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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 9 · 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.Meera is good at ___ a tree. (a) to plant (b) plants (c) plant (d) planting
  2. 2.Aisha is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) build (b) to build (c) building (d) builds
  3. 3.Sneha agreed ___ Hindi. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) to speak (d) speak
  4. 4.Tara finished ___ to school. (a) go (b) to go (c) goes (d) going
  5. 5.Ishaan is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) play (b) playing (c) plays (d) to play
  6. 6.Vivaan decided ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) dance (d) to dance
  7. 7.Zoya is looking forward to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) rides (d) riding
  8. 8.Kavya is fond of ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) makes (d) to make
  9. 9.Aditya is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) study (b) to study (c) studying (d) studies
  10. 10.Manav kept ___ to school. (a) to go (b) go (c) goes (d) going
  11. 11.Ananya hoped ___ rice. (a) cooking (b) to cook (c) cook (d) cooks
  12. 12.Arjun promised ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) writes (c) write (d) to write
  13. 13.Saanvi is tired of ___ tea. (a) making (b) makes (c) make (d) to make
  14. 14.Dev is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drinking (b) drink (c) to drink (d) drinks
  15. 15.Riya is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to run (b) running (c) runs (d) run
  16. 16.Kunal needed ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) to dance (d) dance
  17. 17.Kavya practised ___ a message. (a) sending (b) to send (c) send (d) sends
  18. 18.Kunal finished ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) to drink
  19. 19.Ishaan agreed ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) to bake (d) bake
  20. 20.Yash is good at ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watching (c) to watch (d) watch
  21. 21.Vivaan is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) plays (b) to play (c) playing (d) play
  22. 22.Neel planned ___ science. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) to study
  23. 23.Dev is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) to bake (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
  24. 24.Tara practised ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) bakes (d) baking
  25. 25.Ananya agreed ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) to study
  26. 26.Sneha kept ___ a cake. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) to bake (d) bake
  27. 27.Karan is looking forward to ___ the ball next week. (a) catching (b) catches (c) to catch (d) catch
  28. 28.Priya finished ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) plays (c) to play (d) play
  29. 29.Zoya practised ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) to climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
  30. 30.Riya is good at ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) to throw
  31. 31.Saanvi is good at ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) washing (c) to wash (d) wash
  32. 32.Neel is looking forward to ___ a cap next week. (a) wear (b) wears (c) to wear (d) wearing
  33. 33.Aditya finished ___ a song. (a) to sing (b) sing (c) singing (d) sings
  34. 34.Myra finished ___ milk. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) to drink (d) drinking
  35. 35.Kabir needed ___ a sandcastle. (a) to build (b) build (c) building (d) builds
  36. 36.Isha kept ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planting (d) to plant
  37. 37.Omkar promised ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wears (c) wearing (d) to wear
  38. 38.Manav enjoyed ___ in the park. (a) running (b) run (c) runs (d) to run
  39. 39.Yash finished ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) to bake (c) baking (d) bakes
  40. 40.Ishaan practised ___ a bicycle. (a) ride (b) to ride (c) riding (d) rides

Answer key

  1. planting
  2. building
  3. to speak
  4. going
  5. playing
  6. to dance
  7. riding
  8. making
  9. studying
  10. going
  11. to cook
  12. to write
  13. making
  14. drinking
  15. running
  16. to dance
  17. sending
  18. drinking
  19. to bake
  20. watching
  21. playing
  22. to study
  23. baking
  24. baking
  25. to study
  26. baking
  27. catching
  28. playing
  29. climbing
  30. throwing
  31. washing
  32. wearing
  33. singing
  34. drinking
  35. to build
  36. planting
  37. to wear
  38. running
  39. baking
  40. riding

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