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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 388 · 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.Isha enjoyed ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
  2. 2.Omkar needed ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) to fly
  3. 3.Manav kept ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) to wash (c) washing (d) wash
  4. 4.Priya practised ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) to feed (d) feed
  5. 5.Ira is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) to tell (b) tells (c) tell (d) telling
  6. 6.Saanvi practised ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) rides (d) riding
  7. 7.Saanvi is good at ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carry
  8. 8.Yash planned ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wear (c) wears (d) wearing
  9. 9.Neel enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
  10. 10.Arjun planned ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  11. 11.Kabir practised ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sending (c) send (d) sends
  12. 12.Yash is interested in ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances (d) to dance
  13. 13.Yash is fond of ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) to build (c) building (d) build
  14. 14.Kunal practised ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
  15. 15.Neel is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogging
  16. 16.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) feeds (b) to feed (c) feeding (d) feed
  17. 17.Karan is good at ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) to bring (d) brings
  18. 18.Dev is tired of ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wear (c) wears (d) wearing
  19. 19.Saanvi practised ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) clean
  20. 20.Rahul is interested in ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
  21. 21.Arjun hoped ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) drink (d) to drink
  22. 22.Rahul hoped ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) help (d) helps
  23. 23.Rahul is good at ___ cricket. (a) play (b) to play (c) playing (d) plays
  24. 24.Rohan refused ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) to climb (d) climbs
  25. 25.Arjun is good at ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) to ride (c) rides (d) ride
  26. 26.Isha is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) dance (d) to dance
  27. 27.Aisha is fond of ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) sing (c) singing (d) sings
  28. 28.Ananya is good at ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) write (c) to write (d) writes
  29. 29.Kabir is fond of ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
  30. 30.Isha refused ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) write (c) to write (d) writing
  31. 31.Sneha planned ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  32. 32.Rohan refused ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) to clap (d) claps
  33. 33.Aarav practised ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) to swim (c) swim (d) swims
  34. 34.Rahul refused ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watching (d) watches
  35. 35.Aisha is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) runs (b) running (c) to run (d) run
  36. 36.Dev is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) to clean
  37. 37.Myra enjoyed ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catch (c) catching (d) catches
  38. 38.Ananya is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
  39. 39.Ishaan needed ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) to wear (d) wears
  40. 40.Nisha planned ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) dances (d) to dance

Answer key

  1. sending
  2. to fly
  3. washing
  4. feeding
  5. telling
  6. riding
  7. carrying
  8. to wear
  9. baking
  10. to bake
  11. sending
  12. dancing
  13. building
  14. playing
  15. jogging
  16. feeding
  17. bringing
  18. wearing
  19. cleaning
  20. swimming
  21. to drink
  22. to help
  23. playing
  24. to climb
  25. riding
  26. dancing
  27. singing
  28. writing
  29. speaking
  30. to write
  31. to dance
  32. to clap
  33. swimming
  34. to watch
  35. running
  36. cleaning
  37. catching
  38. carrying
  39. to wear
  40. to dance

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