Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 37 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Aisha hoped ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) to write (c) writes (d) write
2. 2.Vivaan kept ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flying
3. 3.Vivaan is fond of ___ for the team. (a) to clap (b) claps (c) clap (d) clapping
4. 4.Riya is interested in ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) to drink (d) drinking
5. 5.Myra enjoyed ___ a song. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sing (d) to sing
6. 6.Ira wanted ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
7. 7.Arjun avoided ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) sings (c) singing (d) sing
8. 8.Rohan wanted ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) telling (c) tell (d) tells
9. 9.Arjun is fond of ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catching (c) catch (d) to catch
10. 10.Zoya finished ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing (d) to wear
11. 11.Aisha promised ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) builds (c) to build (d) building
12. 12.Rohan kept ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
13. 13.Arjun is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studying (b) to study (c) study (d) studies
14. 14.Riya is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) to help (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
15. 15.Saanvi avoided ___ the match. (a) win (b) winning (c) wins (d) to win
16. 16.Vivaan enjoyed ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swim
17. 17.Neel is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) to tell (b) tell (c) tells (d) telling
18. 18.Tara promised ___ tea. (a) make (b) to make (c) making (d) makes
19. 19.Karan is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) to win (b) wins (c) win (d) winning
20. 20.Tara wanted ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watching (c) to watch (d) watches
21. 21.Ishaan is fond of ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) to ride (c) ride (d) rides
22. 22.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing (d) to climb
23. 23.Farhan hoped ___ tea. (a) make (b) to make (c) making (d) makes
24. 24.Farhan is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) makes (b) make (c) making (d) to make
25. 25.Ananya is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buying (b) buys (c) to buy (d) buy
26. 26.Rohan agreed ___ milk. (a) drink (b) to drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
27. 27.Neel is good at ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buy (d) buying
28. 28.Manav avoided ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
29. 29.Arjun refused ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swim (c) to swim (d) swimming
30. 30.Myra practised ___ a message. (a) sends (b) sending (c) to send (d) send
31. 31.Sneha is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) wear (d) to wear
32. 32.Aditya practised ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
33. 33.Kunal kept ___ the match. (a) winning (b) wins (c) win (d) to win
34. 34.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to run (b) runs (c) running (d) run
35. 35.Isha refused ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) to fly (c) flies (d) flying
36. 36.Nisha practised ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) eats (c) eat (d) to eat
37. 37.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buy (d) buying
38. 38.Nisha enjoyed ___ the room. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleaning (d) cleans
39. 39.Manav enjoyed ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) to feed (d) feeds
40. 40.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) baking

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