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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 330 · 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.Kabir decided ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
  2. 2.Aisha is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) catch (b) catching (c) catches (d) to catch
  3. 3.Manav finished ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
  4. 4.Farhan enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  5. 5.Kunal avoided ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbs
  6. 6.Nisha is good at ___ to school. (a) go (b) to go (c) goes (d) going
  7. 7.Kabir is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) to throw (b) throws (c) throw (d) throwing
  8. 8.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) to take
  9. 9.Aarav is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) to drink (d) drinks
  10. 10.Kabir promised ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) to draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  11. 11.Priya agreed ___ the match. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) to win
  12. 12.Yash is interested in ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watching
  13. 13.Saanvi finished ___ a story. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) tell (d) telling
  14. 14.Pooja kept ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
  15. 15.Dev is interested in ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flying (c) to fly (d) flies
  16. 16.Isha is good at ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) to drink (d) drink
  17. 17.Vivaan enjoyed ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) to play
  18. 18.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eats (b) eating (c) eat (d) to eat
  19. 19.Omkar is fond of ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) helping (c) help (d) to help
  20. 20.Priya hoped ___ science. (a) to study (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
  21. 21.Priya is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) win (b) winning (c) to win (d) wins
  22. 22.Ananya is tired of ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) to draw (c) drawing (d) draws
  23. 23.Arjun wanted ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleaning
  24. 24.Rahul agreed ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) to cook
  25. 25.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) to cook (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooks
  26. 26.Isha agreed ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) wash (c) to wash (d) washes
  27. 27.Tara is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) plays (b) to play (c) play (d) playing
  28. 28.Diya is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swims (b) swim (c) to swim (d) swimming
  29. 29.Kunal enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) to jog (c) jog (d) jogs
  30. 30.Neel is good at ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) throwing (c) to throw (d) throw
  31. 31.Neel is tired of ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) speaking (d) to speak
  32. 32.Ira is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  33. 33.Aisha decided ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bake (c) to bake (d) bakes
  34. 34.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) sing (b) to sing (c) singing (d) sings
  35. 35.Neel is interested in ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) to clap (c) clapping (d) claps
  36. 36.Kabir is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy
  37. 37.Nisha promised ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) brings (c) bring (d) to bring
  38. 38.Yash is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throw (b) to throw (c) throws (d) throwing
  39. 39.Karan is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) make (b) makes (c) making (d) to make
  40. 40.Saanvi refused ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tell (c) telling (d) tells

Answer key

  1. to play
  2. catching
  3. cleaning
  4. carrying
  5. climbing
  6. going
  7. throwing
  8. taking
  9. drinking
  10. to draw
  11. to win
  12. watching
  13. telling
  14. playing
  15. flying
  16. drinking
  17. playing
  18. eating
  19. helping
  20. to study
  21. winning
  22. drawing
  23. to clean
  24. to cook
  25. cooking
  26. to wash
  27. playing
  28. swimming
  29. jogging
  30. throwing
  31. speaking
  32. baking
  33. to bake
  34. singing
  35. clapping
  36. buying
  37. to bring
  38. throwing
  39. making
  40. to tell

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