing
  38. playing
  39. telling
  40. sending

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