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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 331 · 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 is fond of ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sending (c) send (d) sends
  2. 2.Yash is fond of ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) to jog (d) jogging
  3. 3.Zoya avoided ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) to climb
  4. 4.Kabir is interested in ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throw (c) to throw (d) throws
  5. 5.Rahul is tired of ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
  6. 6.Isha is good at ___ science. (a) studies (b) to study (c) studying (d) study
  7. 7.Ishaan avoided ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  8. 8.Meera agreed ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) to plant (c) plant (d) plants
  9. 9.Dev is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) riding (b) ride (c) to ride (d) rides
  10. 10.Dev is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) dance (d) to dance
  11. 11.Sneha is good at ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watches (d) watching
  12. 12.Kavya is interested in ___ a message. (a) sends (b) to send (c) send (d) sending
  13. 13.Tara enjoyed ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catches (c) catch (d) catching
  14. 14.Aditya is good at ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) drawing (d) draws
  15. 15.Meera is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) to clap (b) clap (c) clapping (d) claps
  16. 16.Nisha is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  17. 17.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) plants (d) planting
  18. 18.Rahul hoped ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sending (c) send (d) sends
  19. 19.Sneha is good at ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washing (c) wash (d) washes
  20. 20.Manav kept ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) drink
  21. 21.Rohan wanted ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) brings (c) bringing (d) to bring
  22. 22.Myra is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) to send (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
  23. 23.Aditya wanted ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) to clean
  24. 24.Nisha planned ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
  25. 25.Arjun is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) to play
  26. 26.Farhan is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) dance
  27. 27.Kavya is good at ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) to drink (d) drink
  28. 28.Aditya is tired of ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
  29. 29.Kabir practised ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) dances (d) to dance
  30. 30.Aarav promised ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) to dance (d) dances
  31. 31.Priya agreed ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
  32. 32.Tara agreed ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washes (c) washing (d) to wash
  33. 33.Omkar is good at ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watching (d) watch
  34. 34.Aditya planned ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) carry (d) to carry
  35. 35.Farhan agreed ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) to wear (c) wears (d) wearing
  36. 36.Omkar practised ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eating (c) eat (d) to eat
  37. 37.Ananya is interested in ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
  38. 38.Ishaan decided ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) to clean
  39. 39.Aditya finished ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
  40. 40.Meera refused ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) to bake (d) baking

Answer key

  1. sending
  2. jogging
  3. climbing
  4. throwing
  5. jogging
  6. studying
  7. carrying
  8. to plant
  9. riding
  10. dancing
  11. watching
  12. sending
  13. catching
  14. drawing
  15. clapping
  16. carrying
  17. planting
  18. to send
  19. washing
  20. drinking
  21. to bring
  22. sending
  23. to clean
  24. to jog
  25. playing
  26. dancing
  27. drinking
  28. cleaning
  29. dancing
  30. to dance
  31. to clean
  32. to wash
  33. watching
  34. to carry
  35. to wear
  36. eating
  37. climbing
  38. to clean
  39. watching
  40. to bake

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