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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 404 · 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 is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) take (b) takes (c) to take (d) taking
  2. 2.Vivaan finished ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) to climb (d) climb
  3. 3.Manav enjoyed ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating
  4. 4.Rahul is interested in ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) plant (c) to plant (d) planting
  5. 5.Aditya is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speak (b) to speak (c) speaks (d) speaking
  6. 6.Yash practised ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) to feed (c) feed (d) feeds
  7. 7.Rahul is fond of ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
  8. 8.Aarav enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carry
  9. 9.Riya enjoyed ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) to swim (d) swims
  10. 10.Riya refused ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooks
  11. 11.Neel is good at ___ milk. (a) drinking (b) drink (c) to drink (d) drinks
  12. 12.Kavya decided ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) to cook (d) cooking
  13. 13.Aditya is good at ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) to clap (c) clapping (d) claps
  14. 14.Arjun refused ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) building (c) to build (d) build
  15. 15.Diya is good at ___ milk. (a) drinking (b) to drink (c) drink (d) drinks
  16. 16.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draw (b) to draw (c) drawing (d) draws
  17. 17.Tara enjoyed ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wear (c) wearing (d) wears
  18. 18.Riya is fond of ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) builds (c) building (d) to build
  19. 19.Ananya is interested in ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) to throw (c) throwing (d) throws
  20. 20.Karan is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tells (b) tell (c) to tell (d) telling
  21. 21.Dev is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  22. 22.Kunal decided ___ science. (a) studies (b) studying (c) to study (d) study
  23. 23.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watching (b) to watch (c) watch (d) watches
  24. 24.Sneha is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) wash (b) washes (c) to wash (d) washing
  25. 25.Isha hoped ___ science. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) to study
  26. 26.Farhan practised ___ a mango. (a) eating (b) eats (c) eat (d) to eat
  27. 27.Rohan is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) to swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swim
  28. 28.Pooja is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) draw (d) to draw
  29. 29.Rohan kept ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
  30. 30.Myra enjoyed ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) to help (d) helping
  31. 31.Kunal avoided ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) tell (c) tells (d) telling
  32. 32.Pooja planned ___ a song. (a) sings (b) singing (c) to sing (d) sing
  33. 33.Zoya enjoyed ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooks
  34. 34.Arjun promised ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) to make (d) makes
  35. 35.Farhan refused ___ the room. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleaning (d) cleans
  36. 36.Dev kept ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) bake (d) to bake
  37. 37.Kabir finished ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) to bring (c) brings (d) bringing
  38. 38.Kavya kept ___ a song. (a) singing (b) to sing (c) sings (d) sing
  39. 39.Diya is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bring (b) to bring (c) brings (d) bringing
  40. 40.Meera needed ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook (d) to cook

Answer key

  1. taking
  2. climbing
  3. eating
  4. planting
  5. speaking
  6. feeding
  7. speaking
  8. carrying
  9. swimming
  10. to cook
  11. drinking
  12. to cook
  13. clapping
  14. to build
  15. drinking
  16. drawing
  17. wearing
  18. building
  19. throwing
  20. telling
  21. baking
  22. to study
  23. watching
  24. washing
  25. to study
  26. eating
  27. swimming
  28. drawing
  29. baking
  30. helping
  31. telling
  32. to sing
  33. cooking
  34. to make
  35. to clean
  36. baking
  37. bringing
  38. singing
  39. bringing
  40. to cook

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