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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 48 · 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.Karan is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) to clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
  2. 2.Dev is good at ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) to jog (d) jogs
  3. 3.Yash is interested in ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) to throw (c) throwing (d) throws
  4. 4.Aarav finished ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) carry (d) to carry
  5. 5.Aditya finished ___ a song. (a) sing (b) sings (c) singing (d) to sing
  6. 6.Kabir planned ___ the match. (a) wins (b) to win (c) winning (d) win
  7. 7.Kunal is fond of ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) draw (c) to draw (d) drawing
  8. 8.Pooja kept ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) to bake (d) baking
  9. 9.Riya planned ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) to drink (d) drink
  10. 10.Sneha is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) wins (b) to win (c) win (d) winning
  11. 11.Aisha enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) to bake
  12. 12.Sneha is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) to buy
  13. 13.Karan is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) to bake (c) bake (d) bakes
  14. 14.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) to climb (d) climbing
  15. 15.Saanvi is good at ___ science. (a) studying (b) study (c) studies (d) to study
  16. 16.Rohan planned ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) to cook
  17. 17.Aisha finished ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carry
  18. 18.Riya is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sing (d) to sing
  19. 19.Nisha refused ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) to draw (c) draw (d) drawing
  20. 20.Farhan agreed ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buying (c) to buy (d) buys
  21. 21.Yash practised ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) flying (c) to fly (d) fly
  22. 22.Riya is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) telling (d) tell
  23. 23.Pooja is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) to take (b) take (c) takes (d) taking
  24. 24.Aditya planned ___ a story. (a) telling (b) tell (c) to tell (d) tells
  25. 25.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) to swim (b) swim (c) swims (d) swimming
  26. 26.Kabir is interested in ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) to swim
  27. 27.Saanvi enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) baking (c) to bake (d) bakes
  28. 28.Diya is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  29. 29.Ishaan needed ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) running (c) run (d) runs
  30. 30.Ishaan is tired of ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) to speak (d) speaks
  31. 31.Farhan enjoyed ___ a song. (a) sing (b) to sing (c) singing (d) sings
  32. 32.Omkar is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) to sing (b) sings (c) sing (d) singing
  33. 33.Yash avoided ___ science. (a) studies (b) to study (c) study (d) studying
  34. 34.Saanvi is fond of ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) to buy
  35. 35.Riya avoided ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) building (c) build (d) to build
  36. 36.Rohan wanted ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) to feed (d) feed
  37. 37.Zoya kept ___ tea. (a) makes (b) to make (c) make (d) making
  38. 38.Rohan is interested in ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carry
  39. 39.Diya is interested in ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) to play
  40. 40.Saanvi kept ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) wash (c) washing (d) to wash

Answer key

  1. cleaning
  2. jogging
  3. throwing
  4. carrying
  5. singing
  6. to win
  7. drawing
  8. baking
  9. to drink
  10. winning
  11. baking
  12. buying
  13. baking
  14. climbing
  15. studying
  16. to cook
  17. carrying
  18. singing
  19. to draw
  20. to buy
  21. flying
  22. telling
  23. taking
  24. to tell
  25. swimming
  26. swimming
  27. baking
  28. carrying
  29. to run
  30. speaking
  31. singing
  32. singing
  33. studying
  34. buying
  35. building
  36. to feed
  37. making
  38. carrying
  39. playing
  40. washing

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