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Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 370 · 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.Ira is looking forward to ___ for the team next week. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) clap (d) to clap
  2. 2.Kunal enjoyed ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) to clean (d) clean
  3. 3.Karan decided ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) feed
  4. 4.Sneha is fond of ___ the match. (a) winning (b) to win (c) win (d) wins
  5. 5.Aditya is good at ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) to throw (c) throwing (d) throws
  6. 6.Kabir is good at ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buy (d) buying
  7. 7.Manav is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) singing (b) sings (c) to sing (d) sing
  8. 8.Arjun practised ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
  9. 9.Nisha enjoyed ___ to school. (a) going (b) go (c) goes (d) to go
  10. 10.Arjun is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
  11. 11.Nisha is interested in ___ the room. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
  12. 12.Aarav wanted ___ tea. (a) to make (b) making (c) makes (d) make
  13. 13.Dev is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) planting (b) to plant (c) plants (d) plant
  14. 14.Pooja finished ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) to bring (c) bring (d) brings
  15. 15.Pooja is good at ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) to draw (c) draws (d) draw
  16. 16.Karan is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eats (b) eat (c) to eat (d) eating
  17. 17.Vivaan needed ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tells (c) to tell (d) tell
  18. 18.Isha planned ___ to school. (a) go (b) going (c) to go (d) goes
  19. 19.Myra is fond of ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) plants (d) planting
  20. 20.Aarav finished ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) to bake
  21. 21.Kunal is good at ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
  22. 22.Rohan kept ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) to eat (c) eating (d) eats
  23. 23.Tara avoided ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
  24. 24.Yash is interested in ___ a message. (a) sends (b) sending (c) to send (d) send
  25. 25.Riya is fond of ___ science. (a) to study (b) study (c) studying (d) studies
  26. 26.Ananya hoped ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) planting (c) plant (d) to plant
  27. 27.Kunal enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) ride (c) riding (d) to ride
  28. 28.Omkar kept ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) building (c) build (d) builds
  29. 29.Riya avoided ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) fly (c) flies (d) flying
  30. 30.Aarav practised ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) washes (c) to wash (d) wash
  31. 31.Aisha is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) takes (b) take (c) to take (d) taking
  32. 32.Farhan wanted ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeds
  33. 33.Dev planned ___ science. (a) to study (b) study (c) studying (d) studies
  34. 34.Meera kept ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) to throw (c) throw (d) throwing
  35. 35.Aarav avoided ___ tea. (a) make (b) makes (c) to make (d) making
  36. 36.Diya is fond of ___ tea. (a) to make (b) make (c) makes (d) making
  37. 37.Nisha is good at ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catching (c) to catch (d) catch
  38. 38.Ira avoided ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) plant
  39. 39.Nisha finished ___ the train. (a) take (b) taking (c) to take (d) takes
  40. 40.Meera is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) takes (b) taking (c) to take (d) take

Answer key

  1. clapping
  2. cleaning
  3. to feed
  4. winning
  5. throwing
  6. buying
  7. singing
  8. flying
  9. going
  10. cleaning
  11. cleaning
  12. to make
  13. planting
  14. bringing
  15. drawing
  16. eating
  17. to tell
  18. to go
  19. planting
  20. baking
  21. jogging
  22. eating
  23. washing
  24. sending
  25. studying
  26. to plant
  27. riding
  28. building
  29. flying
  30. washing
  31. taking
  32. to feed
  33. to study
  34. throwing
  35. making
  36. making
  37. catching
  38. planting
  39. taking
  40. taking

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