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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 345 · 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 promised ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) to catch (c) catches (d) catching
  2. 2.Rohan finished ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) draw (d) to draw
  3. 3.Kunal wanted ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) to swim (c) swim (d) swimming
  4. 4.Myra is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) to swim (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
  5. 5.Aditya is fond of ___ a message. (a) to send (b) send (c) sending (d) sends
  6. 6.Isha is tired of ___ the match. (a) win (b) winning (c) to win (d) wins
  7. 7.Isha promised ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) to eat (c) eating (d) eats
  8. 8.Nisha is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tell (b) to tell (c) tells (d) telling
  9. 9.Nisha avoided ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
  10. 10.Omkar practised ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
  11. 11.Pooja is good at ___ the match. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) to win
  12. 12.Priya is good at ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writes (c) write (d) writing
  13. 13.Myra practised ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) ride (c) to ride (d) riding
  14. 14.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) to draw (d) draws
  15. 15.Tara is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) to draw (b) drawing (c) draw (d) draws
  16. 16.Ira kept ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) to cook (c) cooks (d) cook
  17. 17.Aarav is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) makes (b) making (c) to make (d) make
  18. 18.Aisha enjoyed ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) to wear (d) wear
  19. 19.Kabir is interested in ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) to wash (c) washes (d) washing
  20. 20.Aarav decided ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) fly (c) to fly (d) flies
  21. 21.Myra hoped ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buys (c) to buy (d) buying
  22. 22.Sneha is good at ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
  23. 23.Aisha hoped ___ to school. (a) go (b) to go (c) goes (d) going
  24. 24.Isha is interested in ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
  25. 25.Vivaan is tired of ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooking
  26. 26.Farhan practised ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
  27. 27.Ira is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) to go (b) going (c) go (d) goes
  28. 28.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watches (d) watching
  29. 29.Saanvi practised ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
  30. 30.Rohan needed ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
  31. 31.Ananya finished ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
  32. 32.Farhan is interested in ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) send (d) sending
  33. 33.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) to bake
  34. 34.Priya is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bake (b) baking (c) to bake (d) bakes
  35. 35.Aditya decided ___ the train. (a) takes (b) take (c) to take (d) taking
  36. 36.Aarav planned ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) to clean (d) cleaning
  37. 37.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) clean
  38. 38.Isha needed ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) washing (c) to wash (d) wash
  39. 39.Kunal is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) to jog
  40. 40.Aarav decided ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake

Answer key

  1. to catch
  2. drawing
  3. to swim
  4. swimming
  5. sending
  6. winning
  7. to eat
  8. telling
  9. watching
  10. feeding
  11. winning
  12. writing
  13. riding
  14. drawing
  15. drawing
  16. cooking
  17. making
  18. wearing
  19. washing
  20. to fly
  21. to buy
  22. speaking
  23. to go
  24. cleaning
  25. cooking
  26. playing
  27. going
  28. watching
  29. sending
  30. to jog
  31. jogging
  32. sending
  33. baking
  34. baking
  35. to take
  36. to clean
  37. cleaning
  38. to wash
  39. jogging
  40. to bake

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