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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 324 · 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.Meera is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
  2. 2.Omkar avoided ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) rides (c) to ride (d) riding
  3. 3.Neel needed ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  4. 4.Dev avoided ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writes (c) to write (d) writing
  5. 5.Kabir is good at ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) to throw (c) throw (d) throwing
  6. 6.Ananya enjoyed ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) to wear (c) wearing (d) wears
  7. 7.Kavya is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) to throw (d) throws
  8. 8.Isha practised ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) washing (c) to wash (d) wash
  9. 9.Kavya finished ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) to play
  10. 10.Kunal enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  11. 11.Arjun planned ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) to ride (c) ride (d) riding
  12. 12.Manav is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) catching (b) to catch (c) catches (d) catch
  13. 13.Ishaan avoided ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washing (c) to wash (d) washes
  14. 14.Ishaan is good at ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) to swim (c) swim (d) swimming
  15. 15.Meera is interested in ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) plant
  16. 16.Diya is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buying (b) buy (c) buys (d) to buy
  17. 17.Omkar needed ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) to ride (c) riding (d) ride
  18. 18.Rahul finished ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) helping (c) help (d) to help
  19. 19.Rahul is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) to help (b) helps (c) helping (d) help
  20. 20.Manav is good at ___ a song. (a) singing (b) sings (c) to sing (d) sing
  21. 21.Meera is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) to play
  22. 22.Ananya finished ___ tea. (a) making (b) to make (c) make (d) makes
  23. 23.Kavya hoped ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) to throw (c) throwing (d) throw
  24. 24.Isha is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) to tell (b) tell (c) tells (d) telling
  25. 25.Manav is tired of ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) to jog (d) jogs
  26. 26.Manav is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) playing (b) to play (c) play (d) plays
  27. 27.Rohan is interested in ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
  28. 28.Arjun avoided ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
  29. 29.Vivaan finished ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
  30. 30.Saanvi is fond of ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washes (c) washing (d) to wash
  31. 31.Kunal planned ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) to cook
  32. 32.Riya is interested in ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
  33. 33.Riya is tired of ___ a story. (a) tells (b) tell (c) to tell (d) telling
  34. 34.Riya practised ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
  35. 35.Kunal is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) wash (b) washes (c) to wash (d) washing
  36. 36.Vivaan avoided ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) to dance (d) dances
  37. 37.Meera is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) feed (d) to feed
  38. 38.Farhan enjoyed ___ tea. (a) making (b) to make (c) make (d) makes
  39. 39.Rohan promised ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) to wear (d) wears
  40. 40.Dev practised ___ to school. (a) go (b) goes (c) going (d) to go

Answer key

  1. baking
  2. riding
  3. to bake
  4. writing
  5. throwing
  6. wearing
  7. throwing
  8. washing
  9. playing
  10. baking
  11. to ride
  12. catching
  13. washing
  14. swimming
  15. planting
  16. buying
  17. to ride
  18. helping
  19. helping
  20. singing
  21. playing
  22. making
  23. to throw
  24. telling
  25. jogging
  26. playing
  27. baking
  28. cleaning
  29. watching
  30. washing
  31. to cook
  32. playing
  33. telling
  34. speaking
  35. washing
  36. dancing
  37. feeding
  38. making
  39. to wear
  40. going

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