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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 71 · 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.Isha is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drinks (b) to drink (c) drink (d) drinking
  2. 2.Diya wanted ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) to help (c) helping (d) helps
  3. 3.Manav is good at ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  4. 4.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
  5. 5.Riya is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) bake (b) baking (c) to bake (d) bakes
  6. 6.Saanvi decided ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
  7. 7.Kabir is good at ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  8. 8.Farhan is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) sends (b) to send (c) sending (d) send
  9. 9.Rohan avoided ___ a story. (a) to tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) tell
  10. 10.Ishaan finished ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) to jog
  11. 11.Dev agreed ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throws (c) throw (d) to throw
  12. 12.Zoya planned ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) build (c) to build (d) building
  13. 13.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) to ride (b) rides (c) ride (d) riding
  14. 14.Isha enjoyed ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) to feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
  15. 15.Dev is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) washes (b) washing (c) to wash (d) wash
  16. 16.Neel practised ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) to carry (c) carrying (d) carries
  17. 17.Yash is good at ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
  18. 18.Aarav needed ___ a letter. (a) writes (b) write (c) to write (d) writing
  19. 19.Riya is good at ___ in the park. (a) run (b) runs (c) running (d) to run
  20. 20.Yash finished ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
  21. 21.Aditya kept ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooks
  22. 22.Pooja kept ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) to clean (d) cleans
  23. 23.Aarav is tired of ___ a song. (a) sing (b) sings (c) to sing (d) singing
  24. 24.Saanvi enjoyed ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
  25. 25.Myra is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) help (b) helps (c) to help (d) helping
  26. 26.Zoya is fond of ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogging (d) to jog
  27. 27.Neel is fond of ___ the train. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) to take
  28. 28.Dev kept ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carries (d) to carry
  29. 29.Ira is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) wash (b) washes (c) washing (d) to wash
  30. 30.Myra is good at ___ the match. (a) winning (b) wins (c) to win (d) win
  31. 31.Aisha is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) taking (b) take (c) to take (d) takes
  32. 32.Arjun hoped ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) to clap (d) claps
  33. 33.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studying (b) to study (c) studies (d) study
  34. 34.Rohan is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) to help
  35. 35.Vivaan practised ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) to speak
  36. 36.Ira is interested in ___ a cartoon. (a) to watch (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
  37. 37.Yash is fond of ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) to swim (c) swimming (d) swims
  38. 38.Aarav promised ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) to speak (d) speaks
  39. 39.Aditya is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) to drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) drink
  40. 40.Diya agreed ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) planting (d) plants

Answer key

  1. drinking
  2. to help
  3. dancing
  4. carrying
  5. baking
  6. to watch
  7. jogging
  8. sending
  9. telling
  10. jogging
  11. to throw
  12. to build
  13. riding
  14. feeding
  15. washing
  16. carrying
  17. climbing
  18. to write
  19. running
  20. baking
  21. cooking
  22. cleaning
  23. singing
  24. watching
  25. helping
  26. jogging
  27. taking
  28. carrying
  29. washing
  30. winning
  31. taking
  32. to clap
  33. studying
  34. helping
  35. speaking
  36. watching
  37. swimming
  38. to speak
  39. drinking
  40. to plant

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