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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 230 · 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.Rohan enjoyed ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) to eat (c) eats (d) eat
  2. 2.Saanvi is good at ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) to dance (d) dances
  3. 3.Priya enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake (d) to bake
  4. 4.Saanvi avoided ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) builds (c) to build (d) build
  5. 5.Ishaan finished ___ a song. (a) sing (b) sings (c) to sing (d) singing
  6. 6.Sneha is tired of ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinks (c) drink (d) drinking
  7. 7.Riya is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carry
  8. 8.Kunal enjoyed ___ to school. (a) to go (b) go (c) goes (d) going
  9. 9.Myra practised ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) to dance (d) dance
  10. 10.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wearing (b) to wear (c) wears (d) wear
  11. 11.Aarav wanted ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
  12. 12.Karan decided ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) to speak
  13. 13.Nisha practised ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) bring (c) brings (d) bringing
  14. 14.Aditya promised ___ rice. (a) cook (b) to cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
  15. 15.Neel agreed ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) ride (c) to ride (d) riding
  16. 16.Aarav is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bringing (b) brings (c) bring (d) to bring
  17. 17.Omkar is interested in ___ to school. (a) goes (b) to go (c) go (d) going
  18. 18.Kavya is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) to win (b) wins (c) win (d) winning
  19. 19.Ira is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  20. 20.Aarav needed ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) running (d) run
  21. 21.Ananya is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) to play (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
  22. 22.Aarav finished ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buys (c) to buy (d) buying
  23. 23.Arjun practised ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plants (c) plant (d) planting
  24. 24.Kavya decided ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) to plant (c) plant (d) planting
  25. 25.Diya decided ___ a message. (a) sending (b) send (c) sends (d) to send
  26. 26.Ananya practised ___ the ball. (a) catching (b) to catch (c) catches (d) catch
  27. 27.Kabir enjoyed ___ a song. (a) sings (b) sing (c) to sing (d) singing
  28. 28.Diya practised ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) carry (d) to carry
  29. 29.Aditya is tired of ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) to clap (d) claps
  30. 30.Diya avoided ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) planting (d) plants
  31. 31.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) sings (b) sing (c) singing (d) to sing
  32. 32.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wear (b) wears (c) wearing (d) to wear
  33. 33.Kavya avoided ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) help (d) helps
  34. 34.Aisha finished ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaking (c) speak (d) speaks
  35. 35.Rahul is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watches (d) watching
  36. 36.Aarav practised ___ the room. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
  37. 37.Diya is interested in ___ the match. (a) winning (b) to win (c) win (d) wins
  38. 38.Vivaan finished ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) to feed (d) feed
  39. 39.Aisha promised ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wears (c) wearing (d) to wear
  40. 40.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) to tell (b) tells (c) telling (d) tell

Answer key

  1. eating
  2. dancing
  3. baking
  4. building
  5. singing
  6. drinking
  7. carrying
  8. going
  9. dancing
  10. wearing
  11. to help
  12. to speak
  13. bringing
  14. to cook
  15. to ride
  16. bringing
  17. going
  18. winning
  19. dancing
  20. to run
  21. playing
  22. buying
  23. planting
  24. to plant
  25. to send
  26. catching
  27. singing
  28. carrying
  29. clapping
  30. planting
  31. singing
  32. wearing
  33. helping
  34. speaking
  35. watching
  36. cleaning
  37. winning
  38. feeding
  39. to wear
  40. telling

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