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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 395 · 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.Manav kept ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wear (c) wearing (d) wears
  2. 2.Ira wanted ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jog
  3. 3.Karan is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) telling (b) to tell (c) tell (d) tells
  4. 4.Meera planned ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carry
  5. 5.Aisha decided ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
  6. 6.Tara is fond of ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
  7. 7.Diya practised ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
  8. 8.Tara is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) making (b) to make (c) makes (d) make
  9. 9.Ira practised ___ science. (a) to study (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
  10. 10.Dev is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dance (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  11. 11.Karan is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draw (b) to draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  12. 12.Diya hoped ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eating (c) eat (d) to eat
  13. 13.Kabir kept ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) to bring (c) brings (d) bringing
  14. 14.Farhan hoped ___ a letter. (a) write (b) to write (c) writing (d) writes
  15. 15.Arjun is fond of ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) ride (c) rides (d) riding
  16. 16.Isha is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) to bake (c) bake (d) bakes
  17. 17.Vivaan needed ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) to clean
  18. 18.Isha is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
  19. 19.Dev decided ___ to school. (a) go (b) to go (c) goes (d) going
  20. 20.Ishaan finished ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) to clean (d) cleans
  21. 21.Nisha agreed ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
  22. 22.Ananya kept ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) climb
  23. 23.Karan is tired of ___ cricket. (a) play (b) to play (c) plays (d) playing
  24. 24.Riya is fond of ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) to bake
  25. 25.Farhan enjoyed ___ a story. (a) tells (b) telling (c) to tell (d) tell
  26. 26.Zoya is fond of ___ the match. (a) winning (b) to win (c) wins (d) win
  27. 27.Isha decided ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  28. 28.Sneha planned ___ the train. (a) to take (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
  29. 29.Pooja is tired of ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) to swim (c) swims (d) swim
  30. 30.Kavya is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throw (b) to throw (c) throws (d) throwing
  31. 31.Yash is good at ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plant (c) to plant (d) plants
  32. 32.Isha kept ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) plant
  33. 33.Karan is fond of ___ a letter. (a) write (b) writing (c) writes (d) to write
  34. 34.Meera finished ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) writes (c) writing (d) write
  35. 35.Diya hoped ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) to speak (d) speaking
  36. 36.Myra is tired of ___ the train. (a) to take (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
  37. 37.Arjun is good at ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  38. 38.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) to build (b) build (c) builds (d) building
  39. 39.Riya enjoyed ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) to wear (c) wearing (d) wears
  40. 40.Sneha enjoyed ___ a message. (a) send (b) to send (c) sends (d) sending

Answer key

  1. wearing
  2. to jog
  3. telling
  4. to carry
  5. to climb
  6. feeding
  7. baking
  8. making
  9. studying
  10. dancing
  11. drawing
  12. to eat
  13. bringing
  14. to write
  15. riding
  16. baking
  17. to clean
  18. jogging
  19. to go
  20. cleaning
  21. to cook
  22. climbing
  23. playing
  24. baking
  25. telling
  26. winning
  27. to carry
  28. to take
  29. swimming
  30. throwing
  31. planting
  32. planting
  33. writing
  34. writing
  35. to speak
  36. taking
  37. baking
  38. building
  39. wearing
  40. sending

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