Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 208 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Karan enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
2. 2.Meera needed ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catching (c) catch (d) to catch
3. 3.Rohan decided ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) to clean
4. 4.Ira practised ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) throw (c) throwing (d) to throw
5. 5.Diya needed ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tell (c) tells (d) telling
6. 6.Aarav is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) to cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cook
7. 7.Kunal is tired of ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooks
8. 8.Ishaan is tired of ___ a message. (a) to send (b) send (c) sends (d) sending
9. 9.Rahul decided ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) builds (c) build (d) building
10. 10.Karan is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) to sing (b) sings (c) sing (d) singing
11. 11.Meera is good at ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
12. 12.Ananya finished ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogs (d) to jog
13. 13.Myra is fond of ___ a story. (a) tell (b) tells (c) to tell (d) telling
14. 14.Rahul wanted ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
15. 15.Rahul finished ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) to feed
16. 16.Neel promised ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) makes (d) to make
17. 17.Dev planned ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catching (c) catches (d) to catch
18. 18.Ananya is fond of ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wears (c) to wear (d) wearing
19. 19.Ananya is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bring (b) to bring (c) bringing (d) brings
20. 20.Diya is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) riding (b) rides (c) to ride (d) ride
21. 21.Pooja is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flying (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flies
22. 22.Ira finished ___ science. (a) studies (b) studying (c) to study (d) study
23. 23.Arjun is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writing (b) writes (c) write (d) to write
24. 24.Manav is tired of ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) ride (c) to ride (d) riding
25. 25.Aarav needed ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) runs (c) running (d) run
26. 26.Meera is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) to tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) tell
27. 27.Ishaan is fond of ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swim
28. 28.Arjun is good at ___ science. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) to study
29. 29.Yash is good at ___ in the park. (a) running (b) run (c) runs (d) to run
30. 30.Aisha is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
31. 31.Kabir avoided ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
32. 32.Yash is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) sends (b) to send (c) send (d) sending
33. 33.Nisha is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) washes (b) to wash (c) washing (d) wash
34. 34.Farhan is interested in ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carry
35. 35.Meera is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) build (b) building (c) to build (d) builds
36. 36.Riya avoided ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swims (d) to swim
37. 37.Sneha decided ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) riding (c) to ride (d) ride
38. 38.Meera is tired of ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
39. 39.Ishaan kept ___ to school. (a) going (b) to go (c) goes (d) go
40. 40.Pooja enjoyed ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) build (c) building (d) to build

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