Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 228 · 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.Myra hoped ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) to bake (d) bake
2. 2.Farhan is interested in ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleans
3. 3.Ishaan enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) ride (c) riding (d) to ride
4. 4.Myra is tired of ___ the train. (a) take (b) to take (c) takes (d) taking
5. 5.Saanvi kept ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) plants (d) planting
6. 6.Ira planned ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) to wash (c) washes (d) washing
7. 7.Saanvi planned ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carry
8. 8.Neel is tired of ___ cricket. (a) play (b) to play (c) playing (d) plays
9. 9.Dev is interested in ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) brings (c) bringing (d) to bring
10. 10.Diya finished ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) to play
11. 11.Dev promised ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) builds (c) to build (d) build
12. 12.Tara avoided ___ in the park. (a) run (b) to run (c) runs (d) running
13. 13.Kabir avoided ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) to fly (c) flying (d) fly
14. 14.Ira is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swims (b) to swim (c) swimming (d) swim
15. 15.Omkar hoped ___ a message. (a) sends (b) to send (c) sending (d) send
16. 16.Tara agreed ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbs (d) to climb
17. 17.Zoya is tired of ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
18. 18.Diya hoped ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) helping (c) to help (d) help
19. 19.Aisha kept ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carries (d) to carry
20. 20.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sing (d) to sing
21. 21.Farhan is good at ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
22. 22.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) to draw (b) draws (c) drawing (d) draw
23. 23.Manav wanted ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) to clap (c) clapping (d) clap
24. 24.Pooja is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wear (b) wears (c) to wear (d) wearing
25. 25.Farhan agreed ___ tea. (a) making (b) makes (c) make (d) to make
26. 26.Farhan is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) washing (b) washes (c) wash (d) to wash
27. 27.Aarav promised ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) dances (d) to dance
28. 28.Kabir kept ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
29. 29.Karan wanted ___ the match. (a) winning (b) to win (c) wins (d) win
30. 30.Isha hoped ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) to bake
31. 31.Riya planned ___ the room. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleaning (d) cleans
32. 32.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) plants (d) planting
33. 33.Aditya wanted ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) dance (d) to dance
34. 34.Saanvi enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) plant
35. 35.Farhan is interested in ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) rides (d) riding
36. 36.Aditya refused ___ to school. (a) go (b) to go (c) going (d) goes
37. 37.Manav is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
38. 38.Dev avoided ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) bring (c) brings (d) bringing
39. 39.Aarav finished ___ a story. (a) tells (b) tell (c) telling (d) to tell
40. 40.Nisha is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wear (b) wears (c) to wear (d) wearing

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