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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 240 · 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.Isha practised ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) to catch
  2. 2.Isha is interested in ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) to drink (c) drink (d) drinking
  3. 3.Rohan avoided ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) to draw (d) draw
  4. 4.Rahul hoped ___ lunch. (a) brings (b) bring (c) bringing (d) to bring
  5. 5.Arjun is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) to take (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
  6. 6.Farhan practised ___ the train. (a) takes (b) to take (c) take (d) taking
  7. 7.Riya promised ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) helping (c) to help (d) help
  8. 8.Isha is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) dances (d) to dance
  9. 9.Sneha is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) to win
  10. 10.Vivaan practised ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) rides (c) ride (d) riding
  11. 11.Zoya planned ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooks
  12. 12.Ira is good at ___ the match. (a) to win (b) win (c) winning (d) wins
  13. 13.Karan is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) to ride (b) ride (c) riding (d) rides
  14. 14.Aisha is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) running (b) run (c) runs (d) to run
  15. 15.Diya finished ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) drink (d) to drink
  16. 16.Diya is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cook (b) to cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
  17. 17.Yash is good at ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watches (d) watching
  18. 18.Meera is tired of ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) to play (c) play (d) playing
  19. 19.Sneha finished ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
  20. 20.Pooja kept ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swims (c) swim (d) swimming
  21. 21.Arjun is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) to study (b) studies (c) study (d) studying
  22. 22.Karan is tired of ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) to study (d) studying
  23. 23.Kabir is good at ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) buy (c) buys (d) to buy
  24. 24.Rahul is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) telling (b) tells (c) tell (d) to tell
  25. 25.Ira is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drinks (b) to drink (c) drink (d) drinking
  26. 26.Ananya is fond of ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) ride (c) to ride (d) riding
  27. 27.Sneha is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) build (b) to build (c) builds (d) building
  28. 28.Vivaan practised ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) running (c) runs (d) run
  29. 29.Ira promised ___ tea. (a) makes (b) making (c) make (d) to make
  30. 30.Sneha is tired of ___ the train. (a) to take (b) takes (c) take (d) taking
  31. 31.Riya planned ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) to wash (c) washes (d) washing
  32. 32.Karan is good at ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
  33. 33.Myra wanted ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  34. 34.Omkar is tired of ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) helps (c) help (d) to help
  35. 35.Kabir practised ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) writing (c) to write (d) write
  36. 36.Isha wanted ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) helping (c) to help (d) help
  37. 37.Isha decided ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) fly (c) flying (d) flies
  38. 38.Aarav practised ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) plants (d) planting
  39. 39.Arjun finished ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleans (d) to clean
  40. 40.Manav is good at ___ science. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) to study

Answer key

  1. catching
  2. drinking
  3. drawing
  4. to bring
  5. taking
  6. taking
  7. to help
  8. dancing
  9. winning
  10. riding
  11. to cook
  12. winning
  13. riding
  14. running
  15. drinking
  16. cooking
  17. watching
  18. playing
  19. singing
  20. swimming
  21. studying
  22. studying
  23. buying
  24. telling
  25. drinking
  26. riding
  27. building
  28. running
  29. to make
  30. taking
  31. to wash
  32. cleaning
  33. to bake
  34. helping
  35. writing
  36. to help
  37. to fly
  38. planting
  39. cleaning
  40. studying

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