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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 356 · 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.Pooja is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) builds (b) to build (c) building (d) build
  2. 2.Isha is interested in ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tells (c) tell (d) to tell
  3. 3.Ishaan is good at ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) to bake
  4. 4.Pooja is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) to clean (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleans
  5. 5.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) sends (b) send (c) sending (d) to send
  6. 6.Pooja practised ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) drawing (c) draw (d) draws
  7. 7.Rahul agreed ___ for the team. (a) to clap (b) clap (c) claps (d) clapping
  8. 8.Nisha is tired of ___ the match. (a) win (b) wins (c) to win (d) winning
  9. 9.Saanvi enjoyed ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeding (c) feed (d) feeds
  10. 10.Pooja is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) goes (b) to go (c) go (d) going
  11. 11.Omkar wanted ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  12. 12.Ira is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) to carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carry
  13. 13.Kunal needed ___ to school. (a) to go (b) go (c) going (d) goes
  14. 14.Ananya is fond of ___ a message. (a) sends (b) sending (c) to send (d) send
  15. 15.Zoya agreed ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing
  16. 16.Riya is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carries (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carrying
  17. 17.Saanvi avoided ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) to swim (c) swimming (d) swim
  18. 18.Meera finished ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
  19. 19.Pooja is interested in ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eat (c) to eat (d) eating
  20. 20.Sneha finished ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
  21. 21.Aarav is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) speaks (d) to speak
  22. 22.Omkar promised ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) to bring (d) brings
  23. 23.Isha finished ___ the train. (a) taking (b) takes (c) take (d) to take
  24. 24.Nisha is good at ___ science. (a) study (b) studying (c) to study (d) studies
  25. 25.Rohan enjoyed ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) to speak (d) speaks
  26. 26.Omkar is good at ___ the train. (a) take (b) to take (c) takes (d) taking
  27. 27.Kabir is tired of ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
  28. 28.Ishaan kept ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) to clean (d) clean
  29. 29.Zoya is tired of ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) to plant
  30. 30.Priya enjoyed ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
  31. 31.Zoya decided ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carry
  32. 32.Ananya is looking forward to ___ to school next week. (a) goes (b) to go (c) go (d) going
  33. 33.Sneha is fond of ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
  34. 34.Kavya refused ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) to drink
  35. 35.Sneha decided ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) flies (c) fly (d) to fly
  36. 36.Nisha is good at ___ the ball. (a) catching (b) catch (c) catches (d) to catch
  37. 37.Rohan is tired of ___ a song. (a) sing (b) sings (c) to sing (d) singing
  38. 38.Meera is good at ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tell (c) tells (d) to tell
  39. 39.Diya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to plant (b) plants (c) plant (d) planting
  40. 40.Riya is good at ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing

Answer key

  1. building
  2. telling
  3. baking
  4. cleaning
  5. sending
  6. drawing
  7. to clap
  8. winning
  9. feeding
  10. going
  11. to jog
  12. carrying
  13. to go
  14. sending
  15. to dance
  16. carrying
  17. swimming
  18. feeding
  19. eating
  20. drinking
  21. speaking
  22. to bring
  23. taking
  24. studying
  25. speaking
  26. taking
  27. washing
  28. cleaning
  29. planting
  30. writing
  31. to carry
  32. going
  33. speaking
  34. to drink
  35. to fly
  36. catching
  37. singing
  38. telling
  39. planting
  40. washing

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