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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 249 · 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.Meera enjoyed ___ the match. (a) wins (b) winning (c) win (d) to win
  2. 2.Rahul finished ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
  3. 3.Farhan enjoyed ___ milk. (a) drink (b) to drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
  4. 4.Kabir practised ___ a message. (a) sending (b) sends (c) send (d) to send
  5. 5.Arjun avoided ___ tea. (a) makes (b) make (c) making (d) to make
  6. 6.Aarav is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) to study
  7. 7.Meera is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) sending (b) send (c) to send (d) sends
  8. 8.Neel kept ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climb (d) to climb
  9. 9.Neel wanted ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
  10. 10.Tara finished ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) baking (c) to bake (d) bakes
  11. 11.Dev is good at ___ a message. (a) send (b) sends (c) to send (d) sending
  12. 12.Aditya practised ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) builds (c) build (d) building
  13. 13.Myra avoided ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) flies (c) fly (d) to fly
  14. 14.Kabir finished ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) to climb
  15. 15.Dev refused ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) buy (c) buys (d) to buy
  16. 16.Vivaan hoped ___ a story. (a) telling (b) to tell (c) tells (d) tell
  17. 17.Farhan is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) to clean
  18. 18.Dev is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) to dance
  19. 19.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) to build (b) builds (c) building (d) build
  20. 20.Ananya is tired of ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  21. 21.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) sends (b) to send (c) sending (d) send
  22. 22.Karan enjoyed ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) feed (d) to feed
  23. 23.Aarav practised ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) write (c) writing (d) to write
  24. 24.Meera planned ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) brings (c) bringing (d) to bring
  25. 25.Nisha avoided ___ the train. (a) takes (b) take (c) to take (d) taking
  26. 26.Aarav needed ___ a message. (a) sending (b) to send (c) send (d) sends
  27. 27.Tara refused ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throw (c) throwing (d) throws
  28. 28.Dev enjoyed ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) to swim
  29. 29.Ishaan is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) builds (c) to build (d) building
  30. 30.Aarav decided ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  31. 31.Nisha is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) feed (b) to feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
  32. 32.Pooja enjoyed ___ the room. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
  33. 33.Arjun is tired of ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) draws (c) to draw (d) drawing
  34. 34.Manav decided ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) to swim (c) swim (d) swims
  35. 35.Ananya needed ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) to wear (c) wear (d) wears
  36. 36.Neel finished ___ the train. (a) take (b) to take (c) takes (d) taking
  37. 37.Sneha is good at ___ the match. (a) to win (b) wins (c) win (d) winning
  38. 38.Aditya is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) to swim (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
  39. 39.Dev is good at ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drink (c) drinking (d) drinks
  40. 40.Yash finished ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing

Answer key

  1. winning
  2. sending
  3. drinking
  4. sending
  5. making
  6. studying
  7. sending
  8. climbing
  9. to jog
  10. baking
  11. sending
  12. building
  13. flying
  14. climbing
  15. to buy
  16. to tell
  17. cleaning
  18. dancing
  19. building
  20. carrying
  21. sending
  22. feeding
  23. writing
  24. to bring
  25. taking
  26. to send
  27. to throw
  28. swimming
  29. building
  30. to bake
  31. feeding
  32. cleaning
  33. drawing
  34. to swim
  35. to wear
  36. taking
  37. winning
  38. swimming
  39. drinking
  40. washing

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