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Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 401 · 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.Pooja finished ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) to dance (d) dance
  2. 2.Aditya is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) to buy (b) buying (c) buy (d) buys
  3. 3.Pooja planned ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speak (c) speaks (d) speaking
  4. 4.Tara is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake (d) to bake
  5. 5.Meera avoided ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) riding (c) ride (d) to ride
  6. 6.Rahul finished ___ the match. (a) wins (b) winning (c) to win (d) win
  7. 7.Dev finished ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) help (c) helping (d) helps
  8. 8.Karan agreed ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) to eat
  9. 9.Vivaan is fond of ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flying (c) flies (d) fly
  10. 10.Riya is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buys (b) buy (c) buying (d) to buy
  11. 11.Yash finished ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) riding (c) ride (d) rides
  12. 12.Tara agreed ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plant (c) plants (d) to plant
  13. 13.Pooja is fond of ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) to watch
  14. 14.Tara is good at ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throws (c) to throw (d) throw
  15. 15.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) to run
  16. 16.Meera needed ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) builds (c) to build (d) building
  17. 17.Tara is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eat (b) to eat (c) eats (d) eating
  18. 18.Rohan is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) to jog
  19. 19.Isha practised ___ in the park. (a) run (b) running (c) to run (d) runs
  20. 20.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watching (d) watches
  21. 21.Omkar kept ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) to clean
  22. 22.Rahul is interested in ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) plants (c) to plant (d) planting
  23. 23.Karan hoped ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) dance (d) to dance
  24. 24.Farhan is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studies (b) study (c) to study (d) studying
  25. 25.Aisha decided ___ a song. (a) sings (b) sing (c) to sing (d) singing
  26. 26.Kavya is good at ___ for the team. (a) to clap (b) clap (c) clapping (d) claps
  27. 27.Neel practised ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) to bring (d) brings
  28. 28.Dev wanted ___ in the park. (a) run (b) to run (c) runs (d) running
  29. 29.Ishaan is interested in ___ the match. (a) wins (b) winning (c) to win (d) win
  30. 30.Saanvi kept ___ to school. (a) to go (b) go (c) going (d) goes
  31. 31.Arjun is fond of ___ lunch. (a) bringing (b) to bring (c) bring (d) brings
  32. 32.Kunal hoped ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) to feed (c) feed (d) feeds
  33. 33.Rohan agreed ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) riding (c) ride (d) to ride
  34. 34.Aarav avoided ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) to play
  35. 35.Omkar kept ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cook
  36. 36.Dev agreed ___ a song. (a) sing (b) singing (c) to sing (d) sings
  37. 37.Arjun is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) writing (b) writes (c) to write (d) write
  38. 38.Aisha is tired of ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swims (c) to swim (d) swimming
  39. 39.Kavya is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) building (b) builds (c) build (d) to build
  40. 40.Farhan enjoyed ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) claps (c) to clap (d) clapping

Answer key

  1. dancing
  2. buying
  3. to speak
  4. baking
  5. riding
  6. winning
  7. helping
  8. to eat
  9. flying
  10. buying
  11. riding
  12. to plant
  13. watching
  14. throwing
  15. running
  16. to build
  17. eating
  18. jogging
  19. running
  20. watching
  21. cleaning
  22. planting
  23. to dance
  24. studying
  25. to sing
  26. clapping
  27. bringing
  28. to run
  29. winning
  30. going
  31. bringing
  32. to feed
  33. to ride
  34. playing
  35. cooking
  36. to sing
  37. writing
  38. swimming
  39. building
  40. clapping

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