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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 75 · 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.Diya is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dancing (b) to dance (c) dances (d) dance
  2. 2.Aditya is tired of ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) rides (c) to ride (d) ride
  3. 3.Farhan needed ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) to eat (c) eating (d) eat
  4. 4.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tell (b) to tell (c) telling (d) tells
  5. 5.Tara refused ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) washing (c) to wash (d) wash
  6. 6.Neel is good at ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) send (d) sending
  7. 7.Kabir finished ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) to build (c) build (d) building
  8. 8.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) to build (b) build (c) building (d) builds
  9. 9.Yash is fond of ___ the room. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) to clean (d) cleaning
  10. 10.Diya avoided ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) to drink (c) drink (d) drinking
  11. 11.Neel finished ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) to clean
  12. 12.Aarav is good at ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carries
  13. 13.Vivaan is tired of ___ a picture. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) to draw (d) draw
  14. 14.Yash needed ___ the dishes. (a) wash (b) washes (c) washing (d) to wash
  15. 15.Zoya is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) to jog (d) jogs
  16. 16.Riya decided ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) buy (c) to buy (d) buys
  17. 17.Myra is interested in ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing
  18. 18.Priya avoided ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flies
  19. 19.Rohan promised ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wears (c) wearing (d) to wear
  20. 20.Tara is tired of ___ to school. (a) going (b) to go (c) goes (d) go
  21. 21.Farhan practised ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) ride (c) rides (d) riding
  22. 22.Dev is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake (d) to bake
  23. 23.Ananya finished ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) to study
  24. 24.Rohan kept ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) to study (d) studying
  25. 25.Diya is good at ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eat (c) eating (d) to eat
  26. 26.Kavya hoped ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dance (c) to dance (d) dancing
  27. 27.Arjun planned ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
  28. 28.Meera avoided ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
  29. 29.Riya is fond of ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  30. 30.Aditya is interested in ___ the ball. (a) to throw (b) throws (c) throw (d) throwing
  31. 31.Priya is fond of ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) to play
  32. 32.Ira enjoyed ___ vegetables. (a) buys (b) buy (c) to buy (d) buying
  33. 33.Aditya planned ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eating (c) eat (d) to eat
  34. 34.Omkar is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) planting (b) to plant (c) plants (d) plant
  35. 35.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) to play (b) play (c) plays (d) playing
  36. 36.Pooja avoided ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) to fly (c) flies (d) fly
  37. 37.Rahul is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) plant
  38. 38.Ishaan is good at ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  39. 39.Tara planned ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) to jog (d) jogs
  40. 40.Ananya enjoyed ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) help (c) helps (d) to help

Answer key

  1. dancing
  2. riding
  3. to eat
  4. telling
  5. to wash
  6. sending
  7. building
  8. building
  9. cleaning
  10. drinking
  11. cleaning
  12. carrying
  13. drawing
  14. to wash
  15. jogging
  16. to buy
  17. dancing
  18. flying
  19. to wear
  20. going
  21. riding
  22. baking
  23. studying
  24. studying
  25. eating
  26. to dance
  27. to help
  28. jogging
  29. jogging
  30. throwing
  31. playing
  32. buying
  33. to eat
  34. planting
  35. playing
  36. flying
  37. planting
  38. baking
  39. to jog
  40. helping

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