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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 310 · 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.Yash decided ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catching (c) catch (d) to catch
  2. 2.Diya agreed ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) plays (c) to play (d) play
  3. 3.Isha enjoyed ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) clap (c) to clap (d) clapping
  4. 4.Arjun avoided ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) to swim (c) swimming (d) swim
  5. 5.Kavya decided ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  6. 6.Arjun planned ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speak
  7. 7.Sneha is fond of ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) riding (c) to ride (d) ride
  8. 8.Aditya is tired of ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) sing (c) singing (d) sings
  9. 9.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tells (b) telling (c) tell (d) to tell
  10. 10.Nisha is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
  11. 11.Priya agreed ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) to climb (d) climbing
  12. 12.Karan is fond of ___ the train. (a) taking (b) to take (c) takes (d) take
  13. 13.Aditya is tired of ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carry (d) to carry
  14. 14.Rahul needed ___ to school. (a) go (b) to go (c) going (d) goes
  15. 15.Rahul practised ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
  16. 16.Rohan enjoyed ___ a story. (a) tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) to tell
  17. 17.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wears (b) wear (c) to wear (d) wearing
  18. 18.Kabir refused ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dance (c) dancing (d) to dance
  19. 19.Kunal enjoyed ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wears (c) wear (d) wearing
  20. 20.Tara agreed ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) to throw
  21. 21.Saanvi practised ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) to help
  22. 22.Aarav enjoyed ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) to feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
  23. 23.Arjun practised ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) building (c) builds (d) to build
  24. 24.Tara is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) win (b) winning (c) wins (d) to win
  25. 25.Dev avoided ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) to jog (d) jog
  26. 26.Dev hoped ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carries
  27. 27.Yash finished ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) to drink (d) drinks
  28. 28.Kavya wanted ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) dances (d) to dance
  29. 29.Diya avoided ___ a song. (a) singing (b) sing (c) sings (d) to sing
  30. 30.Isha is interested in ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eat (c) eating (d) to eat
  31. 31.Nisha enjoyed ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) to fly
  32. 32.Vivaan is good at ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) draw (c) to draw (d) drawing
  33. 33.Saanvi practised ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swims (c) swim (d) swimming
  34. 34.Ananya is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flying (d) to fly
  35. 35.Omkar wanted ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helps (c) help (d) helping
  36. 36.Saanvi hoped ___ milk. (a) drink (b) to drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
  37. 37.Aarav is fond of ___ in the park. (a) running (b) run (c) runs (d) to run
  38. 38.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flies (b) flying (c) to fly (d) fly
  39. 39.Aisha is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) to drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) drink
  40. 40.Kabir is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) to study (b) studies (c) studying (d) study

Answer key

  1. to catch
  2. to play
  3. clapping
  4. swimming
  5. to bake
  6. to speak
  7. riding
  8. singing
  9. telling
  10. baking
  11. to climb
  12. taking
  13. carrying
  14. to go
  15. jogging
  16. telling
  17. wearing
  18. to dance
  19. wearing
  20. to throw
  21. helping
  22. feeding
  23. building
  24. winning
  25. jogging
  26. to carry
  27. drinking
  28. to dance
  29. singing
  30. eating
  31. flying
  32. drawing
  33. swimming
  34. flying
  35. to help
  36. to drink
  37. running
  38. flying
  39. drinking
  40. studying

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