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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 242 · 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 avoided ___ the match. (a) to win (b) win (c) winning (d) wins
  2. 2.Dev enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) riding (c) ride (d) rides
  3. 3.Dev is interested in ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) dance (d) to dance
  4. 4.Aisha is interested in ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) to drink (d) drinking
  5. 5.Karan is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) to play
  6. 6.Isha kept ___ to school. (a) to go (b) going (c) goes (d) go
  7. 7.Diya is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) build (c) to build (d) builds
  8. 8.Omkar enjoyed ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) to clap (d) claps
  9. 9.Zoya is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) to cook (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
  10. 10.Ishaan practised ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catching (c) to catch (d) catches
  11. 11.Kunal is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) clap (b) to clap (c) clapping (d) claps
  12. 12.Myra enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carries
  13. 13.Farhan hoped ___ a story. (a) tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) to tell
  14. 14.Saanvi agreed ___ the train. (a) take (b) takes (c) to take (d) taking
  15. 15.Kabir finished ___ cricket. (a) play (b) playing (c) to play (d) plays
  16. 16.Aisha is fond of ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) draw (d) to draw
  17. 17.Arjun is interested in ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carries (c) carry (d) carrying
  18. 18.Priya is interested in ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  19. 19.Farhan is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) play (b) to play (c) plays (d) playing
  20. 20.Farhan needed ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) wear (d) to wear
  21. 21.Isha is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) to sing (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
  22. 22.Rahul is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) clap (b) claps (c) clapping (d) to clap
  23. 23.Farhan finished ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy
  24. 24.Meera is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) to plant
  25. 25.Priya is interested in ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
  26. 26.Saanvi is good at ___ cricket. (a) play (b) playing (c) plays (d) to play
  27. 27.Karan kept ___ lunch. (a) brings (b) to bring (c) bringing (d) bring
  28. 28.Neel is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) planting (b) to plant (c) plant (d) plants
  29. 29.Ira decided ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
  30. 30.Farhan enjoyed ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) writes (c) to write (d) write
  31. 31.Nisha is good at ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watching (d) to watch
  32. 32.Omkar is fond of ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) to help (c) helps (d) helping
  33. 33.Myra is interested in ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) to throw
  34. 34.Diya is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  35. 35.Ishaan is fond of ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) running (c) run (d) to run
  36. 36.Isha finished ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) to watch (c) watch (d) watching
  37. 37.Kavya finished ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swims (c) to swim (d) swimming
  38. 38.Dev enjoyed ___ to school. (a) go (b) to go (c) goes (d) going
  39. 39.Diya hoped ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) send (d) sending
  40. 40.Pooja is tired of ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) riding (c) rides (d) to ride

Answer key

  1. winning
  2. riding
  3. dancing
  4. drinking
  5. playing
  6. going
  7. building
  8. clapping
  9. cooking
  10. catching
  11. clapping
  12. carrying
  13. to tell
  14. to take
  15. playing
  16. drawing
  17. carrying
  18. baking
  19. playing
  20. to wear
  21. singing
  22. clapping
  23. buying
  24. planting
  25. feeding
  26. playing
  27. bringing
  28. planting
  29. to swim
  30. writing
  31. watching
  32. helping
  33. throwing
  34. baking
  35. running
  36. watching
  37. swimming
  38. going
  39. to send
  40. riding

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