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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 382 · 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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Dev kept ___ to school. (a) to go (b) goes (c) go (d) going
  2. 2.Rahul practised ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) to drink (d) drinking
  3. 3.Farhan practised ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing
  4. 4.Omkar avoided ___ science. (a) studying (b) studies (c) to study (d) study
  5. 5.Aarav refused ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) to cook
  6. 6.Neel is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing (d) to climb
  7. 7.Farhan enjoyed ___ tea. (a) making (b) make (c) to make (d) makes
  8. 8.Manav wanted ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tells (c) tell (d) telling
  9. 9.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tells (b) telling (c) tell (d) to tell
  10. 10.Kabir refused ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooks
  11. 11.Diya kept ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) to build (c) builds (d) build
  12. 12.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writing (b) write (c) to write (d) writes
  13. 13.Kavya planned ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) help (c) to help (d) helping
  14. 14.Myra planned ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) to clean
  15. 15.Manav is fond of ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) to watch (c) watch (d) watches
  16. 16.Vivaan avoided ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) riding (c) rides (d) ride
  17. 17.Aisha is good at ___ science. (a) study (b) to study (c) studies (d) studying
  18. 18.Neel enjoyed ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watch (d) to watch
  19. 19.Yash enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbs (c) climb (d) climbing
  20. 20.Kabir refused ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bake
  21. 21.Omkar is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carries (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carry
  22. 22.Yash planned ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) build (c) to build (d) builds
  23. 23.Yash is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
  24. 24.Saanvi wanted ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook (d) to cook
  25. 25.Myra is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) to study
  26. 26.Saanvi practised ___ a message. (a) sends (b) sending (c) to send (d) send
  27. 27.Zoya promised ___ the match. (a) to win (b) wins (c) win (d) winning
  28. 28.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throwing (b) to throw (c) throws (d) throw
  29. 29.Meera enjoyed ___ the match. (a) win (b) to win (c) wins (d) winning
  30. 30.Meera promised ___ science. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) to study
  31. 31.Priya avoided ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) to drink
  32. 32.Isha is good at ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  33. 33.Meera is good at ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
  34. 34.Pooja needed ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) eats (c) eating (d) to eat
  35. 35.Dev is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) study (b) to study (c) studies (d) studying
  36. 36.Vivaan is tired of ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooking
  37. 37.Riya is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tell (b) tells (c) to tell (d) telling
  38. 38.Aditya wanted ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeds
  39. 39.Kunal is good at ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
  40. 40.Karan hoped ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speak (c) speaking (d) speaks

Answer key

  1. going
  2. drinking
  3. dancing
  4. studying
  5. to cook
  6. climbing
  7. making
  8. to tell
  9. telling
  10. to cook
  11. building
  12. writing
  13. to help
  14. to clean
  15. watching
  16. riding
  17. studying
  18. watching
  19. climbing
  20. to bake
  21. carrying
  22. to build
  23. baking
  24. to cook
  25. studying
  26. sending
  27. to win
  28. throwing
  29. winning
  30. to study
  31. drinking
  32. carrying
  33. helping
  34. to eat
  35. studying
  36. cooking
  37. telling
  38. to feed
  39. flying
  40. to speak

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