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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 231 · 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.Rahul practised ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catching (c) to catch (d) catches
  2. 2.Zoya is tired of ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
  3. 3.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) planting (b) plant (c) to plant (d) plants
  4. 4.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) runs (b) to run (c) run (d) running
  5. 5.Riya refused ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) to drink
  6. 6.Neel is good at ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wear (c) wears (d) wearing
  7. 7.Saanvi practised ___ cricket. (a) play (b) plays (c) to play (d) playing
  8. 8.Diya enjoyed ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tells (c) to tell (d) tell
  9. 9.Tara promised ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) to climb (d) climbing
  10. 10.Aarav is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throws (b) to throw (c) throwing (d) throw
  11. 11.Neel is good at ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbs
  12. 12.Tara enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) ride (c) rides (d) riding
  13. 13.Saanvi avoided ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) to jog (d) jogs
  14. 14.Pooja kept ___ tea. (a) makes (b) making (c) make (d) to make
  15. 15.Rahul is interested in ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogging (d) to jog
  16. 16.Rohan is interested in ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) cleaning (d) clean
  17. 17.Ananya is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) drawing (b) to draw (c) draws (d) draw
  18. 18.Vivaan practised ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) to climb (c) climb (d) climbs
  19. 19.Pooja is good at ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) to help (c) helping (d) help
  20. 20.Ananya is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rides (d) to ride
  21. 21.Karan is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) to win
  22. 22.Nisha is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) write (b) writing (c) writes (d) to write
  23. 23.Meera kept ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) to fly (c) flies (d) fly
  24. 24.Tara is good at ___ a song. (a) sings (b) to sing (c) singing (d) sing
  25. 25.Ira is fond of ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
  26. 26.Saanvi practised ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) to draw (d) draw
  27. 27.Ishaan kept ___ a message. (a) sending (b) to send (c) send (d) sends
  28. 28.Kavya is interested in ___ the ball. (a) catching (b) catches (c) to catch (d) catch
  29. 29.Isha planned ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogs (d) to jog
  30. 30.Tara enjoyed ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) to clean (d) cleaning
  31. 31.Aditya is fond of ___ science. (a) study (b) to study (c) studies (d) studying
  32. 32.Tara finished ___ science. (a) studying (b) study (c) studies (d) to study
  33. 33.Aditya is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) to speak (d) speaks
  34. 34.Aditya enjoyed ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watching (d) to watch
  35. 35.Ishaan is interested in ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) help (c) helping (d) helps
  36. 36.Vivaan avoided ___ a song. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sing (d) to sing
  37. 37.Riya enjoyed ___ the room. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
  38. 38.Rohan agreed ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) to swim
  39. 39.Dev refused ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drinking
  40. 40.Nisha kept ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) to feed (c) feeds (d) feed

Answer key

  1. catching
  2. playing
  3. planting
  4. running
  5. to drink
  6. wearing
  7. playing
  8. telling
  9. to climb
  10. throwing
  11. climbing
  12. riding
  13. jogging
  14. making
  15. jogging
  16. cleaning
  17. drawing
  18. climbing
  19. helping
  20. riding
  21. winning
  22. writing
  23. flying
  24. singing
  25. watching
  26. drawing
  27. sending
  28. catching
  29. to jog
  30. cleaning
  31. studying
  32. studying
  33. speaking
  34. watching
  35. helping
  36. singing
  37. cleaning
  38. to swim
  39. to drink
  40. feeding

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