Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 378 · 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.Farhan avoided ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) to help
2. 2.Saanvi kept ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) to feed (d) feeds
3. 3.Aisha kept ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) to help
4. 4.Priya hoped ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sending (c) send (d) sends
5. 5.Neel is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) fly (b) flies (c) to fly (d) flying
6. 6.Priya practised ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) building (c) to build (d) builds
7. 7.Kabir enjoyed ___ for the team. (a) to clap (b) clap (c) claps (d) clapping
8. 8.Aisha finished ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
9. 9.Kabir practised ___ a song. (a) sings (b) sing (c) singing (d) to sing
10. 10.Meera is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) to swim (d) swims
11. 11.Ira is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) takes (b) to take (c) take (d) taking
12. 12.Myra finished ___ cricket. (a) play (b) plays (c) playing (d) to play
13. 13.Isha is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) telling (d) tell
14. 14.Aisha is fond of ___ the match. (a) to win (b) wins (c) win (d) winning
15. 15.Diya wanted ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) to wear (c) wear (d) wearing
16. 16.Kunal practised ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak
17. 17.Rahul practised ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) to ride (c) riding (d) ride
18. 18.Rohan is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) makes (b) to make (c) make (d) making
19. 19.Nisha avoided ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) to bake
20. 20.Meera is good at ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleans
21. 21.Priya finished ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watches (d) watching
22. 22.Riya finished ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
23. 23.Kavya refused ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
24. 24.Rohan is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throws (b) to throw (c) throw (d) throwing
25. 25.Rohan is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) study (b) to study (c) studying (d) studies
26. 26.Riya wanted ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carries
27. 27.Neel avoided ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) cook
28. 28.Dev practised ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) to clean (c) cleans (d) clean
29. 29.Priya decided ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) draws (d) to draw
30. 30.Yash finished ___ to school. (a) go (b) goes (c) going (d) to go
31. 31.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) to write (b) writes (c) writing (d) write
32. 32.Dev is tired of ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) eat (c) to eat (d) eats
33. 33.Rahul enjoyed ___ science. (a) study (b) studies (c) studying (d) to study
34. 34.Ishaan enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
35. 35.Priya is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) to catch (b) catching (c) catches (d) catch
36. 36.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) running (b) to run (c) run (d) runs
37. 37.Aarav planned ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) to dance
38. 38.Riya planned ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
39. 39.Saanvi is interested in ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) to feed
40. 40.Rohan is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking

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