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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 360 · 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 promised ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climb
  2. 2.Kavya is tired of ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) to drink (d) drinking
  3. 3.Manav planned ___ the match. (a) winning (b) win (c) wins (d) to win
  4. 4.Zoya refused ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) to cook
  5. 5.Pooja is tired of ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) to write (c) writes (d) write
  6. 6.Kavya is good at ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) to help (c) help (d) helping
  7. 7.Diya practised ___ to school. (a) go (b) goes (c) to go (d) going
  8. 8.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
  9. 9.Diya agreed ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) to draw (d) draw
  10. 10.Yash is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) to take
  11. 11.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) sends (b) to send (c) send (d) sending
  12. 12.Yash decided ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) to play (c) plays (d) play
  13. 13.Riya needed ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) to watch (c) watches (d) watch
  14. 14.Karan is good at ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy (d) to buy
  15. 15.Priya agreed ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) to climb (c) climb (d) climbing
  16. 16.Neel is good at ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) to swim (d) swims
  17. 17.Omkar refused ___ a story. (a) tell (b) to tell (c) tells (d) telling
  18. 18.Isha kept ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) to bake
  19. 19.Diya refused ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dance (c) to dance (d) dancing
  20. 20.Kabir agreed ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) throw
  21. 21.Pooja promised ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) to buy (c) buying (d) buy
  22. 22.Pooja practised ___ a song. (a) singing (b) to sing (c) sings (d) sing
  23. 23.Aarav avoided ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) to fly
  24. 24.Yash practised ___ milk. (a) drinking (b) drink (c) to drink (d) drinks
  25. 25.Rohan kept ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing (d) to climb
  26. 26.Arjun enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bake (c) to bake (d) bakes
  27. 27.Sneha enjoyed ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buying (c) buy (d) buys
  28. 28.Manav promised ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carries
  29. 29.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) claps (b) clap (c) to clap (d) clapping
  30. 30.Arjun planned ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) dance (d) to dance
  31. 31.Dev promised ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) to carry (c) carry (d) carrying
  32. 32.Diya promised ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook (d) to cook
  33. 33.Rahul promised ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
  34. 34.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) to drink (b) drinks (c) drink (d) drinking
  35. 35.Ishaan is tired of ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) claps (d) to clap
  36. 36.Rohan is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to run (b) runs (c) running (d) run
  37. 37.Kavya agreed ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) to fly
  38. 38.Ishaan refused ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) to build (c) build (d) building
  39. 39.Farhan kept ___ tea. (a) make (b) makes (c) making (d) to make
  40. 40.Zoya is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studies (b) to study (c) study (d) studying

Answer key

  1. to climb
  2. drinking
  3. to win
  4. to cook
  5. writing
  6. helping
  7. going
  8. watching
  9. to draw
  10. taking
  11. sending
  12. to play
  13. to watch
  14. buying
  15. to climb
  16. swimming
  17. to tell
  18. baking
  19. to dance
  20. to throw
  21. to buy
  22. singing
  23. flying
  24. drinking
  25. climbing
  26. baking
  27. buying
  28. to carry
  29. clapping
  30. to dance
  31. to carry
  32. to cook
  33. to watch
  34. drinking
  35. clapping
  36. running
  37. to fly
  38. to build
  39. making
  40. studying

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