Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 262 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Saanvi avoided ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catching (c) catch (d) to catch
2. 2.Ananya avoided ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) to plant (c) plant (d) planting
3. 3.Riya is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tell (b) to tell (c) telling (d) tells
4. 4.Yash practised ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) builds (c) building (d) build
5. 5.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bake (b) baking (c) to bake (d) bakes
6. 6.Neel needed ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dancing (c) dance (d) dances
7. 7.Neel is fond of ___ tea. (a) making (b) to make (c) make (d) makes
8. 8.Ira is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbing (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climb
9. 9.Riya practised ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) builds (c) to build (d) build
10. 10.Manav is tired of ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) building (c) builds (d) build
11. 11.Priya kept ___ a message. (a) send (b) sending (c) to send (d) sends
12. 12.Sneha is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) brings (b) to bring (c) bringing (d) bring
13. 13.Ishaan finished ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) to carry (c) carry (d) carries
14. 14.Pooja needed ___ to school. (a) goes (b) to go (c) going (d) go
15. 15.Aisha is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) rides (b) to ride (c) ride (d) riding
16. 16.Dev is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) watch
17. 17.Neel is interested in ___ a song. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sing (d) to sing
18. 18.Kabir practised ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) riding (c) to ride (d) ride
19. 19.Kavya is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) to ride (b) ride (c) riding (d) rides
20. 20.Diya is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) telling (b) tell (c) to tell (d) tells
21. 21.Arjun agreed ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eating (c) eat (d) to eat
22. 22.Omkar kept ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) bringing (c) brings (d) bring
23. 23.Zoya promised ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) building (c) builds (d) build
24. 24.Aisha is good at ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) rides (c) riding (d) ride
25. 25.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) win (b) to win (c) winning (d) wins
26. 26.Aarav promised ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) riding (c) rides (d) ride
27. 27.Meera is fond of ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eating (c) eat (d) to eat
28. 28.Arjun enjoyed ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) buys (c) to buy (d) buy
29. 29.Saanvi finished ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
30. 30.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) to bake
31. 31.Aditya finished ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
32. 32.Yash is good at ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throws (c) to throw (d) throwing
33. 33.Rohan wanted ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) makes (d) to make
34. 34.Aarav is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) build (c) building (d) builds
35. 35.Yash hoped ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plants (c) to plant (d) plant
36. 36.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watching (b) watch (c) to watch (d) watches
37. 37.Vivaan kept ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) play (c) playing (d) plays
38. 38.Ishaan is tired of ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) to jog (c) jog (d) jogging
39. 39.Aarav refused ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flying (c) to fly (d) flies
40. 40.Priya finished ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watching

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