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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 276 · 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.Ananya is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helps (b) help (c) to help (d) helping
  2. 2.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  3. 3.Yash kept ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  4. 4.Pooja needed ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wears (c) wearing (d) wear
  5. 5.Meera is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) to study (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
  6. 6.Isha finished ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) riding (c) ride (d) to ride
  7. 7.Karan finished ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
  8. 8.Manav decided ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) to feed (d) feed
  9. 9.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) bake (c) to bake (d) bakes
  10. 10.Arjun practised ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swim
  11. 11.Pooja agreed ___ the match. (a) wins (b) winning (c) win (d) to win
  12. 12.Meera is tired of ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catches (c) to catch (d) catching
  13. 13.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) to fly
  14. 14.Isha is fond of ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooking
  15. 15.Priya avoided ___ a song. (a) sings (b) singing (c) to sing (d) sing
  16. 16.Omkar decided ___ a message. (a) sends (b) send (c) to send (d) sending
  17. 17.Manav is interested in ___ milk. (a) drink (b) to drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
  18. 18.Aarav is good at ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writes (c) writing (d) write
  19. 19.Priya is good at ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooks
  20. 20.Meera is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) bake (d) to bake
  21. 21.Manav is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) send (b) sends (c) to send (d) sending
  22. 22.Rahul enjoyed ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleans
  23. 23.Aisha practised ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) washes (c) to wash (d) wash
  24. 24.Riya enjoyed ___ a message. (a) send (b) to send (c) sending (d) sends
  25. 25.Aditya wanted ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washes (c) washing (d) to wash
  26. 26.Meera is interested in ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climb
  27. 27.Isha avoided ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plant
  28. 28.Ira hoped ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) cooking (d) to cook
  29. 29.Farhan is good at ___ a story. (a) tells (b) tell (c) to tell (d) telling
  30. 30.Karan enjoyed ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wears (c) to wear (d) wearing
  31. 31.Tara is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) catching (b) to catch (c) catch (d) catches
  32. 32.Omkar kept ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tell (c) to tell (d) tells
  33. 33.Meera avoided ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wear (c) wears (d) wearing
  34. 34.Farhan avoided ___ a song. (a) sings (b) sing (c) to sing (d) singing
  35. 35.Pooja needed ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) to clap (c) claps (d) clapping
  36. 36.Karan is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) to win (b) win (c) wins (d) winning
  37. 37.Riya is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) telling (b) tell (c) tells (d) to tell
  38. 38.Aarav is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) to win
  39. 39.Nisha wanted ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) to watch
  40. 40.Vivaan decided ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) to jog

Answer key

  1. helping
  2. baking
  3. baking
  4. to wear
  5. studying
  6. riding
  7. singing
  8. to feed
  9. baking
  10. swimming
  11. to win
  12. catching
  13. flying
  14. cooking
  15. singing
  16. to send
  17. drinking
  18. writing
  19. cooking
  20. baking
  21. sending
  22. cleaning
  23. washing
  24. sending
  25. to wash
  26. climbing
  27. planting
  28. to cook
  29. telling
  30. wearing
  31. catching
  32. telling
  33. wearing
  34. singing
  35. to clap
  36. winning
  37. telling
  38. winning
  39. to watch
  40. to jog

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