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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 216 · 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.Aditya finished ___ a story. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) telling (d) tell
  2. 2.Ananya is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) to make (b) make (c) making (d) makes
  3. 3.Ira is good at ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak
  4. 4.Tara decided ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) to jog
  5. 5.Aditya is fond of ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plant (c) to plant (d) plants
  6. 6.Yash is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) to climb (d) climb
  7. 7.Sneha finished ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) riding (c) ride (d) rides
  8. 8.Zoya practised ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helps (c) helping (d) help
  9. 9.Meera finished ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleans
  10. 10.Zoya avoided ___ science. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) to study
  11. 11.Dev promised ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) to play
  12. 12.Diya enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) planting (d) plants
  13. 13.Aarav is fond of ___ a song. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sing (d) to sing
  14. 14.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) fly (b) to fly (c) flies (d) flying
  15. 15.Tara avoided ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
  16. 16.Rohan finished ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat
  17. 17.Myra is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flies (b) to fly (c) flying (d) fly
  18. 18.Ananya enjoyed ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) to feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
  19. 19.Rahul kept ___ science. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) to study
  20. 20.Riya is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) to help
  21. 21.Arjun finished ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) eats (c) eating (d) to eat
  22. 22.Meera avoided ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) fly (d) flying
  23. 23.Dev is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cooking
  24. 24.Isha refused ___ the match. (a) to win (b) winning (c) win (d) wins
  25. 25.Diya is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throw (b) throws (c) to throw (d) throwing
  26. 26.Kabir enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) running (c) runs (d) run
  27. 27.Tara planned ___ to school. (a) to go (b) go (c) goes (d) going
  28. 28.Kavya is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) help (b) to help (c) helping (d) helps
  29. 29.Rohan is interested in ___ the match. (a) winning (b) win (c) wins (d) to win
  30. 30.Karan refused ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) to wash (c) wash (d) washing
  31. 31.Tara is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) to go (b) goes (c) go (d) going
  32. 32.Vivaan is tired of ___ a song. (a) sing (b) to sing (c) singing (d) sings
  33. 33.Isha promised ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carries (d) to carry
  34. 34.Meera needed ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) drawing (d) draws
  35. 35.Aarav is interested in ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook (d) to cook
  36. 36.Rohan agreed ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bake (c) to bake (d) bakes
  37. 37.Ira avoided ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dancing (d) dances
  38. 38.Aarav practised ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) washing (c) to wash (d) wash
  39. 39.Aditya finished ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) play (c) to play (d) playing
  40. 40.Priya is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) sings (b) sing (c) singing (d) to sing

Answer key

  1. telling
  2. making
  3. speaking
  4. to jog
  5. planting
  6. climbing
  7. riding
  8. helping
  9. cleaning
  10. studying
  11. to play
  12. planting
  13. singing
  14. flying
  15. writing
  16. eating
  17. flying
  18. feeding
  19. studying
  20. helping
  21. eating
  22. flying
  23. cooking
  24. to win
  25. throwing
  26. running
  27. to go
  28. helping
  29. winning
  30. to wash
  31. going
  32. singing
  33. to carry
  34. to draw
  35. cooking
  36. to bake
  37. dancing
  38. washing
  39. playing
  40. singing

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