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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 234 · 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.Diya agreed ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  2. 2.Myra kept ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) feed (d) to feed
  3. 3.Rahul kept ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
  4. 4.Myra kept ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) to play (c) playing (d) play
  5. 5.Tara is interested in ___ a song. (a) sing (b) to sing (c) sings (d) singing
  6. 6.Isha agreed ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plant (c) plants (d) to plant
  7. 7.Isha decided ___ cricket. (a) play (b) plays (c) to play (d) playing
  8. 8.Ira practised ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catching (c) catches (d) to catch
  9. 9.Meera is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) building (b) builds (c) build (d) to build
  10. 10.Neel hoped ___ science. (a) studies (b) studying (c) study (d) to study
  11. 11.Ananya is good at ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) sings (c) sing (d) singing
  12. 12.Myra practised ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) run (d) running
  13. 13.Isha hoped ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleans
  14. 14.Neel is interested in ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carries (d) to carry
  15. 15.Rohan agreed ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  16. 16.Rahul kept ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) help (c) helping (d) helps
  17. 17.Kunal is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) to win (b) wins (c) win (d) winning
  18. 18.Saanvi is good at ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) speak
  19. 19.Aarav is tired of ___ to school. (a) going (b) goes (c) go (d) to go
  20. 20.Aditya avoided ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dancing (d) dances
  21. 21.Ishaan avoided ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) throw
  22. 22.Kabir kept ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) brings (c) to bring (d) bringing
  23. 23.Rahul kept ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
  24. 24.Aisha is interested in ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jogging (c) jog (d) to jog
  25. 25.Aditya is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) to clap (b) claps (c) clapping (d) clap
  26. 26.Kavya is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) wins (b) winning (c) win (d) to win
  27. 27.Dev agreed ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) to play
  28. 28.Rohan avoided ___ the train. (a) take (b) to take (c) taking (d) takes
  29. 29.Riya is tired of ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
  30. 30.Kabir kept ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook (d) to cook
  31. 31.Sneha practised ___ science. (a) studies (b) studying (c) study (d) to study
  32. 32.Yash is tired of ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) to clap (d) claps
  33. 33.Aditya hoped ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
  34. 34.Kabir enjoyed ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wears (c) to wear (d) wearing
  35. 35.Diya is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) go (b) goes (c) to go (d) going
  36. 36.Riya enjoyed ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) write (c) to write (d) writes
  37. 37.Pooja hoped ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) to cook (c) cooking (d) cook
  38. 38.Kavya finished ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) help (c) helping (d) helps
  39. 39.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) to climb (d) climb
  40. 40.Neel is tired of ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) helping (c) to help (d) help

Answer key

  1. to carry
  2. feeding
  3. jogging
  4. playing
  5. singing
  6. to plant
  7. to play
  8. catching
  9. building
  10. to study
  11. singing
  12. running
  13. to clean
  14. carrying
  15. to dance
  16. helping
  17. winning
  18. speaking
  19. going
  20. dancing
  21. throwing
  22. bringing
  23. bringing
  24. jogging
  25. clapping
  26. winning
  27. to play
  28. taking
  29. climbing
  30. cooking
  31. studying
  32. clapping
  33. to help
  34. wearing
  35. going
  36. writing
  37. to cook
  38. helping
  39. climbing
  40. helping

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