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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 332 · 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.Farhan is good at ___ a message. (a) to send (b) send (c) sends (d) sending
  2. 2.Neel is good at ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) to throw
  3. 3.Aisha is tired of ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) to clean
  4. 4.Riya is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) take (b) to take (c) takes (d) taking
  5. 5.Riya is interested in ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) to climb
  6. 6.Omkar is good at ___ in the park. (a) run (b) to run (c) runs (d) running
  7. 7.Meera wanted ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
  8. 8.Zoya practised ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) to cook
  9. 9.Zoya is fond of ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helping (c) helps (d) to help
  10. 10.Ira avoided ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) draw (d) to draw
  11. 11.Aisha finished ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
  12. 12.Aarav is tired of ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) to draw (c) drawing (d) draw
  13. 13.Manav is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) to bring (b) brings (c) bringing (d) bring
  14. 14.Aarav enjoyed ___ science. (a) study (b) studies (c) studying (d) to study
  15. 15.Zoya planned ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) to swim (c) swims (d) swimming
  16. 16.Isha promised ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buy (c) to buy (d) buying
  17. 17.Dev is good at ___ a story. (a) tell (b) to tell (c) tells (d) telling
  18. 18.Kabir kept ___ science. (a) studies (b) to study (c) study (d) studying
  19. 19.Rohan is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) to buy (b) buy (c) buying (d) buys
  20. 20.Diya enjoyed ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) to dance (d) dances
  21. 21.Kabir is interested in ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watch (c) to watch (d) watches
  22. 22.Aarav is interested in ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watching (d) watches
  23. 23.Myra hoped ___ science. (a) studies (b) to study (c) studying (d) study
  24. 24.Tara finished ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) to speak (c) speak (d) speaks
  25. 25.Pooja refused ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) to jog (d) jogs
  26. 26.Ananya is fond of ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) claps (c) to clap (d) clapping
  27. 27.Ishaan promised ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) run (c) runs (d) running
  28. 28.Aarav wanted ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) carry (d) to carry
  29. 29.Neel finished ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) to clean (d) clean
  30. 30.Meera kept ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) to watch
  31. 31.Kunal kept ___ the train. (a) taking (b) takes (c) to take (d) take
  32. 32.Kabir is good at ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writes (c) to write (d) writing
  33. 33.Myra agreed ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) plant
  34. 34.Ishaan planned ___ a message. (a) sending (b) send (c) sends (d) to send
  35. 35.Ira is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) ride (b) rides (c) to ride (d) riding
  36. 36.Ira is interested in ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
  37. 37.Diya is good at ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) writing (c) write (d) to write
  38. 38.Priya refused ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) plants (c) to plant (d) planting
  39. 39.Meera needed ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  40. 40.Farhan needed ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) bake

Answer key

  1. sending
  2. throwing
  3. cleaning
  4. taking
  5. climbing
  6. running
  7. to bake
  8. cooking
  9. helping
  10. drawing
  11. washing
  12. drawing
  13. bringing
  14. studying
  15. to swim
  16. to buy
  17. telling
  18. studying
  19. buying
  20. dancing
  21. watching
  22. watching
  23. to study
  24. speaking
  25. to jog
  26. clapping
  27. to run
  28. to carry
  29. cleaning
  30. watching
  31. taking
  32. writing
  33. to plant
  34. to send
  35. riding
  36. singing
  37. writing
  38. to plant
  39. to carry
  40. to bake

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