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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 215 · 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.Sneha is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) study (b) to study (c) studies (d) studying
  2. 2.Isha agreed ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) bring (c) brings (d) bringing
  3. 3.Sneha is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) to climb (d) climbing
  4. 4.Vivaan kept ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) to climb (d) climbs
  5. 5.Ira is tired of ___ the match. (a) to win (b) win (c) wins (d) winning
  6. 6.Sneha finished ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) wears (d) to wear
  7. 7.Karan enjoyed ___ a story. (a) tell (b) to tell (c) tells (d) telling
  8. 8.Rahul planned ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) to write (c) writing (d) write
  9. 9.Farhan is tired of ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buy (c) buys (d) buying
  10. 10.Kabir enjoyed ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) write (c) writing (d) to write
  11. 11.Neel practised ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plant (c) to plant (d) plants
  12. 12.Meera is tired of ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) draws (d) to draw
  13. 13.Farhan is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) go (b) to go (c) goes (d) going
  14. 14.Vivaan planned ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooks
  15. 15.Rohan finished ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) ride (c) rides (d) riding
  16. 16.Manav is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buy (b) to buy (c) buying (d) buys
  17. 17.Dev refused ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak
  18. 18.Farhan finished ___ the train. (a) takes (b) take (c) taking (d) to take
  19. 19.Ananya is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) washes (b) washing (c) wash (d) to wash
  20. 20.Karan is fond of ___ science. (a) to study (b) studies (c) study (d) studying
  21. 21.Arjun promised ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) wash (c) washes (d) to wash
  22. 22.Dev is fond of ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) claps (d) to clap
  23. 23.Meera wanted ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
  24. 24.Farhan is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) play (b) to play (c) playing (d) plays
  25. 25.Neel kept ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) to play (c) playing (d) play
  26. 26.Manav avoided ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
  27. 27.Isha is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) to bring (b) bring (c) brings (d) bringing
  28. 28.Rahul avoided ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) riding (c) to ride (d) ride
  29. 29.Manav is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studying (b) study (c) studies (d) to study
  30. 30.Arjun kept ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watching (d) watch
  31. 31.Ira practised ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) speak (d) to speak
  32. 32.Karan avoided ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooks
  33. 33.Diya promised ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washes (d) to wash
  34. 34.Kunal is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) win (b) wins (c) to win (d) winning
  35. 35.Aisha is good at ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) to bake
  36. 36.Yash enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  37. 37.Zoya is interested in ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) to throw (c) throws (d) throwing
  38. 38.Riya is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) telling (b) to tell (c) tells (d) tell
  39. 39.Nisha finished ___ a story. (a) tell (b) to tell (c) tells (d) telling
  40. 40.Farhan is fond of ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) to swim (c) swimming (d) swims

Answer key

  1. studying
  2. to bring
  3. climbing
  4. climbing
  5. winning
  6. wearing
  7. telling
  8. to write
  9. buying
  10. writing
  11. planting
  12. drawing
  13. going
  14. to cook
  15. riding
  16. buying
  17. to speak
  18. taking
  19. washing
  20. studying
  21. to wash
  22. clapping
  23. to help
  24. playing
  25. playing
  26. speaking
  27. bringing
  28. riding
  29. studying
  30. watching
  31. speaking
  32. cooking
  33. to wash
  34. winning
  35. baking
  36. carrying
  37. throwing
  38. telling
  39. telling
  40. swimming

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