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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 265 · 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.Priya finished ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watch (d) to watch
  2. 2.Rahul is good at ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writes (c) writing (d) to write
  3. 3.Kabir needed ___ to school. (a) go (b) going (c) goes (d) to go
  4. 4.Kunal avoided ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) rides (d) riding
  5. 5.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) to bake
  6. 6.Arjun refused ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throw (c) throwing (d) throws
  7. 7.Neel kept ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catches (c) to catch (d) catching
  8. 8.Omkar is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) to sing (b) sing (c) singing (d) sings
  9. 9.Riya decided ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) riding (c) rides (d) ride
  10. 10.Karan promised ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) to catch (c) catching (d) catch
  11. 11.Sneha is interested in ___ a message. (a) send (b) sends (c) to send (d) sending
  12. 12.Arjun promised ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
  13. 13.Ira hoped ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) to play (c) playing (d) play
  14. 14.Rohan is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) to take (b) takes (c) take (d) taking
  15. 15.Isha enjoyed ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) to eat (c) eat (d) eats
  16. 16.Vivaan agreed ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dance (c) to dance (d) dancing
  17. 17.Karan enjoyed ___ to school. (a) go (b) going (c) goes (d) to go
  18. 18.Arjun is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) to draw (d) draws
  19. 19.Isha is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) to cook (b) cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
  20. 20.Omkar finished ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) to wear (c) wearing (d) wear
  21. 21.Sneha is tired of ___ for the team. (a) to clap (b) claps (c) clapping (d) clap
  22. 22.Ira enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) climb
  23. 23.Ananya agreed ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tells (c) telling (d) tell
  24. 24.Riya is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  25. 25.Rohan is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) to make (b) make (c) makes (d) making
  26. 26.Diya refused ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) claps (d) to clap
  27. 27.Arjun planned ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
  28. 28.Rohan is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) go (b) to go (c) going (d) goes
  29. 29.Diya is good at ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flying
  30. 30.Kabir kept ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch (d) to watch
  31. 31.Nisha is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) to help (b) help (c) helps (d) helping
  32. 32.Aarav finished ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catching (c) catch (d) catches
  33. 33.Dev kept ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catching (c) to catch (d) catches
  34. 34.Yash promised ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carry
  35. 35.Sneha is good at ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) rides (c) ride (d) riding
  36. 36.Karan is fond of ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wears (c) wear (d) wearing
  37. 37.Omkar avoided ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washing (c) wash (d) washes
  38. 38.Aditya is fond of ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) to jog (d) jogging
  39. 39.Yash is tired of ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eat (c) eating (d) to eat
  40. 40.Isha is tired of ___ the match. (a) to win (b) winning (c) win (d) wins

Answer key

  1. watching
  2. writing
  3. to go
  4. riding
  5. baking
  6. to throw
  7. catching
  8. singing
  9. to ride
  10. to catch
  11. sending
  12. to fly
  13. to play
  14. taking
  15. eating
  16. to dance
  17. going
  18. drawing
  19. cooking
  20. wearing
  21. clapping
  22. climbing
  23. to tell
  24. carrying
  25. making
  26. to clap
  27. to speak
  28. going
  29. flying
  30. watching
  31. helping
  32. catching
  33. catching
  34. to carry
  35. riding
  36. wearing
  37. washing
  38. jogging
  39. eating
  40. winning

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