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Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 23 · 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.Riya is interested in ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swims (c) swim (d) swimming
  2. 2.Diya is good at ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carries
  3. 3.Arjun agreed ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) write (c) writes (d) to write
  4. 4.Rahul kept ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
  5. 5.Rahul is fond of ___ a message. (a) send (b) sends (c) to send (d) sending
  6. 6.Nisha is good at ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) to throw (d) throws
  7. 7.Sneha is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jogging (b) to jog (c) jog (d) jogs
  8. 8.Farhan is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) help (b) helping (c) helps (d) to help
  9. 9.Aarav decided ___ tea. (a) make (b) to make (c) making (d) makes
  10. 10.Manav is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) to win (b) win (c) wins (d) winning
  11. 11.Isha is interested in ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) to dance (c) dance (d) dancing
  12. 12.Diya decided ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watching (c) to watch (d) watch
  13. 13.Priya needed ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogs (d) to jog
  14. 14.Myra refused ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) playing (c) to play (d) play
  15. 15.Priya promised ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) running (c) runs (d) run
  16. 16.Kunal promised ___ rice. (a) cook (b) to cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
  17. 17.Vivaan is tired of ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) run (d) running
  18. 18.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) washes (b) wash (c) washing (d) to wash
  19. 19.Myra is fond of ___ a message. (a) sends (b) sending (c) send (d) to send
  20. 20.Aisha is tired of ___ science. (a) to study (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
  21. 21.Ananya finished ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) writes (c) to write (d) write
  22. 22.Yash avoided ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swims (d) to swim
  23. 23.Riya is fond of ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) to catch
  24. 24.Priya is interested in ___ in the park. (a) run (b) runs (c) running (d) to run
  25. 25.Arjun kept ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) to clean (d) cleaning
  26. 26.Aarav is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helps (b) to help (c) helping (d) help
  27. 27.Sneha promised ___ the room. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
  28. 28.Meera is interested in ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) to bake (d) baking
  29. 29.Rahul is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
  30. 30.Aditya promised ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) to play
  31. 31.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) to bake
  32. 32.Aditya avoided ___ in the park. (a) running (b) runs (c) run (d) to run
  33. 33.Priya is fond of ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooks
  34. 34.Ishaan is tired of ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) to dance (c) dance (d) dancing
  35. 35.Dev is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buying (b) to buy (c) buys (d) buy
  36. 36.Kabir needed ___ tea. (a) makes (b) to make (c) making (d) make
  37. 37.Saanvi practised ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) to cook (c) cooks (d) cook
  38. 38.Isha is interested in ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) throw (c) throwing (d) to throw
  39. 39.Saanvi kept ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) catch
  40. 40.Neel practised ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) to help

Answer key

  1. swimming
  2. carrying
  3. to write
  4. cleaning
  5. sending
  6. throwing
  7. jogging
  8. helping
  9. to make
  10. winning
  11. dancing
  12. to watch
  13. to jog
  14. to play
  15. to run
  16. to cook
  17. running
  18. washing
  19. sending
  20. studying
  21. writing
  22. swimming
  23. catching
  24. running
  25. cleaning
  26. helping
  27. to clean
  28. baking
  29. flying
  30. to play
  31. baking
  32. running
  33. cooking
  34. dancing
  35. buying
  36. to make
  37. cooking
  38. throwing
  39. catching
  40. helping

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