Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 8 · 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.Myra wanted ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speaking
2. 2.Pooja is good at ___ a letter. (a) write (b) to write (c) writes (d) writing
3. 3.Omkar planned ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) to swim
4. 4.Diya enjoyed ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) to wear (d) wears
5. 5.Karan kept ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plants
6. 6.Neel practised ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) to bake (d) baking
7. 7.Kavya finished ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) build (c) to build (d) builds
8. 8.Riya is good at ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
9. 9.Meera is tired of ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
10. 10.Aditya is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) throws (b) throw (c) to throw (d) throwing
11. 11.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) to bake
12. 12.Isha is fond of ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) planting (d) plants
13. 13.Myra is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) make (b) making (c) to make (d) makes
14. 14.Sneha finished ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
15. 15.Yash kept ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carry (d) to carry
16. 16.Myra is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helps (b) to help (c) help (d) helping
17. 17.Manav practised ___ to school. (a) goes (b) going (c) to go (d) go
18. 18.Vivaan is tired of ___ the match. (a) wins (b) to win (c) winning (d) win
19. 19.Karan avoided ___ science. (a) to study (b) studies (c) studying (d) study
20. 20.Aarav is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) to throw (b) throwing (c) throw (d) throws
21. 21.Arjun is interested in ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) riding (d) rides
22. 22.Karan hoped ___ a picture. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) to draw (d) draws
23. 23.Yash agreed ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
24. 24.Aisha is looking forward to ___ a story next week. (a) tells (b) to tell (c) telling (d) tell
25. 25.Omkar enjoyed ___ a bicycle. (a) rides (b) ride (c) to ride (d) riding
26. 26.Aarav is tired of ___ for the team. (a) to clap (b) clapping (c) clap (d) claps
27. 27.Aditya finished ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jog
28. 28.Yash enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing (d) to climb
29. 29.Rohan is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bring (b) to bring (c) bringing (d) brings
30. 30.Ira promised ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) singing (c) sing (d) sings
31. 31.Farhan avoided ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) throwing (c) to throw (d) throw
32. 32.Myra is looking forward to ___ the match next week. (a) to win (b) winning (c) wins (d) win
33. 33.Karan is tired of ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) catch
34. 34.Tara practised ___ in the pool. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) to swim (d) swims
35. 35.Rohan is interested in ___ a song. (a) sing (b) sings (c) to sing (d) singing
36. 36.Kunal avoided ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) rides (c) riding (d) ride
37. 37.Riya wanted ___ to school. (a) goes (b) to go (c) going (d) go
38. 38.Diya kept ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swim (c) swimming (d) swims
39. 39.Karan agreed ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) to fly
40. 40.Aarav is fond of ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) drawing (c) draw (d) draws

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