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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 284 · 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.Rahul is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) write (b) writes (c) to write (d) writing
  2. 2.Aarav avoided ___ to school. (a) goes (b) going (c) to go (d) go
  3. 3.Karan is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flying (b) flies (c) fly (d) to fly
  4. 4.Zoya finished ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) dance (d) to dance
  5. 5.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) feeding (d) to feed
  6. 6.Tara wanted ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) to clean (d) clean
  7. 7.Kavya avoided ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) to climb (d) climb
  8. 8.Yash finished ___ a song. (a) sing (b) singing (c) sings (d) to sing
  9. 9.Isha is good at ___ a song. (a) sing (b) to sing (c) singing (d) sings
  10. 10.Yash avoided ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) washes (c) to wash (d) wash
  11. 11.Dev avoided ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swims (c) swim (d) swimming
  12. 12.Aisha decided ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) builds (c) build (d) to build
  13. 13.Pooja enjoyed ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing (d) to wear
  14. 14.Isha is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flies (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flying
  15. 15.Omkar finished ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) to fly
  16. 16.Manav is good at ___ to school. (a) to go (b) go (c) goes (d) going
  17. 17.Farhan is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  18. 18.Kavya hoped ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) to buy
  19. 19.Dev planned ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
  20. 20.Aditya practised ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) plant (c) to plant (d) planting
  21. 21.Priya is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) ride (b) rides (c) riding (d) to ride
  22. 22.Kavya is good at ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) run (c) to run (d) running
  23. 23.Ananya is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) help (b) to help (c) helping (d) helps
  24. 24.Saanvi decided ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) brings (c) bring (d) to bring
  25. 25.Aisha kept ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleans (d) to clean
  26. 26.Neel kept ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) to drink (c) drink (d) drinking
  27. 27.Pooja is fond of ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) to fly
  28. 28.Ananya is fond of ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) to bake
  29. 29.Neel hoped ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) to wash (c) washing (d) wash
  30. 30.Myra is interested in ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
  31. 31.Kavya planned ___ cricket. (a) play (b) plays (c) playing (d) to play
  32. 32.Saanvi wanted ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) to drink
  33. 33.Yash refused ___ science. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) to study
  34. 34.Sneha avoided ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) to eat (c) eat (d) eating
  35. 35.Vivaan is fond of ___ to school. (a) to go (b) go (c) goes (d) going
  36. 36.Kavya kept ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) eats (c) to eat (d) eating
  37. 37.Tara is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  38. 38.Saanvi is good at ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
  39. 39.Manav practised ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carry
  40. 40.Zoya needed ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching

Answer key

  1. writing
  2. going
  3. flying
  4. dancing
  5. feeding
  6. to clean
  7. climbing
  8. singing
  9. singing
  10. washing
  11. swimming
  12. to build
  13. wearing
  14. flying
  15. flying
  16. going
  17. jogging
  18. to buy
  19. to speak
  20. planting
  21. riding
  22. running
  23. helping
  24. to bring
  25. cleaning
  26. drinking
  27. flying
  28. baking
  29. to wash
  30. carrying
  31. to play
  32. to drink
  33. to study
  34. eating
  35. going
  36. eating
  37. jogging
  38. writing
  39. carrying
  40. to watch

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