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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 30 · 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.Saanvi agreed ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) to feed
  2. 2.Kabir hoped ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) to wash (c) wash (d) washes
  3. 3.Saanvi is interested in ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throw (c) throws (d) throwing
  4. 4.Rahul avoided ___ a story. (a) tell (b) to tell (c) tells (d) telling
  5. 5.Diya is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writes (b) to write (c) writing (d) write
  6. 6.Aarav wanted ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) to throw (c) throws (d) throwing
  7. 7.Vivaan practised ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) to play (c) play (d) playing
  8. 8.Arjun agreed ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) to draw (d) draws
  9. 9.Pooja wanted ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) buys (c) to buy (d) buy
  10. 10.Karan avoided ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooks
  11. 11.Nisha refused ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eating (c) eat (d) to eat
  12. 12.Yash finished ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
  13. 13.Zoya is good at ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) to bake
  14. 14.Meera finished ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
  15. 15.Ira hoped ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) to watch (c) watch (d) watches
  16. 16.Vivaan decided ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) to study
  17. 17.Nisha is fond of ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) draws (c) to draw (d) drawing
  18. 18.Meera agreed ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tell (c) tells (d) to tell
  19. 19.Isha wanted ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooks (d) to cook
  20. 20.Nisha is interested in ___ to school. (a) to go (b) goes (c) go (d) going
  21. 21.Kunal enjoyed ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) help (c) helping (d) helps
  22. 22.Saanvi is good at ___ the train. (a) take (b) to take (c) takes (d) taking
  23. 23.Rohan decided ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) to drink (d) drinks
  24. 24.Manav needed ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jog (d) to jog
  25. 25.Karan is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) win (b) to win (c) winning (d) wins
  26. 26.Kabir practised ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing
  27. 27.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tells (b) tell (c) to tell (d) telling
  28. 28.Aarav is interested in ___ to school. (a) to go (b) goes (c) going (d) go
  29. 29.Ishaan avoided ___ science. (a) studying (b) to study (c) study (d) studies
  30. 30.Pooja enjoyed ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) drawing (c) draws (d) draw
  31. 31.Manav needed ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) to wear (d) wears
  32. 32.Manav enjoyed ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooking
  33. 33.Ananya avoided ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) building (c) build (d) builds
  34. 34.Saanvi enjoyed ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) buy (c) buys (d) to buy
  35. 35.Dev is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) clean
  36. 36.Rohan agreed ___ milk. (a) drink (b) to drink (c) drinking (d) drinks
  37. 37.Neel is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
  38. 38.Nisha is good at ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) to speak (c) speaks (d) speak
  39. 39.Diya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbing (b) to climb (c) climb (d) climbs
  40. 40.Arjun hoped ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed

Answer key

  1. to feed
  2. to wash
  3. throwing
  4. telling
  5. writing
  6. to throw
  7. playing
  8. to draw
  9. to buy
  10. cooking
  11. to eat
  12. climbing
  13. baking
  14. playing
  15. to watch
  16. to study
  17. drawing
  18. to tell
  19. to cook
  20. going
  21. helping
  22. taking
  23. to drink
  24. to jog
  25. winning
  26. washing
  27. telling
  28. going
  29. studying
  30. drawing
  31. to wear
  32. cooking
  33. building
  34. buying
  35. cleaning
  36. to drink
  37. speaking
  38. speaking
  39. climbing
  40. to feed

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