Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 22 · 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.Aditya avoided ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
2. 2.Manav planned ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) to clean
3. 3.Kunal refused ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catching (c) catches (d) to catch
4. 4.Riya is good at ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bake
5. 5.Omkar is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) plays (b) to play (c) play (d) playing
6. 6.Isha avoided ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flying
7. 7.Omkar wanted ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wear (c) wears (d) wearing
8. 8.Isha is tired of ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
9. 9.Tara is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
10. 10.Kavya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to plant (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
11. 11.Karan is fond of ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throw (c) throws (d) to throw
12. 12.Kunal is good at ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buy (c) buying (d) buys
13. 13.Kabir is interested in ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
14. 14.Ananya avoided ___ a song. (a) singing (b) sings (c) to sing (d) sing
15. 15.Pooja is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bringing (b) to bring (c) bring (d) brings
16. 16.Yash practised ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jog (d) to jog
17. 17.Pooja promised ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) to clap (d) claps
18. 18.Diya is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
19. 19.Vivaan decided ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climb (d) to climb
20. 20.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) baking
21. 21.Arjun planned ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) speaking (d) to speak
22. 22.Rohan kept ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
23. 23.Tara practised ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) to carry (c) carry (d) carries
24. 24.Rahul avoided ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) to swim
25. 25.Ananya is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) dances (d) to dance
26. 26.Ananya is tired of ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) to climb (c) climbing (d) climb
27. 27.Myra planned ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) to clean (d) cleaning
28. 28.Farhan refused ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) to play
29. 29.Isha is interested in ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) to watch (c) watch (d) watching
30. 30.Neel avoided ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drinking
31. 31.Aditya needed ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) builds (c) to build (d) building
32. 32.Nisha wanted ___ the match. (a) winning (b) win (c) to win (d) wins
33. 33.Vivaan is interested in ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) to bake
34. 34.Rohan is good at ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) to dance (d) dance
35. 35.Dev is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throwing (b) to throw (c) throws (d) throw
36. 36.Manav is good at ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
37. 37.Rahul needed ___ lunch. (a) brings (b) bring (c) to bring (d) bringing
38. 38.Vivaan is interested in ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catching (c) catch (d) to catch
39. 39.Manav hoped ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogging (d) to jog
40. 40.Ishaan is fond of ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry

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