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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 346 · 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.Omkar is tired of ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flying (c) to fly (d) flies
  2. 2.Karan enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  3. 3.Sneha is fond of ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) to swim (c) swims (d) swim
  4. 4.Omkar refused ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watching (d) watches
  5. 5.Riya finished ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) to buy
  6. 6.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watch (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watching
  7. 7.Isha planned ___ the match. (a) win (b) wins (c) to win (d) winning
  8. 8.Vivaan avoided ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleans
  9. 9.Kabir planned ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) plant (c) to plant (d) planting
  10. 10.Myra planned ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) play (c) to play (d) plays
  11. 11.Kunal avoided ___ in the park. (a) running (b) run (c) to run (d) runs
  12. 12.Sneha practised ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carry
  13. 13.Vivaan avoided ___ a song. (a) sings (b) sing (c) singing (d) to sing
  14. 14.Aisha is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) takes (b) to take (c) take (d) taking
  15. 15.Omkar needed ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) to throw (c) throws (d) throwing
  16. 16.Tara finished ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dances (c) to dance (d) dancing
  17. 17.Karan is good at ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) to swim (c) swim (d) swims
  18. 18.Saanvi finished ___ to school. (a) go (b) goes (c) to go (d) going
  19. 19.Omkar needed ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) to plant (c) planting (d) plant
  20. 20.Rohan is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) goes (b) going (c) to go (d) go
  21. 21.Ishaan decided ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) to feed (d) feed
  22. 22.Kabir is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) to take (b) take (c) takes (d) taking
  23. 23.Sneha enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) riding (c) rides (d) to ride
  24. 24.Ira is good at ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writes (c) to write (d) writing
  25. 25.Omkar promised ___ milk. (a) drinking (b) drink (c) drinks (d) to drink
  26. 26.Pooja finished ___ to school. (a) goes (b) going (c) to go (d) go
  27. 27.Karan is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) claps (b) clap (c) to clap (d) clapping
  28. 28.Aisha avoided ___ the ball. (a) catching (b) catches (c) to catch (d) catch
  29. 29.Arjun practised ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) to feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
  30. 30.Vivaan avoided ___ a story. (a) tell (b) tells (c) to tell (d) telling
  31. 31.Ishaan kept ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brings (d) to bring
  32. 32.Ira is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buys (b) to buy (c) buy (d) buying
  33. 33.Arjun practised ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
  34. 34.Riya promised ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) to play (c) play (d) playing
  35. 35.Rahul planned ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  36. 36.Arjun wanted ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) to feed (c) feed (d) feeding
  37. 37.Ananya is tired of ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wear (c) wearing (d) wears
  38. 38.Rahul practised ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  39. 39.Rohan needed ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) clean
  40. 40.Karan kept ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eating (c) eat (d) eats

Answer key

  1. flying
  2. carrying
  3. swimming
  4. to watch
  5. buying
  6. watching
  7. to win
  8. cleaning
  9. to plant
  10. to play
  11. running
  12. carrying
  13. singing
  14. taking
  15. to throw
  16. dancing
  17. swimming
  18. going
  19. to plant
  20. going
  21. to feed
  22. taking
  23. riding
  24. writing
  25. to drink
  26. going
  27. clapping
  28. catching
  29. feeding
  30. telling
  31. bringing
  32. buying
  33. speaking
  34. to play
  35. to jog
  36. to feed
  37. wearing
  38. baking
  39. to clean
  40. eating

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