Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 235 · 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.Sneha kept ___ a story. (a) telling (b) to tell (c) tells (d) tell
2. 2.Aarav practised ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flying (c) fly (d) flies
3. 3.Farhan hoped ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dance
4. 4.Kunal is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swimming (b) swims (c) to swim (d) swim
5. 5.Dev is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) send (b) sends (c) to send (d) sending
6. 6.Vivaan kept ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
7. 7.Yash is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speak (b) to speak (c) speaks (d) speaking
8. 8.Kabir needed ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) cleaning (d) clean
9. 9.Ira kept ___ the ball. (a) catching (b) catch (c) catches (d) to catch
10. 10.Aarav refused ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) to bake (d) baking
11. 11.Kabir finished ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
12. 12.Omkar is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) to take (b) taking (c) take (d) takes
13. 13.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) go (b) to go (c) going (d) goes
14. 14.Riya is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studies (b) studying (c) study (d) to study
15. 15.Sneha is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
16. 16.Karan practised ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carry
17. 17.Ananya is interested in ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) to feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
18. 18.Kabir is fond of ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plants (c) plant (d) planting
19. 19.Meera wanted ___ a story. (a) tell (b) tells (c) to tell (d) telling
20. 20.Kunal is tired of ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) cleaning (d) clean
21. 21.Sneha kept ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swims (d) to swim
22. 22.Priya agreed ___ milk. (a) drinking (b) to drink (c) drink (d) drinks
23. 23.Farhan promised ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) to bake
24. 24.Aditya enjoyed ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) to cook (d) cooks
25. 25.Farhan enjoyed ___ cricket. (a) play (b) plays (c) playing (d) to play
26. 26.Neel is tired of ___ science. (a) to study (b) study (c) studies (d) studying
27. 27.Pooja is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) to build (b) build (c) builds (d) building
28. 28.Omkar needed ___ the train. (a) taking (b) to take (c) takes (d) take
29. 29.Vivaan kept ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carrying
30. 30.Neel planned ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) to climb (d) climbs
31. 31.Pooja planned ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) to feed (c) feed (d) feeding
32. 32.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swim (b) to swim (c) swims (d) swimming
33. 33.Meera is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) to clean (d) clean
34. 34.Dev is good at ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wears (c) to wear (d) wearing
35. 35.Ishaan practised ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) baking
36. 36.Kunal needed ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drink
37. 37.Karan is good at ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) buy
38. 38.Isha is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) to fly
39. 39.Myra kept ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) building (c) builds (d) to build
40. 40.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooks (d) to cook

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