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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 57 · 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.Tara enjoyed ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) to swim (d) swims
  2. 2.Ishaan practised ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) to speak (c) speaks (d) speaking
  3. 3.Karan is fond of ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swims (c) to swim (d) swimming
  4. 4.Aisha enjoyed ___ cricket. (a) play (b) playing (c) plays (d) to play
  5. 5.Farhan is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) feeds (b) to feed (c) feed (d) feeding
  6. 6.Farhan avoided ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) to feed (c) feed (d) feeding
  7. 7.Nisha is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) to buy
  8. 8.Meera refused ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) building (c) build (d) to build
  9. 9.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) to catch (b) catches (c) catch (d) catching
  10. 10.Aarav is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbing (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climb
  11. 11.Diya is good at ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dancing (c) dances (d) dance
  12. 12.Ira is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) to speak (b) speaking (c) speak (d) speaks
  13. 13.Saanvi kept ___ in the park. (a) run (b) running (c) runs (d) to run
  14. 14.Arjun is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak
  15. 15.Saanvi enjoyed ___ the match. (a) wins (b) win (c) to win (d) winning
  16. 16.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) makes (b) making (c) make (d) to make
  17. 17.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
  18. 18.Vivaan is tired of ___ milk. (a) drink (b) to drink (c) drinking (d) drinks
  19. 19.Kavya is fond of ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) bake (d) to bake
  20. 20.Isha is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) to clean
  21. 21.Zoya is good at ___ a message. (a) sending (b) send (c) sends (d) to send
  22. 22.Aditya finished ___ the match. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) to win
  23. 23.Ananya is looking forward to ___ rice next week. (a) cooking (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooks
  24. 24.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) study (b) studies (c) studying (d) to study
  25. 25.Neel is good at ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
  26. 26.Vivaan practised ___ the match. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) to win
  27. 27.Rohan is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) to bake
  28. 28.Dev is interested in ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) to dance (c) dance (d) dancing
  29. 29.Manav is interested in ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  30. 30.Kabir kept ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) brings (c) bringing (d) to bring
  31. 31.Kunal needed ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooking
  32. 32.Karan avoided ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) write (c) to write (d) writes
  33. 33.Nisha practised ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buy (c) buys (d) buying
  34. 34.Sneha is fond of ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) to build (c) building (d) build
  35. 35.Karan promised ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washing (c) to wash (d) washes
  36. 36.Meera is interested in ___ the train. (a) to take (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
  37. 37.Diya is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) wash (b) washing (c) to wash (d) washes
  38. 38.Omkar planned ___ a message. (a) sends (b) sending (c) send (d) to send
  39. 39.Rohan is interested in ___ a story. (a) tells (b) tell (c) to tell (d) telling
  40. 40.Arjun is good at ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carrying

Answer key

  1. swimming
  2. speaking
  3. swimming
  4. playing
  5. feeding
  6. feeding
  7. buying
  8. to build
  9. catching
  10. climbing
  11. dancing
  12. speaking
  13. running
  14. speaking
  15. winning
  16. making
  17. flying
  18. drinking
  19. baking
  20. cleaning
  21. sending
  22. winning
  23. cooking
  24. studying
  25. baking
  26. winning
  27. baking
  28. dancing
  29. carrying
  30. bringing
  31. to cook
  32. writing
  33. buying
  34. building
  35. to wash
  36. taking
  37. washing
  38. to send
  39. telling
  40. carrying

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