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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 6 · 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.Priya needed ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) to draw (c) draws (d) draw
  2. 2.Ira planned ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) to wash (c) washes (d) washing
  3. 3.Ishaan is fond of ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) to bake
  4. 4.Rohan kept ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watching
  5. 5.Dev is interested in ___ to school. (a) goes (b) go (c) to go (d) going
  6. 6.Tara finished ___ a message. (a) send (b) sends (c) sending (d) to send
  7. 7.Aarav finished ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carries
  8. 8.Ananya is good at ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carries
  9. 9.Neel avoided ___ a story. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) tell (d) telling
  10. 10.Myra practised ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) flying (c) flies (d) fly
  11. 11.Isha is fond of ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) brings (c) bringing (d) bring
  12. 12.Farhan needed ___ a story. (a) tell (b) to tell (c) tells (d) telling
  13. 13.Ira avoided ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
  14. 14.Sneha is interested in ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) to run (c) run (d) running
  15. 15.Vivaan agreed ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) to watch
  16. 16.Nisha finished ___ tea. (a) making (b) to make (c) make (d) makes
  17. 17.Omkar is good at ___ a picture. (a) draw (b) to draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  18. 18.Riya enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) riding (d) rides
  19. 19.Isha finished ___ tea. (a) to make (b) making (c) make (d) makes
  20. 20.Aisha hoped ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speak
  21. 21.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) wears (d) to wear
  22. 22.Ira refused ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy
  23. 23.Yash finished ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
  24. 24.Zoya planned ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) to help (c) help (d) helping
  25. 25.Kunal is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bring (b) brings (c) bringing (d) to bring
  26. 26.Kunal is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) win (b) winning (c) to win (d) wins
  27. 27.Rohan is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) to drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drink
  28. 28.Zoya is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helps (b) help (c) to help (d) helping
  29. 29.Saanvi avoided ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) running (c) runs (d) run
  30. 30.Sneha refused ___ science. (a) study (b) to study (c) studying (d) studies
  31. 31.Tara hoped ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throws (c) to throw (d) throwing
  32. 32.Karan finished ___ tea. (a) to make (b) make (c) making (d) makes
  33. 33.Neel is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) play (b) playing (c) to play (d) plays
  34. 34.Isha is tired of ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  35. 35.Omkar enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  36. 36.Aisha is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) to tell (b) tell (c) tells (d) telling
  37. 37.Kavya wanted ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) carry (d) to carry
  38. 38.Dev enjoyed ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) to swim
  39. 39.Karan promised ___ tea. (a) makes (b) making (c) to make (d) make
  40. 40.Rohan hoped ___ the ball. (a) catching (b) to catch (c) catches (d) catch

Answer key

  1. to draw
  2. to wash
  3. baking
  4. watching
  5. going
  6. sending
  7. carrying
  8. carrying
  9. telling
  10. flying
  11. bringing
  12. to tell
  13. jogging
  14. running
  15. to watch
  16. making
  17. drawing
  18. riding
  19. making
  20. to speak
  21. wearing
  22. to buy
  23. speaking
  24. to help
  25. bringing
  26. winning
  27. drinking
  28. helping
  29. running
  30. to study
  31. to throw
  32. making
  33. playing
  34. baking
  35. jogging
  36. telling
  37. to carry
  38. swimming
  39. to make
  40. to catch

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