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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 81 · 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.Dev is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
  2. 2.Manav promised ___ a cap. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) to wear (d) wears
  3. 3.Kunal is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
  4. 4.Kunal avoided ___ the match. (a) wins (b) win (c) to win (d) winning
  5. 5.Omkar is good at ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogging (d) to jog
  6. 6.Neel enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) to climb (d) climbs
  7. 7.Meera is tired of ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) rides (c) to ride (d) riding
  8. 8.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  9. 9.Rohan is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) brings (b) to bring (c) bringing (d) bring
  10. 10.Kavya is interested in ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) to build (c) build (d) builds
  11. 11.Priya practised ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carries
  12. 12.Myra promised ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) to fly
  13. 13.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) sending (b) send (c) to send (d) sends
  14. 14.Ira is fond of ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) washing (c) wash (d) to wash
  15. 15.Arjun avoided ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) eats (c) eating (d) to eat
  16. 16.Arjun is looking forward to ___ a picture next week. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) draw (d) to draw
  17. 17.Kabir is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eats (b) eat (c) to eat (d) eating
  18. 18.Aarav is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) jog (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
  19. 19.Priya is tired of ___ a mango. (a) to eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) eat
  20. 20.Neel finished ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) wearing (c) wear (d) to wear
  21. 21.Meera kept ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) to feed
  22. 22.Isha practised ___ to school. (a) going (b) go (c) goes (d) to go
  23. 23.Myra is tired of ___ the dog. (a) to feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
  24. 24.Tara enjoyed ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) to bake
  25. 25.Aarav promised ___ in the park. (a) to run (b) runs (c) running (d) run
  26. 26.Zoya is good at ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) to fly (c) fly (d) flying
  27. 27.Vivaan is fond of ___ the dog. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeds
  28. 28.Neel is fond of ___ the ball. (a) catching (b) catches (c) to catch (d) catch
  29. 29.Tara kept ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) to carry
  30. 30.Rohan promised ___ in the park. (a) running (b) run (c) runs (d) to run
  31. 31.Saanvi avoided ___ the ball. (a) to catch (b) catch (c) catches (d) catching
  32. 32.Kunal needed ___ a mango. (a) eats (b) eat (c) eating (d) to eat
  33. 33.Neel is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) to play (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
  34. 34.Tara is looking forward to ___ a mango next week. (a) eats (b) to eat (c) eating (d) eat
  35. 35.Vivaan hoped ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) to cook (d) cooks
  36. 36.Aisha is tired of ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) to swim (d) swim
  37. 37.Priya avoided ___ the train. (a) taking (b) takes (c) to take (d) take
  38. 38.Aditya enjoyed ___ a message. (a) sends (b) to send (c) sending (d) send
  39. 39.Kunal practised ___ Grandma. (a) helping (b) helps (c) help (d) to help
  40. 40.Diya planned ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) to study (d) studying

Answer key

  1. dancing
  2. to wear
  3. jogging
  4. winning
  5. jogging
  6. climbing
  7. riding
  8. baking
  9. bringing
  10. building
  11. carrying
  12. to fly
  13. sending
  14. washing
  15. eating
  16. drawing
  17. eating
  18. jogging
  19. eating
  20. wearing
  21. feeding
  22. going
  23. feeding
  24. baking
  25. to run
  26. flying
  27. feeding
  28. catching
  29. carrying
  30. to run
  31. catching
  32. to eat
  33. playing
  34. eating
  35. to cook
  36. swimming
  37. taking
  38. sending
  39. helping
  40. to study

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