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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 304 · 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.Omkar wanted ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carries
  2. 2.Tara is good at ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
  3. 3.Aditya is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) to study
  4. 4.Aditya is good at ___ to school. (a) to go (b) goes (c) go (d) going
  5. 5.Manav is interested in ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) help (c) to help (d) helps
  6. 6.Priya kept ___ a message. (a) to send (b) send (c) sends (d) sending
  7. 7.Omkar kept ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) write (c) writes (d) to write
  8. 8.Nisha promised ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) drawing (c) draw (d) draws
  9. 9.Arjun enjoyed ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drinking
  10. 10.Kavya avoided ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
  11. 11.Rohan practised ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) to wear (c) wears (d) wear
  12. 12.Diya finished ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) sings (c) sing (d) singing
  13. 13.Kabir avoided ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooking
  14. 14.Meera is good at ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
  15. 15.Aditya decided ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dance
  16. 16.Kabir is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy
  17. 17.Nisha finished ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carry (d) to carry
  18. 18.Rohan finished ___ tea. (a) to make (b) make (c) makes (d) making
  19. 19.Farhan is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) play (b) plays (c) to play (d) playing
  20. 20.Kunal decided ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) to cook
  21. 21.Aarav is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) makes (b) to make (c) making (d) make
  22. 22.Myra is good at ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
  23. 23.Myra planned ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flies (c) to fly (d) flying
  24. 24.Arjun agreed ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) throw (c) to throw (d) throwing
  25. 25.Aditya is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) winning (b) wins (c) to win (d) win
  26. 26.Zoya kept ___ to school. (a) going (b) goes (c) to go (d) go
  27. 27.Dev needed ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helps (c) helping (d) help
  28. 28.Aarav is interested in ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) ride (c) riding (d) rides
  29. 29.Kunal is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogging
  30. 30.Neel is interested in ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carries
  31. 31.Saanvi is good at ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) to help (d) helping
  32. 32.Kabir enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) run (c) runs (d) running
  33. 33.Omkar agreed ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
  34. 34.Sneha is good at ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wears (c) to wear (d) wearing
  35. 35.Aarav avoided ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carry
  36. 36.Meera practised ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) to jog
  37. 37.Sneha is good at ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) to throw (c) throws (d) throw
  38. 38.Karan avoided ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
  39. 39.Ananya avoided ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) to buy (c) buy (d) buying
  40. 40.Dev kept ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carry

Answer key

  1. to carry
  2. cleaning
  3. studying
  4. going
  5. helping
  6. sending
  7. writing
  8. to draw
  9. drinking
  10. sending
  11. wearing
  12. singing
  13. cooking
  14. baking
  15. to dance
  16. buying
  17. carrying
  18. making
  19. playing
  20. to cook
  21. making
  22. jogging
  23. to fly
  24. to throw
  25. winning
  26. going
  27. to help
  28. riding
  29. jogging
  30. carrying
  31. helping
  32. running
  33. to bring
  34. wearing
  35. carrying
  36. jogging
  37. throwing
  38. feeding
  39. buying
  40. carrying

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