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Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 292 · 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.Myra is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances (d) to dance
  2. 2.Zoya enjoyed ___ a story. (a) tell (b) to tell (c) tells (d) telling
  3. 3.Pooja finished ___ to school. (a) going (b) to go (c) goes (d) go
  4. 4.Rohan is good at ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  5. 5.Neel is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) runs (b) to run (c) running (d) run
  6. 6.Zoya enjoyed ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) to throw (c) throw (d) throwing
  7. 7.Aditya is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) to go (b) goes (c) going (d) go
  8. 8.Ishaan is fond of ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) to plant
  9. 9.Omkar is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wearing (b) to wear (c) wears (d) wear
  10. 10.Ira hoped ___ a story. (a) tells (b) telling (c) tell (d) to tell
  11. 11.Isha is interested in ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) to swim (c) swims (d) swimming
  12. 12.Dev is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) to clap (b) clapping (c) clap (d) claps
  13. 13.Arjun planned ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) to feed
  14. 14.Rahul wanted ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) to play (c) play (d) plays
  15. 15.Zoya finished ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleans
  16. 16.Dev enjoyed ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
  17. 17.Dev decided ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) to ride (c) riding (d) ride
  18. 18.Manav needed ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) dances (d) to dance
  19. 19.Rohan is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) to study (b) studies (c) study (d) studying
  20. 20.Aditya avoided ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wears (c) wearing (d) wear
  21. 21.Priya is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) running (b) runs (c) run (d) to run
  22. 22.Manav is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drinking (b) drink (c) to drink (d) drinks
  23. 23.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) building (b) build (c) builds (d) to build
  24. 24.Aditya needed ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) to cook
  25. 25.Priya is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bringing (b) to bring (c) bring (d) brings
  26. 26.Priya avoided ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plant
  27. 27.Kabir is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) to help
  28. 28.Ishaan kept ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) to catch (c) catches (d) catching
  29. 29.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) to feed
  30. 30.Ananya hoped ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
  31. 31.Zoya enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  32. 32.Kabir is good at ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) to clean (d) clean
  33. 33.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) write (b) to write (c) writing (d) writes
  34. 34.Priya agreed ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) help (c) helps (d) helping
  35. 35.Arjun enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
  36. 36.Arjun is good at ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak
  37. 37.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) send (b) sending (c) to send (d) sends
  38. 38.Karan is good at ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) feed (d) to feed
  39. 39.Karan kept ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) throw
  40. 40.Kabir promised ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carries (d) to carry

Answer key

  1. dancing
  2. telling
  3. going
  4. carrying
  5. running
  6. throwing
  7. going
  8. planting
  9. wearing
  10. to tell
  11. swimming
  12. clapping
  13. to feed
  14. to play
  15. cleaning
  16. watching
  17. to ride
  18. to dance
  19. studying
  20. wearing
  21. running
  22. drinking
  23. building
  24. to cook
  25. bringing
  26. planting
  27. helping
  28. catching
  29. feeding
  30. to clean
  31. carrying
  32. cleaning
  33. writing
  34. to help
  35. baking
  36. speaking
  37. sending
  38. feeding
  39. throwing
  40. to carry

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