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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 283 · 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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Dev decided ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooks
  2. 2.Farhan practised ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) to swim (d) swim
  3. 3.Ananya avoided ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plants
  4. 4.Aditya kept ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  5. 5.Pooja finished ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) to cook (d) cooks
  6. 6.Diya is interested in ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) play (c) plays (d) playing
  7. 7.Arjun is good at ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) washing (c) wash (d) to wash
  8. 8.Dev practised ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
  9. 9.Isha hoped ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) to bake (c) bake (d) baking
  10. 10.Zoya is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buy (b) to buy (c) buys (d) buying
  11. 11.Sneha finished ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) to swim (d) swims
  12. 12.Rohan planned ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) planting (d) plants
  13. 13.Priya refused ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) to buy
  14. 14.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) to study (b) study (c) studying (d) studies
  15. 15.Aisha is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  16. 16.Omkar avoided ___ tea. (a) makes (b) to make (c) making (d) make
  17. 17.Myra is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bakes (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bake
  18. 18.Yash enjoyed ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) to catch (c) catching (d) catch
  19. 19.Ira is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eats (b) eating (c) eat (d) to eat
  20. 20.Riya finished ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eat (c) to eat (d) eating
  21. 21.Diya is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studies (b) to study (c) studying (d) study
  22. 22.Ira enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) riding (c) rides (d) ride
  23. 23.Omkar is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) running (b) to run (c) runs (d) run
  24. 24.Karan agreed ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing (d) to climb
  25. 25.Meera kept ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wearing (c) wear (d) wears
  26. 26.Omkar enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bake (c) to bake (d) bakes
  27. 27.Zoya avoided ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) to write (c) write (d) writing
  28. 28.Kunal decided ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) planting (d) plants
  29. 29.Kavya is fond of ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plants
  30. 30.Pooja planned ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) to catch (c) catching (d) catches
  31. 31.Sneha practised ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
  32. 32.Aisha is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) to clap (d) claps
  33. 33.Aarav enjoyed ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) draw (c) to draw (d) drawing
  34. 34.Myra is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) to help (b) helps (c) helping (d) help
  35. 35.Pooja is interested in ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catching (c) catch (d) to catch
  36. 36.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flies (b) flying (c) to fly (d) fly
  37. 37.Aisha enjoyed ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) fly (c) flies (d) flying
  38. 38.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swim (d) to swim
  39. 39.Vivaan is fond of ___ a song. (a) singing (b) sings (c) to sing (d) sing
  40. 40.Rohan is tired of ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) to cook

Answer key

  1. to cook
  2. swimming
  3. planting
  4. carrying
  5. cooking
  6. playing
  7. washing
  8. flying
  9. to bake
  10. buying
  11. swimming
  12. to plant
  13. to buy
  14. studying
  15. baking
  16. making
  17. baking
  18. catching
  19. eating
  20. eating
  21. studying
  22. riding
  23. running
  24. to climb
  25. wearing
  26. baking
  27. writing
  28. to plant
  29. planting
  30. to catch
  31. playing
  32. clapping
  33. drawing
  34. helping
  35. catching
  36. flying
  37. flying
  38. swimming
  39. singing
  40. cooking

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