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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 32 · 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.Ira is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) to speak (d) speak
  2. 2.Rohan enjoyed ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) eat
  3. 3.Zoya hoped ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) to bake (d) baking
  4. 4.Rohan finished ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) to cook (c) cooking (d) cook
  5. 5.Manav finished ___ to school. (a) going (b) goes (c) to go (d) go
  6. 6.Sneha kept ___ science. (a) studies (b) studying (c) study (d) to study
  7. 7.Meera is good at ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) dance (d) to dance
  8. 8.Neel is interested in ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watching (d) to watch
  9. 9.Priya promised ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) tell
  10. 10.Aditya is tired of ___ cricket. (a) play (b) to play (c) playing (d) plays
  11. 11.Kavya enjoyed ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) to cook
  12. 12.Meera is interested in ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) play (c) plays (d) playing
  13. 13.Rohan is good at ___ science. (a) study (b) studies (c) to study (d) studying
  14. 14.Kabir is good at ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) cook
  15. 15.Kavya kept ___ the match. (a) winning (b) wins (c) win (d) to win
  16. 16.Ananya kept ___ a story. (a) tell (b) tells (c) to tell (d) telling
  17. 17.Nisha finished ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) ride (c) riding (d) to ride
  18. 18.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eating (b) eats (c) eat (d) to eat
  19. 19.Nisha enjoyed ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) to wash (c) washes (d) wash
  20. 20.Tara is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bring (b) to bring (c) brings (d) bringing
  21. 21.Meera promised ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catching (c) to catch (d) catch
  22. 22.Yash hoped ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
  23. 23.Diya is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) catching (b) catch (c) to catch (d) catches
  24. 24.Zoya planned ___ to school. (a) to go (b) goes (c) going (d) go
  25. 25.Ananya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climb (d) to climb
  26. 26.Aarav decided ___ a message. (a) sending (b) send (c) to send (d) sends
  27. 27.Aarav wanted ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  28. 28.Nisha is fond of ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) plants (d) planting
  29. 29.Karan finished ___ tea. (a) to make (b) make (c) makes (d) making
  30. 30.Karan is interested in ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) rides (c) riding (d) to ride
  31. 31.Ishaan is fond of ___ the train. (a) take (b) to take (c) takes (d) taking
  32. 32.Aisha agreed ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) to catch
  33. 33.Manav is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) to eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) eat
  34. 34.Aditya wanted ___ the match. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) to win
  35. 35.Yash enjoyed ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) to clean
  36. 36.Kavya is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) to catch (b) catch (c) catching (d) catches
  37. 37.Rahul is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draws (b) to draw (c) draw (d) drawing
  38. 38.Tara promised ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) clean
  39. 39.Tara is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carries
  40. 40.Arjun planned ___ the train. (a) taking (b) take (c) to take (d) takes

Answer key

  1. speaking
  2. eating
  3. to bake
  4. cooking
  5. going
  6. studying
  7. dancing
  8. watching
  9. to tell
  10. playing
  11. cooking
  12. playing
  13. studying
  14. cooking
  15. winning
  16. telling
  17. riding
  18. eating
  19. washing
  20. bringing
  21. to catch
  22. to bake
  23. catching
  24. to go
  25. climbing
  26. to send
  27. to bake
  28. planting
  29. making
  30. riding
  31. taking
  32. to catch
  33. eating
  34. to win
  35. cleaning
  36. catching
  37. drawing
  38. to clean
  39. carrying
  40. to take

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