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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 225 · 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.Karan avoided ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helps (c) help (d) helping
  2. 2.Rahul is fond of ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  3. 3.Aditya finished ___ a message. (a) sends (b) send (c) to send (d) sending
  4. 4.Yash is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swim (b) to swim (c) swims (d) swimming
  5. 5.Manav hoped ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) dance
  6. 6.Kavya is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) to make (b) making (c) make (d) makes
  7. 7.Aisha practised ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) makes (d) to make
  8. 8.Riya is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy
  9. 9.Rohan is good at ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buy (c) buying (d) buys
  10. 10.Meera practised ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) to write (c) write (d) writing
  11. 11.Kabir is interested in ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) to bake
  12. 12.Rahul kept ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) throw (c) throwing (d) to throw
  13. 13.Kavya is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eat (b) to eat (c) eating (d) eats
  14. 14.Diya promised ___ the match. (a) wins (b) to win (c) winning (d) win
  15. 15.Rohan enjoyed ___ a song. (a) sing (b) singing (c) to sing (d) sings
  16. 16.Riya is interested in ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helping (c) helps (d) to help
  17. 17.Arjun is interested in ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) to climb
  18. 18.Meera is good at ___ a story. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) tell (d) telling
  19. 19.Isha is fond of ___ the match. (a) to win (b) win (c) wins (d) winning
  20. 20.Omkar enjoyed ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinking (c) drink (d) drinks
  21. 21.Aisha avoided ___ cricket. (a) play (b) to play (c) playing (d) plays
  22. 22.Manav avoided ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) write (c) writing (d) to write
  23. 23.Sneha is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  24. 24.Nisha is fond of ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) eat (c) eats (d) to eat
  25. 25.Rohan is fond of ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) runs (c) run (d) running
  26. 26.Tara hoped ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) send (d) sending
  27. 27.Myra decided ___ for the team. (a) to clap (b) clapping (c) claps (d) clap
  28. 28.Farhan avoided ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climb
  29. 29.Riya is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) to eat (b) eats (c) eat (d) eating
  30. 30.Sneha practised ___ the train. (a) taking (b) takes (c) to take (d) take
  31. 31.Rohan is fond of ___ to school. (a) goes (b) going (c) to go (d) go
  32. 32.Arjun is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) building (b) build (c) builds (d) to build
  33. 33.Zoya avoided ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) to wash (c) wash (d) washing
  34. 34.Dev agreed ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
  35. 35.Aditya planned ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flies
  36. 36.Isha avoided ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) to dance (d) dance
  37. 37.Vivaan is good at ___ science. (a) studying (b) studies (c) to study (d) study
  38. 38.Karan decided ___ milk. (a) drinking (b) drinks (c) drink (d) to drink
  39. 39.Manav is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) to make (b) make (c) makes (d) making
  40. 40.Vivaan is good at ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) to bake

Answer key

  1. helping
  2. carrying
  3. sending
  4. swimming
  5. to dance
  6. making
  7. making
  8. buying
  9. buying
  10. writing
  11. baking
  12. throwing
  13. eating
  14. to win
  15. singing
  16. helping
  17. climbing
  18. telling
  19. winning
  20. drinking
  21. playing
  22. writing
  23. jogging
  24. eating
  25. running
  26. to send
  27. to clap
  28. climbing
  29. eating
  30. taking
  31. going
  32. building
  33. washing
  34. to climb
  35. to fly
  36. dancing
  37. studying
  38. to drink
  39. making
  40. baking

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