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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 333 · 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.Nisha refused ___ a song. (a) sing (b) sings (c) to sing (d) singing
  2. 2.Isha agreed ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
  3. 3.Ishaan agreed ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drinking
  4. 4.Farhan is fond of ___ the match. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) to win
  5. 5.Manav refused ___ a song. (a) sings (b) to sing (c) sing (d) singing
  6. 6.Kabir is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) brings (d) to bring
  7. 7.Rahul decided ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
  8. 8.Dev is fond of ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating
  9. 9.Omkar is good at ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) throw
  10. 10.Rahul enjoyed ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) to feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
  11. 11.Ira is good at ___ the train. (a) takes (b) taking (c) take (d) to take
  12. 12.Rohan is interested in ___ cricket. (a) play (b) to play (c) plays (d) playing
  13. 13.Dev is good at ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) riding (c) ride (d) rides
  14. 14.Ira is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wear (b) to wear (c) wears (d) wearing
  15. 15.Aditya is good at ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  16. 16.Diya avoided ___ to school. (a) going (b) goes (c) to go (d) go
  17. 17.Neel is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) planting (d) plants
  18. 18.Saanvi enjoyed ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
  19. 19.Pooja is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carries
  20. 20.Rahul kept ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) flies (c) fly (d) to fly
  21. 21.Zoya is good at ___ for the team. (a) to clap (b) clap (c) clapping (d) claps
  22. 22.Vivaan decided ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) build (c) building (d) to build
  23. 23.Aisha practised ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) to help (c) helping (d) help
  24. 24.Saanvi refused ___ the train. (a) to take (b) takes (c) take (d) taking
  25. 25.Arjun is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) washing (b) washes (c) wash (d) to wash
  26. 26.Saanvi avoided ___ the train. (a) takes (b) taking (c) take (d) to take
  27. 27.Rohan refused ___ the train. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) to take
  28. 28.Diya is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogging (d) to jog
  29. 29.Zoya is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
  30. 30.Nisha is good at ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) to bake (c) bake (d) baking
  31. 31.Omkar planned ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carry
  32. 32.Pooja avoided ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washing (d) washes
  33. 33.Omkar is interested in ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) to catch (c) catching (d) catch
  34. 34.Tara is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) goes (b) to go (c) go (d) going
  35. 35.Omkar is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) to buy (b) buy (c) buys (d) buying
  36. 36.Dev is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) to play (b) play (c) playing (d) plays
  37. 37.Aarav is interested in ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbs
  38. 38.Aditya kept ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) play (c) playing (d) plays
  39. 39.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) send (b) sending (c) to send (d) sends
  40. 40.Sneha enjoyed ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) to dance

Answer key

  1. to sing
  2. to play
  3. to drink
  4. winning
  5. to sing
  6. bringing
  7. to drink
  8. eating
  9. throwing
  10. feeding
  11. taking
  12. playing
  13. riding
  14. wearing
  15. jogging
  16. going
  17. planting
  18. singing
  19. carrying
  20. flying
  21. clapping
  22. to build
  23. helping
  24. to take
  25. washing
  26. taking
  27. to take
  28. jogging
  29. cleaning
  30. baking
  31. to carry
  32. washing
  33. catching
  34. going
  35. buying
  36. playing
  37. climbing
  38. playing
  39. sending
  40. dancing

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