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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 66 · 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.Dev is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watching (b) to watch (c) watches (d) watch
  2. 2.Isha finished ___ a tree. (a) to climb (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
  3. 3.Omkar is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) to draw (b) drawing (c) draw (d) draws
  4. 4.Rahul agreed ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) to dance (c) dance (d) dancing
  5. 5.Rohan is tired of ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) speak (d) to speak
  6. 6.Nisha kept ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
  7. 7.Rohan avoided ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) helps (c) to help (d) help
  8. 8.Aisha is good at ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) speaking (d) to speak
  9. 9.Ishaan agreed ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) to play
  10. 10.Omkar hoped ___ a message. (a) sends (b) to send (c) send (d) sending
  11. 11.Kavya is interested in ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watch (d) to watch
  12. 12.Riya decided ___ the match. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) to win
  13. 13.Rohan is good at ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing (d) to climb
  14. 14.Tara is good at ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) rides (c) to ride (d) ride
  15. 15.Zoya is fond of ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watching
  16. 16.Zoya avoided ___ to school. (a) go (b) goes (c) to go (d) going
  17. 17.Sneha enjoyed ___ a story. (a) tells (b) telling (c) to tell (d) tell
  18. 18.Yash is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing (d) to climb
  19. 19.Myra is fond of ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
  20. 20.Ishaan kept ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) to make (d) makes
  21. 21.Diya kept ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buy (d) buying
  22. 22.Arjun is good at ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) builds (c) to build (d) building
  23. 23.Ananya is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
  24. 24.Sneha practised ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eats (c) eat (d) eating
  25. 25.Nisha is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) ride (b) rides (c) riding (d) to ride
  26. 26.Kabir practised ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
  27. 27.Ananya decided ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
  28. 28.Dev is fond of ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buy (c) to buy (d) buying
  29. 29.Meera wanted ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speak (c) speaks (d) speaking
  30. 30.Kavya is tired of ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) to clap (d) clap
  31. 31.Diya is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) to eat (b) eat (c) eating (d) eats
  32. 32.Kabir planned ___ a message. (a) sends (b) sending (c) to send (d) send
  33. 33.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) to ride (b) riding (c) rides (d) ride
  34. 34.Aisha decided ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) to buy
  35. 35.Saanvi kept ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) to jog (d) jogging
  36. 36.Farhan is interested in ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) to feed (c) feeding (d) feed
  37. 37.Isha enjoyed ___ the ball. (a) catching (b) catches (c) catch (d) to catch
  38. 38.Zoya agreed ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watch
  39. 39.Priya decided ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) plants (d) planting
  40. 40.Omkar practised ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carries (d) carrying

Answer key

  1. watching
  2. climbing
  3. drawing
  4. to dance
  5. speaking
  6. singing
  7. helping
  8. speaking
  9. to play
  10. to send
  11. watching
  12. to win
  13. climbing
  14. riding
  15. watching
  16. going
  17. telling
  18. climbing
  19. feeding
  20. making
  21. buying
  22. building
  23. jogging
  24. eating
  25. riding
  26. speaking
  27. to clean
  28. buying
  29. to speak
  30. clapping
  31. eating
  32. to send
  33. riding
  34. to buy
  35. jogging
  36. feeding
  37. catching
  38. to watch
  39. to plant
  40. carrying

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