Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 219 · 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.Pooja enjoyed ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eating (c) eat (d) eats
2. 2.Aarav refused ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) building (c) build (d) to build
3. 3.Dev finished ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watch
4. 4.Kabir is good at ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) to clap (c) claps (d) clap
5. 5.Neel is fond of ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) to clean
6. 6.Aditya planned ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
7. 7.Sneha enjoyed ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) to cook (c) cooking (d) cook
8. 8.Priya is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) playing (b) to play (c) play (d) plays
9. 9.Saanvi hoped ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) run (d) running
10. 10.Karan is fond of ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dancing (c) dance (d) dances
11. 11.Nisha kept ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) to bake (d) bake
12. 12.Yash enjoyed ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catches (c) catch (d) catching
13. 13.Tara wanted ___ the train. (a) to take (b) taking (c) takes (d) take
14. 14.Farhan enjoyed ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaking (c) speak (d) speaks
15. 15.Ishaan refused ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinking (c) drink (d) drinks
16. 16.Neel is interested in ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
17. 17.Meera is fond of ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plants (c) plant (d) planting
18. 18.Aarav hoped ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) to throw
19. 19.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) write (b) writes (c) writing (d) to write
20. 20.Neel is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) making (b) make (c) makes (d) to make
21. 21.Arjun refused ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
22. 22.Nisha is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wear (b) to wear (c) wearing (d) wears
23. 23.Dev is tired of ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) to run
24. 24.Aditya is interested in ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) cook
25. 25.Arjun needed ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dance (c) to dance (d) dancing
26. 26.Kunal practised ___ the train. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) to take
27. 27.Omkar is good at ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
28. 28.Zoya is good at ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) baking
29. 29.Ishaan finished ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
30. 30.Zoya avoided ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carries (d) to carry
31. 31.Farhan is good at ___ the train. (a) to take (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
32. 32.Kabir kept ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
33. 33.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) to cook (b) cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
34. 34.Arjun is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) to bring (b) brings (c) bringing (d) bring
35. 35.Kabir is fond of ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) building (c) to build (d) builds
36. 36.Zoya is interested in ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) to catch (c) catching (d) catches
37. 37.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eating (b) to eat (c) eat (d) eats
38. 38.Omkar practised ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buying (c) buy (d) buys
39. 39.Myra promised ___ in the park. (a) running (b) to run (c) run (d) runs
40. 40.Kabir avoided ___ science. (a) study (b) to study (c) studies (d) studying

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