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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 69 · 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.Meera kept ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbs (d) to climb
  2. 2.Pooja wanted ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) help (c) helping (d) helps
  3. 3.Sneha enjoyed ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) write (c) to write (d) writes
  4. 4.Rahul is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) to jog (d) jogs
  5. 5.Saanvi finished ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) to cook (c) cooking (d) cook
  6. 6.Arjun is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) to bake
  7. 7.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eats (b) eat (c) to eat (d) eating
  8. 8.Rohan is interested in ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jogging (c) jog (d) to jog
  9. 9.Saanvi enjoyed ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) to study (d) studying
  10. 10.Arjun finished ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
  11. 11.Aditya avoided ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) draw (c) draws (d) drawing
  12. 12.Ananya refused ___ a story. (a) tells (b) tell (c) telling (d) to tell
  13. 13.Sneha practised ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buying (c) to buy (d) buy
  14. 14.Rahul promised ___ for the team. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapping (d) to clap
  15. 15.Kunal finished ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) to drink (c) drinking (d) drink
  16. 16.Ira avoided ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) to build (c) build (d) builds
  17. 17.Kavya enjoyed ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) eat
  18. 18.Meera is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bring (b) to bring (c) bringing (d) brings
  19. 19.Nisha planned ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) helps (c) help (d) to help
  20. 20.Diya promised ___ Grandma. (a) helps (b) help (c) to help (d) helping
  21. 21.Sneha is good at ___ lunch. (a) brings (b) to bring (c) bringing (d) bring
  22. 22.Tara is fond of ___ tea. (a) makes (b) make (c) to make (d) making
  23. 23.Kavya is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) catch (b) to catch (c) catching (d) catches
  24. 24.Sneha finished ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) plays (c) to play (d) play
  25. 25.Aarav hoped ___ a story. (a) tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) to tell
  26. 26.Yash enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) riding (c) ride (d) rides
  27. 27.Ananya planned ___ a story. (a) tell (b) tells (c) to tell (d) telling
  28. 28.Pooja enjoyed ___ vegetables. (a) to buy (b) buys (c) buy (d) buying
  29. 29.Priya promised ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
  30. 30.Dev is fond of ___ milk. (a) drinking (b) drink (c) drinks (d) to drink
  31. 31.Manav practised ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) fly (c) flying (d) flies
  32. 32.Vivaan enjoyed ___ to school. (a) going (b) goes (c) to go (d) go
  33. 33.Priya practised ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) play (c) playing (d) plays
  34. 34.Kavya is tired of ___ tea. (a) to make (b) make (c) makes (d) making
  35. 35.Vivaan enjoyed ___ science. (a) to study (b) studies (c) study (d) studying
  36. 36.Ananya enjoyed ___ a message. (a) sending (b) send (c) to send (d) sends
  37. 37.Tara refused ___ tea. (a) makes (b) making (c) to make (d) make
  38. 38.Neel avoided ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catch (c) catching (d) to catch
  39. 39.Rohan kept ___ science. (a) to study (b) study (c) studying (d) studies
  40. 40.Karan is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) builds (b) build (c) building (d) to build

Answer key

  1. climbing
  2. to help
  3. writing
  4. jogging
  5. cooking
  6. baking
  7. eating
  8. jogging
  9. studying
  10. singing
  11. drawing
  12. to tell
  13. buying
  14. to clap
  15. drinking
  16. building
  17. eating
  18. bringing
  19. to help
  20. to help
  21. bringing
  22. making
  23. catching
  24. playing
  25. to tell
  26. riding
  27. to tell
  28. buying
  29. to jog
  30. drinking
  31. flying
  32. going
  33. playing
  34. making
  35. studying
  36. sending
  37. to make
  38. catching
  39. studying
  40. building

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