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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 285 · 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.Manav is fond of ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) builds (c) building (d) to build
  2. 2.Zoya enjoyed ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
  3. 3.Dev is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
  4. 4.Yash hoped ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) to clap (c) clapping (d) clap
  5. 5.Arjun is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) washing (b) to wash (c) wash (d) washes
  6. 6.Saanvi refused ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) feed (d) to feed
  7. 7.Tara promised ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helps (c) help (d) helping
  8. 8.Tara wanted ___ a song. (a) singing (b) to sing (c) sings (d) sing
  9. 9.Priya is good at ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jogging (c) jog (d) to jog
  10. 10.Kabir hoped ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) to climb (d) climbing
  11. 11.Kavya is good at ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
  12. 12.Manav finished ___ the match. (a) winning (b) wins (c) to win (d) win
  13. 13.Myra needed ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
  14. 14.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) build (b) building (c) to build (d) builds
  15. 15.Karan is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) help (b) helps (c) to help (d) helping
  16. 16.Pooja is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) to write (b) writes (c) write (d) writing
  17. 17.Diya is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draw (b) to draw (c) drawing (d) draws
  18. 18.Riya is fond of ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cooking
  19. 19.Yash kept ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) to jog (c) jogging (d) jog
  20. 20.Ananya promised ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) baking
  21. 21.Kunal is good at ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
  22. 22.Sneha is fond of ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) build (c) to build (d) builds
  23. 23.Aditya wanted ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) washes (c) to wash (d) wash
  24. 24.Ananya planned ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) to climb (d) climbing
  25. 25.Aarav kept ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) to speak (c) speak (d) speaking
  26. 26.Manav is fond of ___ in the park. (a) run (b) runs (c) running (d) to run
  27. 27.Aarav enjoyed ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) to feed
  28. 28.Dev is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) to clean
  29. 29.Kunal refused ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleans (d) to clean
  30. 30.Neel decided ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) build (c) builds (d) to build
  31. 31.Dev is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
  32. 32.Isha is fond of ___ tea. (a) make (b) to make (c) makes (d) making
  33. 33.Ira refused ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) to plant
  34. 34.Isha is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cook
  35. 35.Ananya wanted ___ the ball. (a) catching (b) catches (c) to catch (d) catch
  36. 36.Sneha is good at ___ science. (a) studying (b) studies (c) to study (d) study
  37. 37.Aisha finished ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) bring (c) brings (d) bringing
  38. 38.Vivaan enjoyed ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) to clean (d) cleaning
  39. 39.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writing (b) writes (c) to write (d) write
  40. 40.Saanvi is fond of ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) bringing (c) brings (d) bring

Answer key

  1. building
  2. playing
  3. watching
  4. to clap
  5. washing
  6. to feed
  7. to help
  8. to sing
  9. jogging
  10. to climb
  11. speaking
  12. winning
  13. to watch
  14. building
  15. helping
  16. writing
  17. drawing
  18. cooking
  19. jogging
  20. to bake
  21. speaking
  22. building
  23. to wash
  24. to climb
  25. speaking
  26. running
  27. feeding
  28. cleaning
  29. to clean
  30. to build
  31. flying
  32. making
  33. to plant
  34. cooking
  35. to catch
  36. studying
  37. bringing
  38. cleaning
  39. writing
  40. bringing

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