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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 391 · 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.Ananya is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drawing (d) to draw
  2. 2.Pooja kept ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) to bring (c) bringing (d) brings
  3. 3.Farhan practised ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) to buy
  4. 4.Yash refused ___ tea. (a) makes (b) making (c) make (d) to make
  5. 5.Diya refused ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleans
  6. 6.Nisha is interested in ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) to wear (d) wear
  7. 7.Neel finished ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carry
  8. 8.Isha enjoyed ___ a message. (a) to send (b) send (c) sends (d) sending
  9. 9.Ishaan practised ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) to dance (c) dance (d) dancing
  10. 10.Isha kept ___ science. (a) to study (b) study (c) studying (d) studies
  11. 11.Aarav is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buying (b) to buy (c) buy (d) buys
  12. 12.Aisha needed ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) dance (d) to dance
  13. 13.Rohan promised ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) to throw (d) throws
  14. 14.Pooja is tired of ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) to eat (c) eating (d) eats
  15. 15.Rahul kept ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) play (c) to play (d) playing
  16. 16.Yash avoided ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
  17. 17.Isha finished ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleaning
  18. 18.Rohan agreed ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writes (c) writing (d) to write
  19. 19.Pooja is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) study (b) studies (c) to study (d) studying
  20. 20.Rahul is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) builds (c) building (d) to build
  21. 21.Farhan is interested in ___ the train. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) to take
  22. 22.Sneha enjoyed ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helps (c) helping (d) help
  23. 23.Arjun wanted ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eats (c) eat (d) eating
  24. 24.Kavya practised ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) to carry (c) carry (d) carries
  25. 25.Rohan is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) to drink (d) drinks
  26. 26.Priya is fond of ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) bake
  27. 27.Tara finished ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbs
  28. 28.Diya is good at ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) riding (c) to ride (d) rides
  29. 29.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) to bake (d) bake
  30. 30.Nisha kept ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
  31. 31.Riya hoped ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) builds (c) to build (d) build
  32. 32.Arjun is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) make (b) makes (c) making (d) to make
  33. 33.Isha is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) taking (b) takes (c) to take (d) take
  34. 34.Priya is good at ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) run (c) running (d) runs
  35. 35.Meera is fond of ___ science. (a) study (b) studying (c) to study (d) studies
  36. 36.Rahul is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draws (b) draw (c) to draw (d) drawing
  37. 37.Omkar planned ___ cricket. (a) play (b) playing (c) plays (d) to play
  38. 38.Kunal is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) to win
  39. 39.Rahul wanted ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
  40. 40.Kavya is interested in ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) to feed

Answer key

  1. drawing
  2. bringing
  3. buying
  4. to make
  5. to clean
  6. wearing
  7. carrying
  8. sending
  9. dancing
  10. studying
  11. buying
  12. to dance
  13. to throw
  14. eating
  15. playing
  16. speaking
  17. cleaning
  18. to write
  19. studying
  20. building
  21. taking
  22. helping
  23. to eat
  24. carrying
  25. drinking
  26. baking
  27. climbing
  28. riding
  29. baking
  30. writing
  31. to build
  32. making
  33. taking
  34. running
  35. studying
  36. drawing
  37. to play
  38. winning
  39. to jog
  40. feeding

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