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Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 320 · 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.Kunal planned ___ tea. (a) to make (b) making (c) makes (d) make
  2. 2.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) to build (b) building (c) build (d) builds
  3. 3.Rohan refused ___ the train. (a) takes (b) to take (c) taking (d) take
  4. 4.Aisha enjoyed ___ the train. (a) taking (b) takes (c) take (d) to take
  5. 5.Zoya promised ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
  6. 6.Kavya is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swim (b) to swim (c) swims (d) swimming
  7. 7.Neel wanted ___ to school. (a) goes (b) to go (c) going (d) go
  8. 8.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
  9. 9.Rahul is tired of ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) to ride (c) ride (d) riding
  10. 10.Diya refused ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating
  11. 11.Aditya is tired of ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
  12. 12.Aarav hoped ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating
  13. 13.Myra avoided ___ to school. (a) going (b) go (c) goes (d) to go
  14. 14.Myra finished ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) run (d) running
  15. 15.Aisha kept ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooking
  16. 16.Karan practised ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) rides (c) to ride (d) riding
  17. 17.Arjun is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wear (b) to wear (c) wearing (d) wears
  18. 18.Ananya is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) to jog (d) jogging
  19. 19.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) fly (b) flies (c) to fly (d) flying
  20. 20.Vivaan practised ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swims (c) to swim (d) swimming
  21. 21.Yash is interested in ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) draw (c) to draw (d) drawing
  22. 22.Pooja is interested in ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eating (c) eat (d) to eat
  23. 23.Rahul is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) to make (b) making (c) make (d) makes
  24. 24.Aisha kept ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) throw
  25. 25.Kavya is fond of ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) wearing (c) to wear (d) wear
  26. 26.Aditya kept ___ a song. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sing (d) to sing
  27. 27.Neel is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dancing (d) dances
  28. 28.Dev is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooking
  29. 29.Kabir is tired of ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) to carry
  30. 30.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studying (b) study (c) to study (d) studies
  31. 31.Meera is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) to catch
  32. 32.Aarav practised ___ the match. (a) winning (b) wins (c) to win (d) win
  33. 33.Riya is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) to jog (d) jogging
  34. 34.Ishaan agreed ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) to climb (d) climb
  35. 35.Isha hoped ___ the match. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) to win
  36. 36.Karan refused ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
  37. 37.Meera enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  38. 38.Kavya is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) to catch
  39. 39.Aditya agreed ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) to clean (d) cleans
  40. 40.Karan wanted ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) to buy (c) buys (d) buying

Answer key

  1. to make
  2. building
  3. to take
  4. taking
  5. to play
  6. swimming
  7. to go
  8. baking
  9. riding
  10. to eat
  11. swimming
  12. to eat
  13. going
  14. running
  15. cooking
  16. riding
  17. wearing
  18. jogging
  19. flying
  20. swimming
  21. drawing
  22. eating
  23. making
  24. throwing
  25. wearing
  26. singing
  27. dancing
  28. cooking
  29. carrying
  30. studying
  31. catching
  32. winning
  33. jogging
  34. to climb
  35. to win
  36. to climb
  37. carrying
  38. catching
  39. to clean
  40. to buy

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