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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 244 · 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.Ananya avoided ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) ride (c) to ride (d) rides
  2. 2.Aisha is good at ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writes (c) to write (d) writing
  3. 3.Manav enjoyed ___ a song. (a) sings (b) to sing (c) sing (d) singing
  4. 4.Aarav is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) to feed (b) feeds (c) feed (d) feeding
  5. 5.Manav enjoyed ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) washes (c) wash (d) to wash
  6. 6.Manav promised ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) write (c) writes (d) to write
  7. 7.Ishaan is tired of ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
  8. 8.Ishaan is good at ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) to throw
  9. 9.Rohan is tired of ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
  10. 10.Kavya avoided ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) to climb
  11. 11.Nisha is tired of ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) to feed (d) feed
  12. 12.Kabir is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) feeds (b) to feed (c) feeding (d) feed
  13. 13.Zoya kept ___ lunch. (a) brings (b) to bring (c) bring (d) bringing
  14. 14.Rahul is tired of ___ the match. (a) win (b) wins (c) to win (d) winning
  15. 15.Arjun hoped ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) to watch
  16. 16.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watching (d) watches
  17. 17.Rahul planned ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rides (d) to ride
  18. 18.Farhan is good at ___ a story. (a) tell (b) tells (c) telling (d) to tell
  19. 19.Arjun finished ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
  20. 20.Yash promised ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) bring (c) bringing (d) brings
  21. 21.Priya planned ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) to jog
  22. 22.Nisha finished ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) to plant (c) plant (d) planting
  23. 23.Diya is tired of ___ a song. (a) sings (b) sing (c) to sing (d) singing
  24. 24.Kunal hoped ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) speak (d) to speak
  25. 25.Kavya needed ___ the match. (a) win (b) winning (c) wins (d) to win
  26. 26.Aditya wanted ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dancing (d) dances
  27. 27.Arjun is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watches (b) to watch (c) watching (d) watch
  28. 28.Rahul kept ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) to write (c) write (d) writing
  29. 29.Kavya kept ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) fly (c) flying (d) flies
  30. 30.Arjun practised ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch (d) to watch
  31. 31.Dev is interested in ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
  32. 32.Rahul is good at ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) drink
  33. 33.Arjun is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studying (b) to study (c) studies (d) study
  34. 34.Kavya kept ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) to plant
  35. 35.Neel agreed ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
  36. 36.Rahul is tired of ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) runs (c) running (d) run
  37. 37.Rohan hoped ___ science. (a) studies (b) to study (c) studying (d) study
  38. 38.Kabir is fond of ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
  39. 39.Aarav is tired of ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) brings (d) to bring
  40. 40.Arjun planned ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) to clap (c) claps (d) clapping

Answer key

  1. riding
  2. writing
  3. singing
  4. feeding
  5. washing
  6. to write
  7. speaking
  8. throwing
  9. planting
  10. climbing
  11. feeding
  12. feeding
  13. bringing
  14. winning
  15. to watch
  16. watching
  17. to ride
  18. telling
  19. singing
  20. to bring
  21. to jog
  22. planting
  23. singing
  24. to speak
  25. to win
  26. to dance
  27. watching
  28. writing
  29. flying
  30. watching
  31. playing
  32. drinking
  33. studying
  34. planting
  35. to watch
  36. running
  37. to study
  38. swimming
  39. bringing
  40. to clap

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