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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 80 · 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.Nisha is tired of ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
  2. 2.Diya practised ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) to drink
  3. 3.Ananya promised ___ tea. (a) make (b) makes (c) making (d) to make
  4. 4.Saanvi is tired of ___ a picture. (a) to draw (b) drawing (c) draw (d) draws
  5. 5.Tara wanted ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) to bake
  6. 6.Yash is interested in ___ vegetables. (a) buying (b) to buy (c) buy (d) buys
  7. 7.Vivaan is good at ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeds
  8. 8.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) watch
  9. 9.Farhan practised ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) to throw (d) throws
  10. 10.Vivaan is fond of ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) rides (c) to ride (d) ride
  11. 11.Meera planned ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) to clap (c) claps (d) clap
  12. 12.Aarav is tired of ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) to fly
  13. 13.Diya agreed ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) claps (d) to clap
  14. 14.Diya finished ___ the ball. (a) throwing (b) throws (c) to throw (d) throw
  15. 15.Meera kept ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) to help
  16. 16.Kabir is tired of ___ cricket. (a) plays (b) play (c) to play (d) playing
  17. 17.Yash is tired of ___ the dishes. (a) to wash (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
  18. 18.Pooja is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drinking
  19. 19.Aditya kept ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swim
  20. 20.Omkar enjoyed ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) to wear (c) wearing (d) wears
  21. 21.Diya wanted ___ the ball. (a) throws (b) throw (c) to throw (d) throwing
  22. 22.Tara finished ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) to wear (c) wears (d) wearing
  23. 23.Karan is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) to watch (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
  24. 24.Zoya is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) bringing (b) to bring (c) brings (d) bring
  25. 25.Saanvi is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) dances (b) dance (c) dancing (d) to dance
  26. 26.Nisha finished ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) wash (c) washing (d) to wash
  27. 27.Myra agreed ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) riding (d) rides
  28. 28.Saanvi agreed ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
  29. 29.Sneha decided ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) to fly
  30. 30.Aisha is interested in ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) to clean (d) cleaning
  31. 31.Saanvi kept ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catch (c) catches (d) catching
  32. 32.Meera is fond of ___ to school. (a) goes (b) go (c) to go (d) going
  33. 33.Arjun decided ___ the room. (a) to clean (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleans
  34. 34.Nisha practised ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
  35. 35.Kunal is good at ___ a cake. (a) to bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
  36. 36.Ananya is tired of ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buying (c) to buy (d) buys
  37. 37.Meera is good at ___ the train. (a) takes (b) take (c) taking (d) to take
  38. 38.Vivaan is good at ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
  39. 39.Aditya is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buy (b) buying (c) to buy (d) buys
  40. 40.Aditya finished ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plants

Answer key

  1. baking
  2. drinking
  3. to make
  4. drawing
  5. to bake
  6. buying
  7. feeding
  8. watching
  9. throwing
  10. riding
  11. to clap
  12. flying
  13. to clap
  14. throwing
  15. helping
  16. playing
  17. washing
  18. drinking
  19. swimming
  20. wearing
  21. to throw
  22. wearing
  23. watching
  24. bringing
  25. dancing
  26. washing
  27. to ride
  28. to jog
  29. to fly
  30. cleaning
  31. catching
  32. going
  33. to clean
  34. speaking
  35. baking
  36. buying
  37. taking
  38. sending
  39. buying
  40. planting

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