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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 286 · 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.Aisha wanted ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dance
  2. 2.Farhan is interested in ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tell (c) to tell (d) tells
  3. 3.Isha promised ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) drink
  4. 4.Sneha finished ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeds
  5. 5.Riya is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) to win
  6. 6.Arjun is fond of ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) run (c) running (d) runs
  7. 7.Kunal decided ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) build (c) to build (d) building
  8. 8.Tara is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) help (b) to help (c) helps (d) helping
  9. 9.Aarav refused ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) to play (c) play (d) playing
  10. 10.Isha is tired of ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  11. 11.Ishaan is good at ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
  12. 12.Farhan practised ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) to jog (d) jogging
  13. 13.Ananya wanted ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catch (c) to catch (d) catching
  14. 14.Pooja avoided ___ in the park. (a) running (b) runs (c) to run (d) run
  15. 15.Ananya planned ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) drawing (c) draw (d) draws
  16. 16.Farhan decided ___ science. (a) to study (b) studies (c) study (d) studying
  17. 17.Omkar is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) telling (b) tells (c) to tell (d) tell
  18. 18.Omkar enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) plants (d) planting
  19. 19.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) plants (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plant
  20. 20.Kavya avoided ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) to watch (c) watching (d) watch
  21. 21.Rohan decided ___ a message. (a) send (b) sending (c) to send (d) sends
  22. 22.Isha is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watching (d) watch
  23. 23.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
  24. 24.Riya hoped ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) to clean
  25. 25.Kabir hoped ___ the train. (a) taking (b) to take (c) takes (d) take
  26. 26.Karan enjoyed ___ a song. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sing (d) to sing
  27. 27.Sneha refused ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draws (c) drawing (d) draw
  28. 28.Arjun is tired of ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wears (c) wearing (d) wear
  29. 29.Isha agreed ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  30. 30.Arjun is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) to study
  31. 31.Yash is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drawing (d) to draw
  32. 32.Karan is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) builds (c) to build (d) build
  33. 33.Nisha is interested in ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flying (c) fly (d) flies
  34. 34.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) watch
  35. 35.Kunal enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) running (d) run
  36. 36.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flying (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flies
  37. 37.Ishaan kept ___ a song. (a) singing (b) sings (c) to sing (d) sing
  38. 38.Tara needed ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) to wear (c) wears (d) wear
  39. 39.Tara enjoyed ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) to fly
  40. 40.Arjun is tired of ___ the train. (a) to take (b) taking (c) takes (d) take

Answer key

  1. to dance
  2. telling
  3. to drink
  4. feeding
  5. winning
  6. running
  7. to build
  8. helping
  9. to play
  10. carrying
  11. sending
  12. jogging
  13. to catch
  14. running
  15. to draw
  16. to study
  17. telling
  18. planting
  19. planting
  20. watching
  21. to send
  22. watching
  23. watching
  24. to clean
  25. to take
  26. singing
  27. to draw
  28. wearing
  29. to jog
  30. studying
  31. drawing
  32. building
  33. flying
  34. watching
  35. running
  36. flying
  37. singing
  38. to wear
  39. flying
  40. taking

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