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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 315 · 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.Rohan is good at ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy
  2. 2.Nisha is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) to write (b) writes (c) write (d) writing
  3. 3.Kabir is tired of ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) to carry (c) carry (d) carrying
  4. 4.Kunal is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) playing (b) to play (c) plays (d) play
  5. 5.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) speak (d) to speak
  6. 6.Zoya promised ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) drawing (c) draw (d) draws
  7. 7.Sneha is fond of ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
  8. 8.Diya is good at ___ tea. (a) makes (b) to make (c) make (d) making
  9. 9.Sneha is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) plant
  10. 10.Kabir finished ___ a story. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) telling (d) tell
  11. 11.Yash avoided ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing (d) to wear
  12. 12.Kunal finished ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) to swim (d) swims
  13. 13.Kunal kept ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) to buy
  14. 14.Pooja is interested in ___ cricket. (a) play (b) playing (c) plays (d) to play
  15. 15.Vivaan refused ___ science. (a) studying (b) study (c) studies (d) to study
  16. 16.Manav practised ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) riding (c) rides (d) to ride
  17. 17.Omkar is fond of ___ cricket. (a) play (b) playing (c) to play (d) plays
  18. 18.Arjun enjoyed ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) cleaning (d) clean
  19. 19.Vivaan is good at ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) to feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
  20. 20.Priya is interested in ___ a story. (a) tells (b) tell (c) to tell (d) telling
  21. 21.Zoya agreed ___ a song. (a) sing (b) to sing (c) singing (d) sings
  22. 22.Tara wanted ___ the train. (a) takes (b) take (c) to take (d) taking
  23. 23.Ananya needed ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) running (c) run (d) to run
  24. 24.Vivaan agreed ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) to draw (c) drawing (d) draws
  25. 25.Sneha enjoyed ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) fly (c) flies (d) flying
  26. 26.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) makes (b) to make (c) making (d) make
  27. 27.Aarav is tired of ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) singing (c) sing (d) sings
  28. 28.Ishaan is tired of ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
  29. 29.Farhan is tired of ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) to climb (d) climbing
  30. 30.Omkar planned ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) to climb (d) climb
  31. 31.Aarav enjoyed ___ to school. (a) to go (b) going (c) goes (d) go
  32. 32.Dev is fond of ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
  33. 33.Kunal is tired of ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) feeding (d) to feed
  34. 34.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) catch (b) catches (c) to catch (d) catching
  35. 35.Ishaan practised ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  36. 36.Arjun is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  37. 37.Myra practised ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) help (c) helps (d) helping
  38. 38.Farhan is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throw (b) to throw (c) throws (d) throwing
  39. 39.Kabir needed ___ the train. (a) taking (b) to take (c) take (d) takes
  40. 40.Neel is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) to write (b) write (c) writes (d) writing

Answer key

  1. buying
  2. writing
  3. carrying
  4. playing
  5. speaking
  6. to draw
  7. watching
  8. making
  9. planting
  10. telling
  11. wearing
  12. swimming
  13. buying
  14. playing
  15. to study
  16. riding
  17. playing
  18. cleaning
  19. feeding
  20. telling
  21. to sing
  22. to take
  23. to run
  24. to draw
  25. flying
  26. making
  27. singing
  28. playing
  29. climbing
  30. to climb
  31. going
  32. watching
  33. feeding
  34. catching
  35. dancing
  36. baking
  37. helping
  38. throwing
  39. to take
  40. writing

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