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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 250 · 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.Saanvi avoided ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) to clap (d) clap
  2. 2.Farhan is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) to bring (d) brings
  3. 3.Dev planned ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washing (c) washes (d) wash
  4. 4.Dev is good at ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) to feed
  5. 5.Ishaan finished ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cooking
  6. 6.Priya is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cook (b) to cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
  7. 7.Kunal decided ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climb
  8. 8.Meera practised ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) to throw (c) throws (d) throw
  9. 9.Yash wanted ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) helps (c) help (d) to help
  10. 10.Nisha refused ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bake (c) to bake (d) bakes
  11. 11.Diya refused ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) washes (c) wash (d) to wash
  12. 12.Arjun is good at ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  13. 13.Vivaan finished ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) draws (d) to draw
  14. 14.Ira is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draws (b) draw (c) to draw (d) drawing
  15. 15.Myra is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) to study
  16. 16.Diya is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) to eat (b) eats (c) eat (d) eating
  17. 17.Manav planned ___ the room. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleaning (d) cleans
  18. 18.Aisha hoped ___ the room. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
  19. 19.Manav is fond of ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogging (d) to jog
  20. 20.Rohan is tired of ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) cooking (d) to cook
  21. 21.Sneha decided ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) to plant
  22. 22.Rahul hoped ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) to throw (c) throws (d) throw
  23. 23.Karan avoided ___ to school. (a) go (b) goes (c) to go (d) going
  24. 24.Riya is fond of ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writing (c) writes (d) to write
  25. 25.Saanvi practised ___ science. (a) studying (b) studies (c) to study (d) study
  26. 26.Isha is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
  27. 27.Aarav wanted ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) to write (c) writing (d) write
  28. 28.Manav is interested in ___ a song. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sing (d) to sing
  29. 29.Priya is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) catch (b) to catch (c) catches (d) catching
  30. 30.Rohan is good at ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) to throw (c) throwing (d) throws
  31. 31.Aditya is good at ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) bake
  32. 32.Karan is tired of ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
  33. 33.Isha finished ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) to feed
  34. 34.Yash enjoyed ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeding (c) feed (d) feeds
  35. 35.Dev agreed ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) to plant (c) plant (d) plants
  36. 36.Aditya is fond of ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
  37. 37.Riya decided ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carry
  38. 38.Pooja promised ___ the match. (a) winning (b) to win (c) wins (d) win
  39. 39.Riya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to climb (b) climbs (c) climb (d) climbing
  40. 40.Vivaan finished ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) to help

Answer key

  1. clapping
  2. bringing
  3. to wash
  4. feeding
  5. cooking
  6. cooking
  7. to climb
  8. throwing
  9. to help
  10. to bake
  11. to wash
  12. baking
  13. drawing
  14. drawing
  15. studying
  16. eating
  17. to clean
  18. to clean
  19. jogging
  20. cooking
  21. to plant
  22. to throw
  23. going
  24. writing
  25. studying
  26. cleaning
  27. to write
  28. singing
  29. catching
  30. throwing
  31. baking
  32. cleaning
  33. feeding
  34. feeding
  35. to plant
  36. bringing
  37. to carry
  38. to win
  39. climbing
  40. helping

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