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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 82 · 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.Kavya finished ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) to climb (d) climbing
  2. 2.Dev kept ___ tea. (a) making (b) makes (c) make (d) to make
  3. 3.Vivaan enjoyed ___ tea. (a) make (b) to make (c) makes (d) making
  4. 4.Rahul planned ___ tea. (a) makes (b) to make (c) make (d) making
  5. 5.Sneha is good at ___ tea. (a) making (b) makes (c) make (d) to make
  6. 6.Aditya agreed ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watch (c) to watch (d) watches
  7. 7.Kunal is good at ___ the train. (a) to take (b) taking (c) takes (d) take
  8. 8.Ananya is looking forward to ___ in the pool next week. (a) to swim (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
  9. 9.Sneha hoped ___ in the pool. (a) to swim (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swim
  10. 10.Isha is interested in ___ the bag. (a) to carry (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
  11. 11.Nisha is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to run (b) runs (c) running (d) run
  12. 12.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
  13. 13.Manav avoided ___ science. (a) study (b) to study (c) studying (d) studies
  14. 14.Rahul is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) takes (b) take (c) taking (d) to take
  15. 15.Arjun is good at ___ in the park. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) to jog (d) jogs
  16. 16.Ishaan avoided ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
  17. 17.Aisha promised ___ tea. (a) to make (b) makes (c) make (d) making
  18. 18.Diya avoided ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) to drink (c) drinking (d) drink
  19. 19.Sneha is tired of ___ a sandcastle. (a) building (b) build (c) builds (d) to build
  20. 20.Diya is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) to build (b) build (c) building (d) builds
  21. 21.Priya is looking forward to ___ a cartoon next week. (a) watch (b) watches (c) watching (d) to watch
  22. 22.Kabir refused ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) to jog (c) jogs (d) jog
  23. 23.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) clean (b) to clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
  24. 24.Dev enjoyed ___ the match. (a) to win (b) win (c) wins (d) winning
  25. 25.Nisha kept ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watches (c) to watch (d) watch
  26. 26.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) to send (b) sends (c) send (d) sending
  27. 27.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) bake (c) to bake (d) bakes
  28. 28.Karan is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) to carry (d) carries
  29. 29.Myra enjoyed ___ the match. (a) win (b) to win (c) wins (d) winning
  30. 30.Manav enjoyed ___ tea. (a) making (b) makes (c) to make (d) make
  31. 31.Riya is interested in ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) to feed
  32. 32.Aarav avoided ___ a story. (a) telling (b) to tell (c) tells (d) tell
  33. 33.Diya needed ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
  34. 34.Tara practised ___ a message. (a) to send (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
  35. 35.Isha avoided ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) to dance (d) dance
  36. 36.Neel kept ___ to school. (a) go (b) to go (c) goes (d) going
  37. 37.Meera is looking forward to ___ the train next week. (a) take (b) taking (c) to take (d) takes
  38. 38.Saanvi refused ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleans
  39. 39.Karan is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) send (b) sends (c) to send (d) sending
  40. 40.Ira is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) to build (b) build (c) builds (d) building

Answer key

  1. climbing
  2. making
  3. making
  4. to make
  5. making
  6. to watch
  7. taking
  8. swimming
  9. to swim
  10. carrying
  11. running
  12. baking
  13. studying
  14. taking
  15. jogging
  16. speaking
  17. to make
  18. drinking
  19. building
  20. building
  21. watching
  22. to jog
  23. cleaning
  24. winning
  25. watching
  26. sending
  27. baking
  28. carrying
  29. winning
  30. making
  31. feeding
  32. telling
  33. to play
  34. sending
  35. dancing
  36. going
  37. taking
  38. to clean
  39. sending
  40. building

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