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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 379 · 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.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) to bake (d) baking
  2. 2.Isha avoided ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) to fly
  3. 3.Yash is good at ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) to plant (c) plant (d) plants
  4. 4.Yash is tired of ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak
  5. 5.Rahul wanted ___ a song. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sing (d) to sing
  6. 6.Tara is fond of ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing
  7. 7.Kabir practised ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) to make (d) makes
  8. 8.Arjun practised ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) to wear (c) wear (d) wearing
  9. 9.Diya finished ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) riding (d) rides
  10. 10.Karan is fond of ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) to dance
  11. 11.Kavya practised ___ the train. (a) to take (b) take (c) takes (d) taking
  12. 12.Kunal practised ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) draws (c) to draw (d) drawing
  13. 13.Pooja is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) plays (b) to play (c) play (d) playing
  14. 14.Manav finished ___ to school. (a) go (b) going (c) goes (d) to go
  15. 15.Saanvi planned ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) to draw (c) draw (d) drawing
  16. 16.Farhan is good at ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throw (c) throws (d) throwing
  17. 17.Myra enjoyed ___ the train. (a) taking (b) take (c) to take (d) takes
  18. 18.Riya is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) to drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drink
  19. 19.Tara agreed ___ to school. (a) to go (b) go (c) goes (d) going
  20. 20.Ananya is fond of ___ a song. (a) sings (b) to sing (c) singing (d) sing
  21. 21.Rohan is good at ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) rides (c) riding (d) to ride
  22. 22.Ishaan is fond of ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) cook
  23. 23.Aisha finished ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writing (c) writes (d) to write
  24. 24.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) to study
  25. 25.Kabir avoided ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) rides (c) to ride (d) ride
  26. 26.Farhan kept ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) to feed
  27. 27.Kunal promised ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) riding (c) to ride (d) ride
  28. 28.Nisha is interested in ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wears (c) wearing (d) to wear
  29. 29.Farhan kept ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) running (c) run (d) to run
  30. 30.Aisha wanted ___ in the park. (a) running (b) run (c) runs (d) to run
  31. 31.Ananya kept ___ the train. (a) to take (b) take (c) takes (d) taking
  32. 32.Meera agreed ___ a story. (a) tell (b) telling (c) to tell (d) tells
  33. 33.Yash finished ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
  34. 34.Sneha finished ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) to buy (c) buy (d) buys
  35. 35.Isha hoped ___ a story. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) tell (d) telling
  36. 36.Ira is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) to jog (d) jogs
  37. 37.Ira is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) to help (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
  38. 38.Ananya enjoyed ___ a message. (a) sending (b) sends (c) to send (d) send
  39. 39.Zoya needed ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) to feed (c) feeds (d) feed
  40. 40.Farhan enjoyed ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) draws (d) to draw

Answer key

  1. baking
  2. flying
  3. planting
  4. speaking
  5. to sing
  6. dancing
  7. making
  8. wearing
  9. riding
  10. dancing
  11. taking
  12. drawing
  13. playing
  14. going
  15. to draw
  16. throwing
  17. taking
  18. drinking
  19. to go
  20. singing
  21. riding
  22. cooking
  23. writing
  24. studying
  25. riding
  26. feeding
  27. to ride
  28. wearing
  29. running
  30. to run
  31. taking
  32. to tell
  33. washing
  34. buying
  35. to tell
  36. jogging
  37. helping
  38. sending
  39. to feed
  40. drawing

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