← Gerunds and infinitives lesson New set →

Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 313 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Tara is fond of ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) drawing (d) draws
  2. 2.Isha is fond of ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) eat (c) eats (d) to eat
  3. 3.Isha is fond of ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watching (d) watch
  4. 4.Aarav is good at ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleans
  5. 5.Rahul is interested in ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) to draw (d) draw
  6. 6.Omkar refused ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dances (c) to dance (d) dancing
  7. 7.Kunal finished ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jogging (c) jog (d) to jog
  8. 8.Dev is interested in ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carry
  9. 9.Pooja hoped ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) helps (c) help (d) to help
  10. 10.Karan kept ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) riding (d) rides
  11. 11.Myra wanted ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) to clap (c) clapping (d) clap
  12. 12.Arjun is good at ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) to write (c) write (d) writing
  13. 13.Kabir is interested in ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) to clean (d) cleaning
  14. 14.Myra is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) to bring (d) brings
  15. 15.Pooja is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) to study
  16. 16.Yash planned ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carries
  17. 17.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) plant
  18. 18.Meera kept ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
  19. 19.Diya avoided ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watching (c) to watch (d) watch
  20. 20.Aisha kept ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogging
  21. 21.Farhan hoped ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) to clean (d) cleans
  22. 22.Ishaan refused ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) speak (d) to speak
  23. 23.Aarav practised ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) plant
  24. 24.Manav planned ___ a song. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sing (d) to sing
  25. 25.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) to fly
  26. 26.Sneha is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
  27. 27.Ira avoided ___ tea. (a) makes (b) to make (c) making (d) make
  28. 28.Vivaan is good at ___ a message. (a) sending (b) to send (c) send (d) sends
  29. 29.Yash decided ___ the train. (a) taking (b) to take (c) takes (d) take
  30. 30.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) plants (d) planting
  31. 31.Myra is tired of ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) bake
  32. 32.Dev is fond of ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) to jog (d) jogging
  33. 33.Rahul is good at ___ a song. (a) sing (b) singing (c) sings (d) to sing
  34. 34.Aarav finished ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  35. 35.Rohan kept ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) run (c) running (d) runs
  36. 36.Manav is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
  37. 37.Saanvi promised ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) speak (d) to speak
  38. 38.Kavya is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) to feed (d) feed
  39. 39.Rahul promised ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) to feed
  40. 40.Priya is fond of ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jog (d) to jog

Answer key

  1. drawing
  2. eating
  3. watching
  4. cleaning
  5. drawing
  6. to dance
  7. jogging
  8. carrying
  9. to help
  10. riding
  11. to clap
  12. writing
  13. cleaning
  14. bringing
  15. studying
  16. to carry
  17. planting
  18. jogging
  19. watching
  20. jogging
  21. to clean
  22. to speak
  23. planting
  24. to sing
  25. flying
  26. cleaning
  27. making
  28. sending
  29. to take
  30. planting
  31. baking
  32. jogging
  33. singing
  34. carrying
  35. running
  36. washing
  37. to speak
  38. feeding
  39. to feed
  40. jogging

Free english grammar lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-grammar