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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 343 · 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.Saanvi agreed ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
  2. 2.Yash is tired of ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) to feed (d) feed
  3. 3.Aarav is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) to clean
  4. 4.Manav is tired of ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throwing (c) throw (d) throws
  5. 5.Aditya is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) building (c) build (d) to build
  6. 6.Karan promised ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) to play
  7. 7.Sneha practised ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flies
  8. 8.Omkar is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
  9. 9.Zoya is good at ___ tea. (a) to make (b) makes (c) making (d) make
  10. 10.Dev avoided ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) dance (d) to dance
  11. 11.Arjun finished ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carry
  12. 12.Aarav avoided ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) run (c) to run (d) running
  13. 13.Ira is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buys (b) buy (c) to buy (d) buying
  14. 14.Neel enjoyed ___ science. (a) studies (b) to study (c) study (d) studying
  15. 15.Manav avoided ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eating (c) eat (d) eats
  16. 16.Vivaan practised ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
  17. 17.Nisha practised ___ to school. (a) go (b) going (c) to go (d) goes
  18. 18.Pooja decided ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) feed (d) to feed
  19. 19.Yash practised ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buys (c) to buy (d) buying
  20. 20.Arjun is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) to play (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
  21. 21.Ishaan is tired of ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) to buy (c) buys (d) buying
  22. 22.Aditya practised ___ tea. (a) makes (b) make (c) making (d) to make
  23. 23.Omkar is fond of ___ the match. (a) win (b) winning (c) wins (d) to win
  24. 24.Diya avoided ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) to speak (d) speaking
  25. 25.Meera avoided ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) to watch (c) watch (d) watches
  26. 26.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) to draw (b) drawing (c) draws (d) draw
  27. 27.Rahul hoped ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) to make (d) makes
  28. 28.Manav is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) goes (b) to go (c) go (d) going
  29. 29.Rohan hoped ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  30. 30.Kabir enjoyed ___ a message. (a) sending (b) to send (c) send (d) sends
  31. 31.Sneha is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) going (b) go (c) goes (d) to go
  32. 32.Aarav enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carries (d) to carry
  33. 33.Vivaan wanted ___ tea. (a) makes (b) make (c) making (d) to make
  34. 34.Aarav finished ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jogging (c) to jog (d) jog
  35. 35.Vivaan is tired of ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eating (d) eats
  36. 36.Sneha is fond of ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) to write (c) writing (d) write
  37. 37.Kavya is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) to take
  38. 38.Tara is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eating (d) eats
  39. 39.Yash kept ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) dance (d) to dance
  40. 40.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) to plant

Answer key

  1. to speak
  2. feeding
  3. cleaning
  4. throwing
  5. building
  6. to play
  7. flying
  8. feeding
  9. making
  10. dancing
  11. carrying
  12. running
  13. buying
  14. studying
  15. eating
  16. baking
  17. going
  18. to feed
  19. buying
  20. playing
  21. buying
  22. making
  23. winning
  24. speaking
  25. watching
  26. drawing
  27. to make
  28. going
  29. to dance
  30. sending
  31. going
  32. carrying
  33. to make
  34. jogging
  35. eating
  36. writing
  37. taking
  38. eating
  39. dancing
  40. planting

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