Gerund and Infinitive Worksheet

English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 84 · 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.Riya avoided ___ in the park. (a) run (b) running (c) runs (d) to run
2. 2.Diya is tired of ___ the bag. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carry
3. 3.Ishaan is tired of ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) builds (c) build (d) building
4. 4.Arjun kept ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) speaking (d) to speak
5. 5.Dev finished ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) brings (c) to bring (d) bringing
6. 6.Tara wanted ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) to carry (d) carrying
7. 7.Kabir enjoyed ___ in the pool. (a) swimming (b) swims (c) swim (d) to swim
8. 8.Isha practised ___ a message. (a) send (b) sending (c) to send (d) sends
9. 9.Ishaan is good at ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) to bake
10. 10.Aisha avoided ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) build (c) building (d) to build
11. 11.Diya is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) playing (b) play (c) to play (d) plays
12. 12.Aarav is good at ___ a message. (a) to send (b) send (c) sending (d) sends
13. 13.Karan hoped ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planting (d) to plant
14. 14.Kavya is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) to plant (b) plant (c) planting (d) plants
15. 15.Arjun promised ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) claps (d) to clap
16. 16.Myra hoped ___ Hindi. (a) speaks (b) to speak (c) speaking (d) speak
17. 17.Yash is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) to feed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) feed
18. 18.Isha is fond of ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) to watch (c) watches (d) watching
19. 19.Nisha kept ___ in the park. (a) run (b) running (c) to run (d) runs
20. 20.Rahul is interested in ___ the match. (a) wins (b) winning (c) win (d) to win
21. 21.Ira enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) to jog (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
22. 22.Ishaan avoided ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) singing (c) sing (d) sings
23. 23.Priya avoided ___ a cap. (a) wears (b) wear (c) to wear (d) wearing
24. 24.Aarav wanted ___ a cartoon. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch (d) to watch
25. 25.Ira avoided ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) to feed (d) feeding
26. 26.Kunal is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
27. 27.Arjun is interested in ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speaking (c) speak (d) speaks
28. 28.Ananya needed ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) to wash (c) wash (d) washing
29. 29.Ishaan is tired of ___ the match. (a) wins (b) win (c) to win (d) winning
30. 30.Arjun is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) runs (b) run (c) to run (d) running
31. 31.Ishaan enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) to climb
32. 32.Riya finished ___ a tree. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbs (d) to climb
33. 33.Diya is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) to study
34. 34.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) makes (b) make (c) making (d) to make
35. 35.Ishaan is tired of ___ on the stage. (a) to dance (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing
36. 36.Kabir is looking forward to ___ the bag next week. (a) carry (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carrying
37. 37.Neel is looking forward to ___ lunch next week. (a) brings (b) bringing (c) to bring (d) bring
38. 38.Diya finished ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) builds (c) building (d) build
39. 39.Aarav planned ___ the train. (a) takes (b) to take (c) take (d) taking
40. 40.Dev practised ___ science. (a) to study (b) studies (c) studying (d) study

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