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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 237 · 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.Vivaan is tired of ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) to play
  2. 2.Neel is fond of ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) to swim (c) swims (d) swim
  3. 3.Omkar enjoyed ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) to speak
  4. 4.Meera planned ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
  5. 5.Ishaan enjoyed ___ a story. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) telling (d) tell
  6. 6.Vivaan refused ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) to cook
  7. 7.Kunal practised ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swim (d) to swim
  8. 8.Kavya avoided ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washes (c) washing (d) wash
  9. 9.Kabir kept ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) running (d) run
  10. 10.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cooking
  11. 11.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) to sing (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
  12. 12.Myra is tired of ___ to school. (a) go (b) going (c) goes (d) to go
  13. 13.Ira enjoyed ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) to dance (c) dance (d) dancing
  14. 14.Ishaan kept ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watching (d) watches
  15. 15.Neel avoided ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throwing (c) throw (d) throws
  16. 16.Dev enjoyed ___ science. (a) studies (b) to study (c) studying (d) study
  17. 17.Nisha is tired of ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) build (c) builds (d) building
  18. 18.Meera agreed ___ the match. (a) winning (b) wins (c) win (d) to win
  19. 19.Aarav is fond of ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) plants (c) to plant (d) planting
  20. 20.Manav refused ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) to buy (c) buy (d) buys
  21. 21.Isha is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watching (d) watches
  22. 22.Sneha needed ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeds
  23. 23.Kabir avoided ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing
  24. 24.Aarav is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) to make (b) making (c) make (d) makes
  25. 25.Ananya avoided ___ science. (a) studies (b) to study (c) studying (d) study
  26. 26.Manav is interested in ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) to dance (c) dance (d) dancing
  27. 27.Aarav kept ___ to school. (a) go (b) to go (c) goes (d) going
  28. 28.Priya avoided ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carry
  29. 29.Rohan enjoyed ___ tea. (a) makes (b) make (c) making (d) to make
  30. 30.Riya is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) fly (b) flying (c) to fly (d) flies
  31. 31.Manav is fond of ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) wash (c) washing (d) to wash
  32. 32.Farhan planned ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climb
  33. 33.Zoya is fond of ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) claps (c) to clap (d) clapping
  34. 34.Nisha is fond of ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
  35. 35.Nisha is good at ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) plants (c) to plant (d) planting
  36. 36.Aditya is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dancing (d) dances
  37. 37.Kavya decided ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) baking
  38. 38.Nisha needed ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) to wear (d) wears
  39. 39.Karan is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) sing (b) sings (c) to sing (d) singing
  40. 40.Farhan is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak

Answer key

  1. playing
  2. swimming
  3. speaking
  4. to bake
  5. telling
  6. to cook
  7. swimming
  8. washing
  9. running
  10. cooking
  11. singing
  12. going
  13. dancing
  14. watching
  15. throwing
  16. studying
  17. building
  18. to win
  19. planting
  20. to buy
  21. watching
  22. to feed
  23. dancing
  24. making
  25. studying
  26. dancing
  27. going
  28. carrying
  29. making
  30. flying
  31. washing
  32. to climb
  33. clapping
  34. cleaning
  35. planting
  36. dancing
  37. to bake
  38. to wear
  39. singing
  40. speaking

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