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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 355 · 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.Kunal is interested in ___ a song. (a) sings (b) to sing (c) singing (d) sing
  2. 2.Diya avoided ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) to feed
  3. 3.Isha is good at ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) ride (c) to ride (d) rides
  4. 4.Neel wanted ___ a message. (a) send (b) sending (c) sends (d) to send
  5. 5.Omkar finished ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buying (c) buy (d) buys
  6. 6.Isha enjoyed ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch (d) to watch
  7. 7.Kavya is good at ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
  8. 8.Ira finished ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throws (c) to throw (d) throw
  9. 9.Rohan wanted ___ the train. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) to take
  10. 10.Kabir avoided ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buy (c) to buy (d) buying
  11. 11.Diya decided ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogging
  12. 12.Yash practised ___ science. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) to study
  13. 13.Dev is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swims (d) to swim
  14. 14.Neel is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watching (d) watches
  15. 15.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watching (d) watches
  16. 16.Kunal is good at ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) draws (c) drawing (d) to draw
  17. 17.Yash is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) to make (b) make (c) makes (d) making
  18. 18.Saanvi planned ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) to plant (c) planting (d) plant
  19. 19.Riya finished ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogging
  20. 20.Ananya is interested in ___ the train. (a) to take (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
  21. 21.Ananya refused ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dancing (d) dances
  22. 22.Riya enjoyed ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helps (c) help (d) helping
  23. 23.Isha is good at ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
  24. 24.Pooja is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throws (b) throwing (c) to throw (d) throw
  25. 25.Ananya wanted ___ tea. (a) to make (b) making (c) makes (d) make
  26. 26.Karan decided ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogs (d) to jog
  27. 27.Aditya promised ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) to fly
  28. 28.Zoya is good at ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  29. 29.Karan is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to run (b) run (c) running (d) runs
  30. 30.Riya hoped ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) to wear (c) wear (d) wearing
  31. 31.Pooja enjoyed ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleaning
  32. 32.Meera is fond of ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
  33. 33.Yash avoided ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
  34. 34.Omkar finished ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
  35. 35.Farhan hoped ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throws (c) throw (d) to throw
  36. 36.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) to tell
  37. 37.Rohan refused ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) to throw (d) throws
  38. 38.Sneha agreed ___ a song. (a) sings (b) sing (c) singing (d) to sing
  39. 39.Rohan refused ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) to bake (c) bake (d) bakes
  40. 40.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climb (d) to climb

Answer key

  1. singing
  2. feeding
  3. riding
  4. to send
  5. buying
  6. watching
  7. jogging
  8. throwing
  9. to take
  10. buying
  11. to jog
  12. studying
  13. swimming
  14. watching
  15. watching
  16. drawing
  17. making
  18. to plant
  19. jogging
  20. taking
  21. to dance
  22. helping
  23. climbing
  24. throwing
  25. to make
  26. to jog
  27. to fly
  28. dancing
  29. running
  30. to wear
  31. cleaning
  32. cleaning
  33. helping
  34. carrying
  35. to throw
  36. telling
  37. to throw
  38. to sing
  39. to bake
  40. climbing

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