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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 298 · 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.Riya is fond of ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watches (d) watching
  2. 2.Tara is interested in ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) to throw (c) throw (d) throwing
  3. 3.Vivaan is interested in ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) to fly (c) flying (d) fly
  4. 4.Rohan decided ___ tea. (a) making (b) makes (c) to make (d) make
  5. 5.Myra planned ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) eats (c) eat (d) to eat
  6. 6.Vivaan is fond of ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
  7. 7.Ira refused ___ to school. (a) goes (b) going (c) to go (d) go
  8. 8.Manav is good at ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) to speak
  9. 9.Sneha is tired of ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
  10. 10.Kabir refused ___ the match. (a) wins (b) to win (c) win (d) winning
  11. 11.Dev is tired of ___ the match. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) to win
  12. 12.Neel hoped ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogs (d) to jog
  13. 13.Tara avoided ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  14. 14.Dev is tired of ___ a song. (a) singing (b) to sing (c) sings (d) sing
  15. 15.Arjun enjoyed ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writes (d) writing
  16. 16.Farhan is interested in ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bake
  17. 17.Farhan kept ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) to wear (c) wears (d) wearing
  18. 18.Tara is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carries (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carrying
  19. 19.Aisha is fond of ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catches (c) to catch (d) catching
  20. 20.Omkar avoided ___ tea. (a) to make (b) making (c) make (d) makes
  21. 21.Neel is fond of ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
  22. 22.Rahul avoided ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) build (c) building (d) builds
  23. 23.Zoya promised ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buy (c) buys (d) buying
  24. 24.Myra finished ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carry
  25. 25.Ananya refused ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  26. 26.Pooja is good at ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooks
  27. 27.Myra practised ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing
  28. 28.Rohan avoided ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dancing (d) dances
  29. 29.Karan is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) to make (b) makes (c) make (d) making
  30. 30.Riya agreed ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) to clean
  31. 31.Aditya agreed ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) to catch (c) catch (d) catching
  32. 32.Priya is good at ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) to throw
  33. 33.Tara needed ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) builds (c) to build (d) build
  34. 34.Saanvi kept ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) to help
  35. 35.Arjun refused ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) to throw (c) throws (d) throw
  36. 36.Meera decided ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) to throw
  37. 37.Isha is tired of ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) to dance
  38. 38.Aditya is tired of ___ to school. (a) going (b) goes (c) to go (d) go
  39. 39.Tara is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wears (b) to wear (c) wearing (d) wear
  40. 40.Dev is good at ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) clap (d) to clap

Answer key

  1. watching
  2. throwing
  3. flying
  4. to make
  5. to eat
  6. flying
  7. to go
  8. speaking
  9. feeding
  10. to win
  11. winning
  12. to jog
  13. jogging
  14. singing
  15. writing
  16. baking
  17. wearing
  18. carrying
  19. catching
  20. making
  21. watching
  22. building
  23. to buy
  24. carrying
  25. to carry
  26. cooking
  27. dancing
  28. dancing
  29. making
  30. to clean
  31. to catch
  32. throwing
  33. to build
  34. helping
  35. to throw
  36. to throw
  37. dancing
  38. going
  39. wearing
  40. clapping

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