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Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 45 · 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.Aarav kept ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sending (c) send (d) sends
  2. 2.Meera is good at ___ science. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) to study
  3. 3.Karan finished ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) to feed (d) feeds
  4. 4.Isha practised ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogging (d) to jog
  5. 5.Arjun enjoyed ___ a message. (a) send (b) sending (c) sends (d) to send
  6. 6.Ishaan needed ___ tea. (a) making (b) to make (c) make (d) makes
  7. 7.Vivaan enjoyed ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
  8. 8.Kavya practised ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swim (d) to swim
  9. 9.Aditya is fond of ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buy (c) buys (d) buying
  10. 10.Pooja finished ___ the ball. (a) catching (b) to catch (c) catch (d) catches
  11. 11.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
  12. 12.Myra promised ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) to bake
  13. 13.Arjun is tired of ___ the train. (a) taking (b) to take (c) takes (d) take
  14. 14.Diya is interested in ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swim (c) swims (d) swimming
  15. 15.Yash decided ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
  16. 16.Sneha is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) to swim (d) swims
  17. 17.Aarav enjoyed ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) write (c) to write (d) writing
  18. 18.Zoya hoped ___ a story. (a) tell (b) tells (c) to tell (d) telling
  19. 19.Aarav finished ___ the match. (a) to win (b) win (c) wins (d) winning
  20. 20.Riya enjoyed ___ the match. (a) winning (b) wins (c) win (d) to win
  21. 21.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) sending (b) sends (c) send (d) to send
  22. 22.Sneha enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) run (b) to run (c) runs (d) running
  23. 23.Yash kept ___ the train. (a) takes (b) take (c) taking (d) to take
  24. 24.Priya needed ___ science. (a) to study (b) studies (c) study (d) studying
  25. 25.Dev agreed ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) to plant (c) plants (d) plant
  26. 26.Rahul is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) to take (b) takes (c) take (d) taking
  27. 27.Aarav is interested in ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) to clean
  28. 28.Rohan is interested in ___ tea. (a) to make (b) make (c) making (d) makes
  29. 29.Neel is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
  30. 30.Priya enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) to bake
  31. 31.Rahul finished ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) dance
  32. 32.Kunal kept ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) to play (c) playing (d) play
  33. 33.Diya finished ___ the train. (a) to take (b) takes (c) take (d) taking
  34. 34.Kunal is fond of ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catching (c) catches (d) catch
  35. 35.Yash agreed ___ a message. (a) send (b) sending (c) sends (d) to send
  36. 36.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eating (b) to eat (c) eat (d) eats
  37. 37.Rohan promised ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) wearing (c) wear (d) to wear
  38. 38.Farhan finished ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tell (c) tells (d) to tell
  39. 39.Nisha avoided ___ the train. (a) takes (b) to take (c) take (d) taking
  40. 40.Ananya is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) to drink (d) drinks

Answer key

  1. sending
  2. studying
  3. feeding
  4. jogging
  5. sending
  6. to make
  7. speaking
  8. swimming
  9. buying
  10. catching
  11. baking
  12. to bake
  13. taking
  14. swimming
  15. to watch
  16. swimming
  17. writing
  18. to tell
  19. winning
  20. winning
  21. sending
  22. running
  23. taking
  24. to study
  25. to plant
  26. taking
  27. cleaning
  28. making
  29. baking
  30. baking
  31. dancing
  32. playing
  33. taking
  34. catching
  35. to send
  36. eating
  37. to wear
  38. telling
  39. taking
  40. drinking

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