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Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 316 · 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 is good at ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
  2. 2.Diya enjoyed ___ to school. (a) goes (b) go (c) going (d) to go
  3. 3.Kunal wanted ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak
  4. 4.Yash is tired of ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
  5. 5.Ira is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) tell (d) telling
  6. 6.Manav is interested in ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catch (c) catches (d) catching
  7. 7.Rohan avoided ___ the match. (a) wins (b) winning (c) to win (d) win
  8. 8.Kavya is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) makes (b) making (c) to make (d) make
  9. 9.Rahul is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  10. 10.Priya wanted ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carries
  11. 11.Priya is interested in ___ in the park. (a) running (b) to run (c) run (d) runs
  12. 12.Ira hoped ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) claps (c) to clap (d) clapping
  13. 13.Zoya is interested in ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carrying
  14. 14.Neel is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) to wear (d) wears
  15. 15.Omkar is interested in ___ the train. (a) to take (b) takes (c) taking (d) take
  16. 16.Farhan agreed ___ a song. (a) sing (b) to sing (c) sings (d) singing
  17. 17.Nisha decided ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flies (c) to fly (d) flying
  18. 18.Farhan practised ___ tea. (a) make (b) makes (c) to make (d) making
  19. 19.Karan is good at ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) to climb (d) climbs
  20. 20.Meera kept ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) builds (c) building (d) build
  21. 21.Rahul is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) to draw (d) draws
  22. 22.Kavya is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drawing (d) to draw
  23. 23.Manav is fond of ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
  24. 24.Meera is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) to drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drink
  25. 25.Omkar is tired of ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plants
  26. 26.Aisha enjoyed ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
  27. 27.Riya finished ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleaning
  28. 28.Rohan planned ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
  29. 29.Kabir planned ___ in the park. (a) run (b) runs (c) running (d) to run
  30. 30.Dev is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) to make (b) making (c) makes (d) make
  31. 31.Aisha is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) to send (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
  32. 32.Kavya is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watches (d) watching
  33. 33.Aarav finished ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) to clap (c) claps (d) clap
  34. 34.Aditya finished ___ a message. (a) sends (b) to send (c) sending (d) send
  35. 35.Riya is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) clap (b) to clap (c) claps (d) clapping
  36. 36.Dev finished ___ a letter. (a) write (b) to write (c) writing (d) writes
  37. 37.Aisha is tired of ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planting (d) to plant
  38. 38.Kabir kept ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plant
  39. 39.Aarav is good at ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) to catch (c) catching (d) catches
  40. 40.Rohan kept ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch (d) to watch

Answer key

  1. playing
  2. going
  3. to speak
  4. flying
  5. telling
  6. catching
  7. winning
  8. making
  9. carrying
  10. to carry
  11. running
  12. to clap
  13. carrying
  14. wearing
  15. taking
  16. to sing
  17. to fly
  18. making
  19. climbing
  20. building
  21. drawing
  22. drawing
  23. writing
  24. drinking
  25. planting
  26. singing
  27. cleaning
  28. to write
  29. to run
  30. making
  31. sending
  32. watching
  33. clapping
  34. sending
  35. clapping
  36. writing
  37. planting
  38. planting
  39. catching
  40. watching

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