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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 342 · 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.Ishaan enjoyed ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) to fly
  2. 2.Meera is tired of ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watches (c) watching (d) to watch
  3. 3.Aarav kept ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) to write (c) write (d) writing
  4. 4.Meera is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) brings (b) to bring (c) bringing (d) bring
  5. 5.Arjun is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) to carry (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carries
  6. 6.Kabir planned ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dancing (d) dances
  7. 7.Kunal is tired of ___ the match. (a) to win (b) wins (c) winning (d) win
  8. 8.Aarav decided ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buy (c) buying (d) buys
  9. 9.Farhan wanted ___ to school. (a) going (b) goes (c) to go (d) go
  10. 10.Meera is fond of ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy (d) to buy
  11. 11.Zoya is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) to play (b) play (c) plays (d) playing
  12. 12.Kavya enjoyed ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleans
  13. 13.Yash hoped ___ the train. (a) taking (b) take (c) to take (d) takes
  14. 14.Farhan decided ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  15. 15.Karan is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) drawing (d) draws
  16. 16.Rohan enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) rides (c) to ride (d) ride
  17. 17.Arjun promised ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) to cook (c) cooking (d) cook
  18. 18.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbs (d) to climb
  19. 19.Tara is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) to send (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
  20. 20.Meera hoped ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) claps (d) to clap
  21. 21.Aisha kept ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washes (d) to wash
  22. 22.Farhan is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) catching (b) to catch (c) catch (d) catches
  23. 23.Dev enjoyed ___ to school. (a) going (b) goes (c) go (d) to go
  24. 24.Yash is fond of ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swims (d) to swim
  25. 25.Ishaan kept ___ science. (a) study (b) studies (c) to study (d) studying
  26. 26.Ananya practised ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
  27. 27.Dev is tired of ___ tea. (a) making (b) to make (c) makes (d) make
  28. 28.Farhan enjoyed ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) to buy
  29. 29.Aarav is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) to take (b) takes (c) take (d) taking
  30. 30.Sneha is fond of ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) riding (d) rides
  31. 31.Arjun is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) to bring (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
  32. 32.Nisha is tired of ___ the train. (a) take (b) to take (c) takes (d) taking
  33. 33.Diya is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) making (b) make (c) to make (d) makes
  34. 34.Aisha is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) to swim (b) swims (c) swim (d) swimming
  35. 35.Aditya finished ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watching (c) to watch (d) watches
  36. 36.Sneha wanted ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) wash (c) washes (d) to wash
  37. 37.Zoya practised ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) to draw (c) drawing (d) draws
  38. 38.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) send (b) sending (c) sends (d) to send
  39. 39.Neel promised ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carry
  40. 40.Isha is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) dances (d) to dance

Answer key

  1. flying
  2. watching
  3. writing
  4. bringing
  5. carrying
  6. to dance
  7. winning
  8. to buy
  9. to go
  10. buying
  11. playing
  12. cleaning
  13. to take
  14. to dance
  15. drawing
  16. riding
  17. to cook
  18. climbing
  19. sending
  20. to clap
  21. washing
  22. catching
  23. going
  24. swimming
  25. studying
  26. baking
  27. making
  28. buying
  29. taking
  30. riding
  31. bringing
  32. taking
  33. making
  34. swimming
  35. watching
  36. to wash
  37. drawing
  38. sending
  39. to carry
  40. dancing

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