Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 392 · 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.Ira enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogs (d) to jog
2. 2.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
3. 3.Karan planned ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) to feed (d) feed
4. 4.Riya is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) to win (b) winning (c) win (d) wins
5. 5.Ishaan needed ___ a song. (a) sings (b) to sing (c) singing (d) sing
6. 6.Ishaan needed ___ a message. (a) sends (b) to send (c) sending (d) send
7. 7.Priya is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) to build (c) build (d) builds
8. 8.Rahul promised ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) to cook (d) cook
9. 9.Nisha hoped ___ tea. (a) making (b) make (c) to make (d) makes
10. 10.Meera is fond of ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carries
11. 11.Tara kept ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeds (c) feed (d) feeding
12. 12.Meera promised ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) riding (d) rides
13. 13.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
14. 14.Omkar needed ___ the train. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) to take
15. 15.Ananya is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) plays (b) to play (c) playing (d) play
16. 16.Ananya refused ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) claps (d) to clap
17. 17.Dev wanted ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bakes
18. 18.Karan needed ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) to run
19. 19.Kabir is interested in ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drinking
20. 20.Karan needed ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) to watch (c) watches (d) watch
21. 21.Neel is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) to fly
22. 22.Zoya finished ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) buys (c) to buy (d) buy
23. 23.Zoya needed ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carry
24. 24.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watching (d) watch
25. 25.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drinking (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drink
26. 26.Zoya enjoyed ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) washing (c) wash (d) to wash
27. 27.Myra practised ___ cricket. (a) play (b) plays (c) to play (d) playing
28. 28.Omkar avoided ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eating (d) eats
29. 29.Tara agreed ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) to swim
30. 30.Nisha is interested in ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) to cook (d) cooks
31. 31.Aarav is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throw (b) throws (c) to throw (d) throwing
32. 32.Dev finished ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) eat
33. 33.Arjun finished ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) to plant (c) plants (d) plant
34. 34.Aarav practised ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) claps (c) to clap (d) clapping
35. 35.Arjun refused ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) clean
36. 36.Zoya is good at ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speak (c) speaks (d) speaking
37. 37.Riya is interested in ___ a song. (a) sings (b) to sing (c) singing (d) sing
38. 38.Farhan finished ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) to swim
39. 39.Kavya is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) to cook (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
40. 40.Arjun is interested in ___ science. (a) studies (b) to study (c) study (d) studying

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