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Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 311 · 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.Meera is fond of ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) to wear (d) wears
  2. 2.Sneha is interested in ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) wash (c) washes (d) to wash
  3. 3.Pooja is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) to eat
  4. 4.Saanvi avoided ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) writes (c) write (d) to write
  5. 5.Vivaan is good at ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flies
  6. 6.Priya practised ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) rides (c) to ride (d) riding
  7. 7.Arjun is interested in ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
  8. 8.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wears (b) to wear (c) wearing (d) wear
  9. 9.Kabir is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) to cook
  10. 10.Aditya planned ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buy (c) buying (d) buys
  11. 11.Zoya is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) cleaning (b) to clean (c) cleans (d) clean
  12. 12.Aisha avoided ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) to play
  13. 13.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) sing (b) sings (c) singing (d) to sing
  14. 14.Ira is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogging (d) to jog
  15. 15.Rohan is fond of ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washes (d) to wash
  16. 16.Ananya finished ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) eat
  17. 17.Rohan finished ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) fly (c) to fly (d) flying
  18. 18.Ananya is good at ___ the match. (a) to win (b) win (c) wins (d) winning
  19. 19.Karan is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) brings (b) bringing (c) to bring (d) bring
  20. 20.Manav is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carries (d) to carry
  21. 21.Kunal is good at ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) flies (c) fly (d) to fly
  22. 22.Nisha promised ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) to speak (c) speaks (d) speaking
  23. 23.Tara is tired of ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) clap (c) to clap (d) clapping
  24. 24.Diya hoped ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) to climb (d) climb
  25. 25.Diya practised ___ the room. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
  26. 26.Dev finished ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
  27. 27.Vivaan finished ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carrying
  28. 28.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draw (b) draws (c) drawing (d) to draw
  29. 29.Rohan avoided ___ the match. (a) to win (b) win (c) wins (d) winning
  30. 30.Meera is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jogging (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jog
  31. 31.Diya is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  32. 32.Zoya is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) to dance (d) dance
  33. 33.Isha wanted ___ a message. (a) sending (b) sends (c) send (d) to send
  34. 34.Ishaan finished ___ the train. (a) take (b) to take (c) takes (d) taking
  35. 35.Isha enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carry
  36. 36.Myra agreed ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooking
  37. 37.Rahul wanted ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
  38. 38.Meera is interested in ___ to school. (a) goes (b) to go (c) go (d) going
  39. 39.Rahul is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cook (b) to cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
  40. 40.Tara wanted ___ the match. (a) to win (b) winning (c) win (d) wins

Answer key

  1. wearing
  2. washing
  3. eating
  4. writing
  5. flying
  6. riding
  7. speaking
  8. wearing
  9. cooking
  10. to buy
  11. cleaning
  12. playing
  13. singing
  14. jogging
  15. washing
  16. eating
  17. flying
  18. winning
  19. bringing
  20. carrying
  21. flying
  22. to speak
  23. clapping
  24. to climb
  25. cleaning
  26. writing
  27. carrying
  28. drawing
  29. winning
  30. jogging
  31. carrying
  32. dancing
  33. to send
  34. taking
  35. carrying
  36. to cook
  37. to feed
  38. going
  39. cooking
  40. to win

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