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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 277 · 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.Farhan is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) to catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) catch
  2. 2.Aarav kept ___ to school. (a) go (b) to go (c) goes (d) going
  3. 3.Myra is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  4. 4.Ishaan needed ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) building (c) to build (d) build
  5. 5.Meera is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) makes (b) make (c) to make (d) making
  6. 6.Manav is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) goes (b) go (c) to go (d) going
  7. 7.Farhan is good at ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  8. 8.Sneha is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) to take (b) take (c) takes (d) taking
  9. 9.Rahul practised ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) wears (d) to wear
  10. 10.Rohan is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) to clap (d) claps
  11. 11.Arjun is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) washes (b) washing (c) to wash (d) wash
  12. 12.Arjun decided ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleans (d) to clean
  13. 13.Zoya is tired of ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeds (c) feed (d) feeding
  14. 14.Riya kept ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) to fly
  15. 15.Ira is interested in ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) to build (c) building (d) builds
  16. 16.Isha is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) to eat (b) eating (c) eat (d) eats
  17. 17.Pooja is tired of ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) to jog (c) jog (d) jogging
  18. 18.Aarav is fond of ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapping (d) to clap
  19. 19.Myra is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) singing (b) to sing (c) sing (d) sings
  20. 20.Kabir enjoyed ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) to swim (d) swims
  21. 21.Sneha is tired of ___ science. (a) to study (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
  22. 22.Aarav decided ___ a story. (a) tell (b) to tell (c) telling (d) tells
  23. 23.Karan agreed ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swim (c) to swim (d) swimming
  24. 24.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flying (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flies
  25. 25.Ananya is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) to bake
  26. 26.Kavya decided ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) to draw (c) draw (d) draws
  27. 27.Pooja finished ___ rice. (a) cook (b) to cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
  28. 28.Diya is fond of ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catch (c) catches (d) catching
  29. 29.Aisha is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) to clap (d) clap
  30. 30.Ananya finished ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) buy (c) to buy (d) buys
  31. 31.Aisha is fond of ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) building (c) build (d) builds
  32. 32.Farhan practised ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) to swim (d) swim
  33. 33.Farhan decided ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) to clean (d) clean
  34. 34.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) to wear (b) wears (c) wear (d) wearing
  35. 35.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) ride (b) rides (c) riding (d) to ride
  36. 36.Rohan practised ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watch (c) to watch (d) watches
  37. 37.Ananya hoped ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) to play
  38. 38.Dev is fond of ___ in the park. (a) run (b) to run (c) runs (d) running
  39. 39.Meera kept ___ a story. (a) tells (b) tell (c) to tell (d) telling
  40. 40.Zoya finished ___ a song. (a) sings (b) to sing (c) sing (d) singing

Answer key

  1. catching
  2. going
  3. jogging
  4. to build
  5. making
  6. going
  7. carrying
  8. taking
  9. wearing
  10. clapping
  11. washing
  12. to clean
  13. feeding
  14. flying
  15. building
  16. eating
  17. jogging
  18. clapping
  19. singing
  20. swimming
  21. studying
  22. to tell
  23. to swim
  24. flying
  25. baking
  26. to draw
  27. cooking
  28. catching
  29. clapping
  30. buying
  31. building
  32. swimming
  33. to clean
  34. wearing
  35. riding
  36. watching
  37. to play
  38. running
  39. telling
  40. singing

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