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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 280 · 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.Arjun agreed ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) to clap (c) claps (d) clapping
  2. 2.Farhan is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) running (b) to run (c) run (d) runs
  3. 3.Arjun is tired of ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) to jog (c) jog (d) jogs
  4. 4.Meera finished ___ the match. (a) wins (b) to win (c) winning (d) win
  5. 5.Farhan refused ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) to eat (c) eats (d) eat
  6. 6.Farhan wanted ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
  7. 7.Rahul planned ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) planting (d) plants
  8. 8.Manav kept ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) rides (d) riding
  9. 9.Karan is fond of ___ tea. (a) to make (b) making (c) makes (d) make
  10. 10.Diya avoided ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  11. 11.Rahul practised ___ cricket. (a) play (b) to play (c) plays (d) playing
  12. 12.Priya finished ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) brings (d) to bring
  13. 13.Karan is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) to make (b) makes (c) make (d) making
  14. 14.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) sending (b) sends (c) to send (d) send
  15. 15.Rahul avoided ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carrying
  16. 16.Sneha practised ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) play (c) plays (d) playing
  17. 17.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) building (b) to build (c) build (d) builds
  18. 18.Ishaan is good at ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) to fly
  19. 19.Ira enjoyed ___ a letter. (a) write (b) to write (c) writing (d) writes
  20. 20.Ishaan wanted ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) to plant (c) plant (d) plants
  21. 21.Kabir decided ___ a song. (a) sing (b) to sing (c) sings (d) singing
  22. 22.Rohan enjoyed ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
  23. 23.Kunal refused ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) to clap (d) clap
  24. 24.Ananya enjoyed ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) to watch (c) watch (d) watches
  25. 25.Karan wanted ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
  26. 26.Myra kept ___ the train. (a) to take (b) take (c) takes (d) taking
  27. 27.Meera finished ___ a song. (a) sing (b) sings (c) to sing (d) singing
  28. 28.Riya decided ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) wash (c) to wash (d) washing
  29. 29.Dev kept ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wears (c) wear (d) wearing
  30. 30.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbing (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climb
  31. 31.Yash is good at ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) to help
  32. 32.Neel is fond of ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carrying
  33. 33.Zoya is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drinking (b) drink (c) drinks (d) to drink
  34. 34.Dev is fond of ___ the room. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleaning (d) cleans
  35. 35.Arjun finished ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
  36. 36.Ira practised ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
  37. 37.Kavya is interested in ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) watch
  38. 38.Riya avoided ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) fly (d) flying
  39. 39.Aarav planned ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) to bake
  40. 40.Saanvi is fond of ___ science. (a) study (b) studies (c) studying (d) to study

Answer key

  1. to clap
  2. running
  3. jogging
  4. winning
  5. to eat
  6. to speak
  7. to plant
  8. riding
  9. making
  10. carrying
  11. playing
  12. bringing
  13. making
  14. sending
  15. carrying
  16. playing
  17. building
  18. flying
  19. writing
  20. to plant
  21. to sing
  22. writing
  23. to clap
  24. watching
  25. to feed
  26. taking
  27. singing
  28. to wash
  29. wearing
  30. climbing
  31. helping
  32. carrying
  33. drinking
  34. cleaning
  35. cooking
  36. cooking
  37. watching
  38. flying
  39. to bake
  40. studying

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