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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 409 · 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.Ishaan enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) riding (c) to ride (d) rides
  2. 2.Rohan promised ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
  3. 3.Ira is good at ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
  4. 4.Kunal enjoyed ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleaning
  5. 5.Rohan enjoyed ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) help (c) to help (d) helping
  6. 6.Karan agreed ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) draws (d) to draw
  7. 7.Yash hoped ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeding
  8. 8.Vivaan needed ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
  9. 9.Priya avoided ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watches (d) to watch
  10. 10.Pooja is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) to write (b) writes (c) writing (d) write
  11. 11.Priya is fond of ___ a cap. (a) to wear (b) wears (c) wearing (d) wear
  12. 12.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rides (d) to ride
  13. 13.Neel hoped ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watches (d) watching
  14. 14.Kunal needed ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) to fly
  15. 15.Meera is tired of ___ the train. (a) takes (b) to take (c) take (d) taking
  16. 16.Riya enjoyed ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eating (c) eat (d) eats
  17. 17.Saanvi decided ___ the match. (a) winning (b) win (c) wins (d) to win
  18. 18.Kabir is good at ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wears (c) wearing (d) to wear
  19. 19.Ira is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) plays (b) play (c) to play (d) playing
  20. 20.Dev is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak
  21. 21.Manav promised ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
  22. 22.Yash is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) to bake
  23. 23.Meera is tired of ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) to dance (d) dance
  24. 24.Kabir wanted ___ science. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) to study
  25. 25.Ira is interested in ___ a song. (a) singing (b) to sing (c) sing (d) sings
  26. 26.Aarav hoped ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) draws (c) drawing (d) to draw
  27. 27.Ishaan is interested in ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
  28. 28.Yash kept ___ milk. (a) drinking (b) drinks (c) drink (d) to drink
  29. 29.Kabir avoided ___ to school. (a) to go (b) going (c) goes (d) go
  30. 30.Manav is good at ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
  31. 31.Diya is fond of ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
  32. 32.Nisha practised ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) writing (c) write (d) to write
  33. 33.Neel promised ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
  34. 34.Riya is interested in ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) claps (d) to clap
  35. 35.Arjun finished ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) helping (c) to help (d) help
  36. 36.Isha decided ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) build (c) to build (d) building
  37. 37.Saanvi finished ___ tea. (a) make (b) makes (c) to make (d) making
  38. 38.Rahul enjoyed ___ a story. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) tell (d) telling
  39. 39.Meera decided ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) to feed
  40. 40.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watches (b) watching (c) to watch (d) watch

Answer key

  1. riding
  2. to cook
  3. watching
  4. cleaning
  5. helping
  6. to draw
  7. to feed
  8. to clean
  9. watching
  10. writing
  11. wearing
  12. riding
  13. to watch
  14. to fly
  15. taking
  16. eating
  17. to win
  18. wearing
  19. playing
  20. speaking
  21. to climb
  22. baking
  23. dancing
  24. to study
  25. singing
  26. to draw
  27. climbing
  28. drinking
  29. going
  30. baking
  31. climbing
  32. writing
  33. to climb
  34. clapping
  35. helping
  36. to build
  37. making
  38. telling
  39. to feed
  40. watching

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