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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 352 · 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.Aditya refused ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
  2. 2.Arjun kept ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washing (c) to wash (d) washes
  3. 3.Myra decided ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catches (c) to catch (d) catching
  4. 4.Farhan agreed ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) feeding (d) to feed
  5. 5.Meera refused ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) fly (c) to fly (d) flies
  6. 6.Karan planned ___ tea. (a) making (b) to make (c) make (d) makes
  7. 7.Aarav practised ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  8. 8.Kabir planned ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) play (c) to play (d) plays
  9. 9.Nisha is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) to climb
  10. 10.Rohan is fond of ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
  11. 11.Aisha wanted ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) building (c) builds (d) build
  12. 12.Diya finished ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) bring (c) bringing (d) brings
  13. 13.Tara is interested in ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) to write (c) write (d) writing
  14. 14.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) to build (b) building (c) builds (d) build
  15. 15.Farhan enjoyed ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throwing (c) throw (d) throws
  16. 16.Kavya is good at ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) to bake (d) bake
  17. 17.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) riding (d) rides
  18. 18.Zoya is interested in ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) to wash (c) washing (d) washes
  19. 19.Kavya is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) to dance
  20. 20.Ananya avoided ___ to school. (a) going (b) to go (c) go (d) goes
  21. 21.Kabir enjoyed ___ science. (a) to study (b) studies (c) studying (d) study
  22. 22.Ishaan enjoyed ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) to speak
  23. 23.Aisha wanted ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) tell
  24. 24.Yash is good at ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  25. 25.Diya refused ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) to clean
  26. 26.Kabir is good at ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) clean
  27. 27.Neel is good at ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) to play (c) play (d) playing
  28. 28.Rohan wanted ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) to clean (d) cleans
  29. 29.Vivaan is fond of ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) writing (c) to write (d) write
  30. 30.Arjun kept ___ the match. (a) winning (b) wins (c) to win (d) win
  31. 31.Yash is fond of ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) to feed (c) feed (d) feeding
  32. 32.Vivaan is interested in ___ the match. (a) winning (b) to win (c) win (d) wins
  33. 33.Vivaan avoided ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watch (c) to watch (d) watches
  34. 34.Aisha practised ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooks (d) to cook
  35. 35.Omkar practised ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) to throw (c) throw (d) throws
  36. 36.Zoya is fond of ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) to draw (d) draw
  37. 37.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) to draw (b) draws (c) drawing (d) draw
  38. 38.Myra enjoyed ___ the train. (a) take (b) takes (c) to take (d) taking
  39. 39.Meera is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) to win (b) win (c) winning (d) wins
  40. 40.Omkar refused ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flying

Answer key

  1. to cook
  2. washing
  3. to catch
  4. to feed
  5. to fly
  6. to make
  7. drawing
  8. to play
  9. climbing
  10. watching
  11. to build
  12. bringing
  13. writing
  14. building
  15. throwing
  16. baking
  17. riding
  18. washing
  19. dancing
  20. going
  21. studying
  22. speaking
  23. to tell
  24. jogging
  25. to clean
  26. cleaning
  27. playing
  28. to clean
  29. writing
  30. winning
  31. feeding
  32. winning
  33. watching
  34. cooking
  35. throwing
  36. drawing
  37. drawing
  38. taking
  39. winning
  40. to fly

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