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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 218 · 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.Myra enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) to bake (d) baking
  2. 2.Yash finished ___ a message. (a) send (b) to send (c) sends (d) sending
  3. 3.Rahul planned ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plant
  4. 4.Aarav is fond of ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buy (c) buys (d) buying
  5. 5.Kunal finished ___ in the park. (a) running (b) run (c) runs (d) to run
  6. 6.Aditya is good at ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) to swim
  7. 7.Neel practised ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) help (c) helping (d) helps
  8. 8.Ishaan decided ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) to fly
  9. 9.Nisha avoided ___ science. (a) to study (b) studies (c) study (d) studying
  10. 10.Diya finished ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
  11. 11.Rohan finished ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake (d) to bake
  12. 12.Priya is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) sings (b) sing (c) to sing (d) singing
  13. 13.Vivaan wanted ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) wash (c) washes (d) to wash
  14. 14.Ananya is interested in ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) building (c) build (d) to build
  15. 15.Ira is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) play (b) plays (c) playing (d) to play
  16. 16.Ishaan avoided ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) to carry
  17. 17.Kunal is tired of ___ the match. (a) wins (b) to win (c) winning (d) win
  18. 18.Ishaan kept ___ the train. (a) to take (b) takes (c) taking (d) take
  19. 19.Isha is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) wears (d) to wear
  20. 20.Saanvi avoided ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) baking
  21. 21.Aditya is good at ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throw (c) throws (d) to throw
  22. 22.Rohan is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy (d) to buy
  23. 23.Ananya agreed ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) eats (c) eating (d) to eat
  24. 24.Aisha is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapping (d) to clap
  25. 25.Isha agreed ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) to draw (c) draws (d) draw
  26. 26.Farhan is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) washes (b) washing (c) to wash (d) wash
  27. 27.Priya is interested in ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) draw (d) to draw
  28. 28.Neel practised ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) drawing (d) draws
  29. 29.Kunal needed ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) to plant
  30. 30.Ananya finished ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watch (c) to watch (d) watches
  31. 31.Dev is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) to clean
  32. 32.Nisha agreed ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swims (c) swimming (d) to swim
  33. 33.Manav avoided ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleans (d) to clean
  34. 34.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) to bake (c) bake (d) bakes
  35. 35.Isha is fond of ___ to school. (a) go (b) goes (c) to go (d) going
  36. 36.Aisha is tired of ___ science. (a) to study (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
  37. 37.Saanvi planned ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) drink (d) to drink
  38. 38.Ananya kept ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) to eat (c) eating (d) eat
  39. 39.Farhan refused ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
  40. 40.Omkar is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buying (b) buy (c) buys (d) to buy

Answer key

  1. baking
  2. sending
  3. to plant
  4. buying
  5. running
  6. swimming
  7. helping
  8. to fly
  9. studying
  10. jogging
  11. baking
  12. singing
  13. to wash
  14. building
  15. playing
  16. carrying
  17. winning
  18. taking
  19. wearing
  20. baking
  21. throwing
  22. buying
  23. to eat
  24. clapping
  25. to draw
  26. washing
  27. drawing
  28. drawing
  29. to plant
  30. watching
  31. cleaning
  32. to swim
  33. cleaning
  34. baking
  35. going
  36. studying
  37. to drink
  38. eating
  39. to bake
  40. buying

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