Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 55 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Manav practised ___ the train. (a) takes (b) take (c) taking (d) to take
2. 2.Diya needed ___ cricket. (a) play (b) plays (c) to play (d) playing
3. 3.Tara is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) singing (b) to sing (c) sings (d) sing
4. 4.Vivaan is fond of ___ the match. (a) wins (b) winning (c) win (d) to win
5. 5.Meera refused ___ science. (a) to study (b) studying (c) studies (d) study
6. 6.Farhan enjoyed ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) to help (c) helping (d) helps
7. 7.Kabir finished ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) to bake
8. 8.Riya decided ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) plants (d) planting
9. 9.Meera decided ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plant
10. 10.Isha is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) to buy
11. 11.Rahul is interested in ___ cricket. (a) play (b) plays (c) playing (d) to play
12. 12.Omkar is interested in ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) plants (d) planting
13. 13.Arjun hoped ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) draws (d) to draw
14. 14.Riya avoided ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) bring (c) bringing (d) brings
15. 15.Priya is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) cooking (d) to cook
16. 16.Aditya planned ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
17. 17.Omkar promised ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) clean
18. 18.Kavya practised ___ science. (a) study (b) to study (c) studies (d) studying
19. 19.Aditya needed ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) to plant
20. 20.Rohan decided ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) claps (d) to clap
21. 21.Ira kept ___ the train. (a) takes (b) taking (c) take (d) to take
22. 22.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) to send (b) sends (c) send (d) sending
23. 23.Zoya kept ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) draws (c) drawing (d) to draw
24. 24.Neel is good at ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speak
25. 25.Manav kept ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bake
26. 26.Meera wanted ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) clap (c) to clap (d) clapping
27. 27.Myra is interested in ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) to fly
28. 28.Kunal is good at ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) to wear (d) wear
29. 29.Aisha avoided ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) runs (c) run (d) running
30. 30.Isha is good at ___ a story. (a) telling (b) to tell (c) tell (d) tells
31. 31.Aisha is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eats (b) eat (c) to eat (d) eating
32. 32.Riya is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
33. 33.Rohan is fond of ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
34. 34.Nisha is tired of ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) playing (c) to play (d) play
35. 35.Vivaan kept ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleaning
36. 36.Farhan avoided ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) to study
37. 37.Kavya avoided ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buying (c) to buy (d) buy
38. 38.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) singing (b) sing (c) to sing (d) sings
39. 39.Manav is looking forward to ___ a letter next week. (a) write (b) writing (c) writes (d) to write
40. 40.Meera finished ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) to cook (d) cook

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