Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 65 · 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.Aditya avoided ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) drinking (d) to drink
2. 2.Rohan refused ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buy (c) buys (d) buying
3. 3.Zoya wanted ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watches (d) to watch
4. 4.Sneha kept ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carrying
5. 5.Ishaan is tired of ___ a letter. (a) write (b) to write (c) writes (d) writing
6. 6.Vivaan is interested in ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throws (c) throw (d) to throw
7. 7.Riya decided ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catching (c) catch (d) catches
8. 8.Manav is tired of ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dancing (c) dance (d) dances
9. 9.Nisha finished ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) to jog
10. 10.Zoya finished ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watching
11. 11.Tara kept ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
12. 12.Priya is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) telling (d) tell
13. 13.Arjun agreed ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) write (c) to write (d) writes
14. 14.Diya planned ___ in the park. (a) running (b) runs (c) run (d) to run
15. 15.Tara decided ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) to fly
16. 16.Tara enjoyed ___ to school. (a) going (b) to go (c) go (d) goes
17. 17.Diya planned ___ the match. (a) to win (b) win (c) winning (d) wins
18. 18.Kabir kept ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) to feed (c) feed (d) feeds
19. 19.Karan avoided ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) plants (c) to plant (d) planting
20. 20.Kabir refused ___ tea. (a) to make (b) making (c) make (d) makes
21. 21.Isha wanted ___ a song. (a) singing (b) sing (c) sings (d) to sing
22. 22.Tara enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) run (c) runs (d) running
23. 23.Meera wanted ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) builds (c) building (d) to build
24. 24.Rahul is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to run (b) running (c) run (d) runs
25. 25.Kabir needed ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carries (d) to carry
26. 26.Meera needed ___ the match. (a) winning (b) win (c) to win (d) wins
27. 27.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) to speak (d) speaks
28. 28.Aarav agreed ___ a story. (a) telling (b) to tell (c) tell (d) tells
29. 29.Diya is tired of ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) to bake (c) bake (d) bakes
30. 30.Pooja is interested in ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) to clap (c) clap (d) clapping
31. 31.Riya is good at ___ science. (a) to study (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
32. 32.Rahul is interested in ___ tea. (a) to make (b) makes (c) make (d) making
33. 33.Kabir wanted ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) plants (c) to plant (d) planting
34. 34.Neel finished ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) drink (d) to drink
35. 35.Tara enjoyed ___ a song. (a) sing (b) singing (c) sings (d) to sing
36. 36.Yash is tired of ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carry
37. 37.Yash is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) brings (b) bring (c) bringing (d) to bring
38. 38.Rohan is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) takes (b) take (c) taking (d) to take
39. 39.Tara kept ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swims (c) swim (d) swimming
40. 40.Farhan is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) to play (b) playing (c) plays (d) play

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