Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 326 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Myra needed ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) to dance (d) dance
2. 2.Dev is interested in ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cooking
3. 3.Karan avoided ___ a story. (a) telling (b) to tell (c) tells (d) tell
4. 4.Neel is tired of ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogging
5. 5.Aarav is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) brings (b) bring (c) bringing (d) to bring
6. 6.Kunal is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
7. 7.Sneha is tired of ___ a story. (a) telling (b) to tell (c) tells (d) tell
8. 8.Karan avoided ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) fly (c) to fly (d) flying
9. 9.Kavya planned ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) brings (d) to bring
10. 10.Arjun kept ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
11. 11.Omkar decided ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writes (d) writing
12. 12.Isha practised ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) to feed (c) feed (d) feeds
13. 13.Vivaan enjoyed ___ the train. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) to take
14. 14.Isha needed ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) to build (c) builds (d) build
15. 15.Rohan is tired of ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watch (d) to watch
16. 16.Neel is fond of ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) to cook
17. 17.Rohan refused ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) buy (c) buys (d) to buy
18. 18.Aditya is good at ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
19. 19.Dev decided ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carries (d) to carry
20. 20.Karan finished ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) rides (c) to ride (d) riding
21. 21.Kabir is fond of ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) to speak (d) speaks
22. 22.Nisha kept ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) bake
23. 23.Nisha is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throws (b) throwing (c) throw (d) to throw
24. 24.Neel is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
25. 25.Tara is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buy (b) buying (c) to buy (d) buys
26. 26.Rahul agreed ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
27. 27.Tara planned ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) to plant
28. 28.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carrying
29. 29.Omkar finished ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
30. 30.Aisha is interested in ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapping (d) to clap
31. 31.Ira promised ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) run (d) running
32. 32.Ananya agreed ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draws (c) draw (d) drawing
33. 33.Manav is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) to plant
34. 34.Aarav decided ___ for the team. (a) to clap (b) clapping (c) claps (d) clap
35. 35.Ananya enjoyed ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook (d) to cook
36. 36.Vivaan wanted ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) to help (d) helping
37. 37.Zoya practised ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) to throw (c) throw (d) throws
38. 38.Diya practised ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
39. 39.Vivaan enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) to bake (d) bake
40. 40.Omkar is interested in ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) brings (d) to bring

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