← Gerunds and infinitives lesson New set →

Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 236 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Farhan agreed ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
  2. 2.Riya is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) to bring (b) brings (c) bringing (d) bring
  3. 3.Kunal practised ___ a message. (a) send (b) to send (c) sends (d) sending
  4. 4.Vivaan is fond of ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) to feed
  5. 5.Farhan hoped ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) to help (c) helps (d) helping
  6. 6.Diya practised ___ tea. (a) to make (b) make (c) makes (d) making
  7. 7.Arjun refused ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) wears (d) to wear
  8. 8.Karan is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) playing (b) to play (c) play (d) plays
  9. 9.Farhan is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  10. 10.Aisha is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throws (b) throw (c) throwing (d) to throw
  11. 11.Meera decided ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
  12. 12.Arjun is fond of ___ tea. (a) to make (b) makes (c) make (d) making
  13. 13.Dev practised ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) to play
  14. 14.Kabir is tired of ___ rice. (a) cook (b) to cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
  15. 15.Rohan enjoyed ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) cook
  16. 16.Pooja wanted ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) to climb
  17. 17.Vivaan wanted ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writing (c) writes (d) to write
  18. 18.Kavya is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) dance
  19. 19.Kunal wanted ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) rides (c) to ride (d) ride
  20. 20.Isha decided ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) ride (c) rides (d) riding
  21. 21.Sneha decided ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) baking
  22. 22.Manav practised ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) to dance (c) dance (d) dancing
  23. 23.Ira is interested in ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) to swim (c) swim (d) swims
  24. 24.Neel kept ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch (d) to watch
  25. 25.Aarav is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to run (b) run (c) runs (d) running
  26. 26.Aditya is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) to clean
  27. 27.Priya kept ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) to swim (c) swims (d) swim
  28. 28.Vivaan hoped ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
  29. 29.Arjun is tired of ___ a message. (a) to send (b) send (c) sends (d) sending
  30. 30.Myra is tired of ___ in the park. (a) run (b) runs (c) to run (d) running
  31. 31.Tara is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
  32. 32.Aarav hoped ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
  33. 33.Farhan refused ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) to play (c) play (d) plays
  34. 34.Sneha agreed ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) to swim
  35. 35.Saanvi finished ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catch (c) catching (d) to catch
  36. 36.Kavya is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) write (b) writing (c) to write (d) writes
  37. 37.Rahul is fond of ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brings (d) to bring
  38. 38.Rohan is good at ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) to swim (c) swimming (d) swims
  39. 39.Meera promised ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) to play (c) play (d) plays
  40. 40.Zoya needed ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) to ride (c) ride (d) riding

Answer key

  1. to bake
  2. bringing
  3. sending
  4. feeding
  5. to help
  6. making
  7. to wear
  8. playing
  9. dancing
  10. throwing
  11. to write
  12. making
  13. playing
  14. cooking
  15. cooking
  16. to climb
  17. to write
  18. dancing
  19. to ride
  20. to ride
  21. to bake
  22. dancing
  23. swimming
  24. watching
  25. running
  26. cleaning
  27. swimming
  28. to plant
  29. sending
  30. running
  31. flying
  32. to climb
  33. to play
  34. to swim
  35. catching
  36. writing
  37. bringing
  38. swimming
  39. to play
  40. to ride

Free english grammar lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-grammar