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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 273 · 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.Zoya hoped ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
  2. 2.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swim (b) swims (c) swimming (d) to swim
  3. 3.Farhan is fond of ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) to jog (d) jogging
  4. 4.Rahul is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) to carry (b) carries (c) carry (d) carrying
  5. 5.Yash finished ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) builds (c) building (d) build
  6. 6.Omkar is good at ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) plants (d) planting
  7. 7.Zoya planned ___ a story. (a) tell (b) telling (c) to tell (d) tells
  8. 8.Sneha planned ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) to jog (d) jogs
  9. 9.Kabir is tired of ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing
  10. 10.Ishaan practised ___ rice. (a) cook (b) to cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
  11. 11.Kavya kept ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washes (c) to wash (d) washing
  12. 12.Priya is interested in ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleaning
  13. 13.Pooja needed ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) to speak (d) speaks
  14. 14.Priya refused ___ a song. (a) sings (b) singing (c) to sing (d) sing
  15. 15.Omkar is tired of ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eats (c) eat (d) eating
  16. 16.Omkar refused ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washing (d) washes
  17. 17.Kabir enjoyed ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) brings (d) to bring
  18. 18.Farhan is interested in ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flies (c) to fly (d) flying
  19. 19.Ananya is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) to make (b) making (c) make (d) makes
  20. 20.Saanvi is interested in ___ the train. (a) take (b) takes (c) to take (d) taking
  21. 21.Ishaan enjoyed ___ the match. (a) win (b) to win (c) wins (d) winning
  22. 22.Yash agreed ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) run (c) running (d) runs
  23. 23.Riya finished ___ the train. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) to take
  24. 24.Karan is tired of ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) write (c) writing (d) to write
  25. 25.Saanvi decided ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climb (d) to climb
  26. 26.Saanvi finished ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbs
  27. 27.Ishaan is good at ___ to school. (a) to go (b) go (c) going (d) goes
  28. 28.Vivaan practised ___ a song. (a) sing (b) sings (c) singing (d) to sing
  29. 29.Riya promised ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watching (c) to watch (d) watch
  30. 30.Kavya planned ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) to ride (c) ride (d) rides
  31. 31.Myra is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wears (b) to wear (c) wear (d) wearing
  32. 32.Arjun is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swimming (b) to swim (c) swims (d) swim
  33. 33.Kabir is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bring (b) to bring (c) bringing (d) brings
  34. 34.Sneha kept ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brings (d) to bring
  35. 35.Meera decided ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washes (c) washing (d) wash
  36. 36.Rahul planned ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plants
  37. 37.Diya promised ___ a message. (a) to send (b) send (c) sending (d) sends
  38. 38.Meera hoped ___ science. (a) studies (b) to study (c) study (d) studying
  39. 39.Farhan is fond of ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) to help (c) helps (d) helping
  40. 40.Tara kept ___ a story. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) telling (d) tell

Answer key

  1. to climb
  2. swimming
  3. jogging
  4. carrying
  5. building
  6. planting
  7. to tell
  8. to jog
  9. washing
  10. cooking
  11. washing
  12. cleaning
  13. to speak
  14. to sing
  15. eating
  16. to wash
  17. bringing
  18. flying
  19. making
  20. taking
  21. winning
  22. to run
  23. taking
  24. writing
  25. to climb
  26. climbing
  27. going
  28. singing
  29. to watch
  30. to ride
  31. wearing
  32. swimming
  33. bringing
  34. bringing
  35. to wash
  36. to plant
  37. to send
  38. to study
  39. helping
  40. telling

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