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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 327 · 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.Neel avoided ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) to feed (d) feeding
  2. 2.Tara kept ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooking
  3. 3.Farhan is tired of ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catch (c) catching (d) to catch
  4. 4.Pooja is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watching (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watch
  5. 5.Zoya is interested in ___ science. (a) to study (b) studying (c) studies (d) study
  6. 6.Farhan avoided ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) to eat (c) eat (d) eats
  7. 7.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) to climb
  8. 8.Myra avoided ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
  9. 9.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) to ride (b) rides (c) riding (d) ride
  10. 10.Kavya wanted ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) to fly
  11. 11.Diya finished ___ a message. (a) sends (b) sending (c) send (d) to send
  12. 12.Dev practised ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) flies (c) fly (d) to fly
  13. 13.Manav finished ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helps (c) help (d) helping
  14. 14.Rohan finished ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washing (c) washes (d) wash
  15. 15.Kunal is good at ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
  16. 16.Farhan is interested in ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing
  17. 17.Ananya is tired of ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planting (d) to plant
  18. 18.Kavya is tired of ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy (d) to buy
  19. 19.Ishaan kept ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  20. 20.Nisha is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) to win (b) win (c) winning (d) wins
  21. 21.Omkar is good at ___ the match. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) to win
  22. 22.Zoya decided ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) building (c) builds (d) to build
  23. 23.Neel is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draws (b) draw (c) to draw (d) drawing
  24. 24.Rohan is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buys (b) buying (c) to buy (d) buy
  25. 25.Tara agreed ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swims (c) to swim (d) swimming
  26. 26.Neel is tired of ___ the match. (a) wins (b) to win (c) win (d) winning
  27. 27.Ira finished ___ to school. (a) goes (b) go (c) to go (d) going
  28. 28.Kunal is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) to clean (b) clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
  29. 29.Pooja is tired of ___ a message. (a) sends (b) sending (c) send (d) to send
  30. 30.Neel is interested in ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) to swim (c) swims (d) swimming
  31. 31.Sneha needed ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) dance (d) to dance
  32. 32.Aditya planned ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  33. 33.Kabir is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carries
  34. 34.Sneha is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapping (d) to clap
  35. 35.Neel refused ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) drinking (d) to drink
  36. 36.Diya is tired of ___ science. (a) studying (b) study (c) studies (d) to study
  37. 37.Diya agreed ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) to drink (d) drinking
  38. 38.Priya finished ___ to school. (a) going (b) go (c) to go (d) goes
  39. 39.Rohan is good at ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tell (c) tells (d) to tell
  40. 40.Farhan wanted ___ the room. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleaning (d) cleans

Answer key

  1. feeding
  2. cooking
  3. catching
  4. watching
  5. studying
  6. eating
  7. climbing
  8. speaking
  9. riding
  10. to fly
  11. sending
  12. flying
  13. helping
  14. washing
  15. watching
  16. dancing
  17. planting
  18. buying
  19. baking
  20. winning
  21. winning
  22. to build
  23. drawing
  24. buying
  25. to swim
  26. winning
  27. going
  28. cleaning
  29. sending
  30. swimming
  31. to dance
  32. to bake
  33. carrying
  34. clapping
  35. to drink
  36. studying
  37. to drink
  38. going
  39. telling
  40. to clean

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