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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 221 · 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.Kabir enjoyed ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) to throw (c) throwing (d) throws
  2. 2.Myra is interested in ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) wash (c) to wash (d) washing
  3. 3.Yash practised ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy
  4. 4.Manav is fond of ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) to buy (c) buying (d) buys
  5. 5.Neel refused ___ the train. (a) taking (b) takes (c) to take (d) take
  6. 6.Arjun is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) to cook
  7. 7.Aarav practised ___ a song. (a) singing (b) to sing (c) sing (d) sings
  8. 8.Ananya is good at ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) fly (d) flying
  9. 9.Kavya is good at ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) riding (c) ride (d) to ride
  10. 10.Saanvi needed ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) clap (d) to clap
  11. 11.Kabir decided ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carry (d) to carry
  12. 12.Pooja decided ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) to bake
  13. 13.Priya is fond of ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
  14. 14.Saanvi decided ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) fly (c) flying (d) flies
  15. 15.Aarav is good at ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) fly (c) flying (d) flies
  16. 16.Ananya practised ___ lunch. (a) brings (b) bring (c) bringing (d) to bring
  17. 17.Priya is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) running (b) run (c) runs (d) to run
  18. 18.Meera enjoyed ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) playing (c) to play (d) play
  19. 19.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) plants (b) to plant (c) plant (d) planting
  20. 20.Ishaan enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carrying
  21. 21.Kunal kept ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catch (c) catches (d) catching
  22. 22.Aarav planned ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watching (d) watches
  23. 23.Omkar is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
  24. 24.Kavya practised ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bake
  25. 25.Saanvi refused ___ a song. (a) sing (b) singing (c) sings (d) to sing
  26. 26.Tara practised ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) draw (d) to draw
  27. 27.Dev decided ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  28. 28.Ira promised ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleaning
  29. 29.Saanvi is fond of ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
  30. 30.Kabir finished ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
  31. 31.Kavya avoided ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
  32. 32.Isha is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writes (b) write (c) to write (d) writing
  33. 33.Isha enjoyed ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washes (d) to wash
  34. 34.Ishaan wanted ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) to speak
  35. 35.Vivaan avoided ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) baking (c) to bake (d) bakes
  36. 36.Farhan enjoyed ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writes (c) to write (d) writing
  37. 37.Farhan is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) study (b) studies (c) studying (d) to study
  38. 38.Sneha is good at ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) to speak (c) speak (d) speaks
  39. 39.Sneha decided ___ a song. (a) sing (b) sings (c) singing (d) to sing
  40. 40.Ishaan decided ___ cricket. (a) play (b) playing (c) plays (d) to play

Answer key

  1. throwing
  2. washing
  3. buying
  4. buying
  5. to take
  6. cooking
  7. singing
  8. flying
  9. riding
  10. to clap
  11. to carry
  12. to bake
  13. jogging
  14. to fly
  15. flying
  16. bringing
  17. running
  18. playing
  19. planting
  20. carrying
  21. catching
  22. to watch
  23. baking
  24. baking
  25. to sing
  26. drawing
  27. to carry
  28. to clean
  29. jogging
  30. singing
  31. jogging
  32. writing
  33. washing
  34. to speak
  35. baking
  36. writing
  37. studying
  38. speaking
  39. to sing
  40. to play

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