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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 95 · 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.Ira is looking forward to ___ tea next week. (a) make (b) to make (c) makes (d) making
  2. 2.Meera is good at ___ the train. (a) taking (b) takes (c) to take (d) take
  3. 3.Tara finished ___ a tree. (a) plant (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plants
  4. 4.Aisha kept ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) flying (c) to fly (d) flies
  5. 5.Karan is looking forward to ___ a song next week. (a) sings (b) sing (c) to sing (d) singing
  6. 6.Vivaan enjoyed ___ lunch. (a) to bring (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
  7. 7.Omkar enjoyed ___ the room. (a) cleaning (b) to clean (c) clean (d) cleans
  8. 8.Kavya avoided ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
  9. 9.Rahul kept ___ science. (a) studying (b) to study (c) study (d) studies
  10. 10.Neel is tired of ___ Hindi. (a) to speak (b) speak (c) speaks (d) speaking
  11. 11.Aditya is looking forward to ___ a kite next week. (a) to fly (b) flies (c) fly (d) flying
  12. 12.Aisha avoided ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) to clap (c) claps (d) clapping
  13. 13.Arjun needed ___ a song. (a) sings (b) to sing (c) singing (d) sing
  14. 14.Neel finished ___ a letter. (a) to write (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
  15. 15.Meera is fond of ___ in the park. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) to run
  16. 16.Arjun is fond of ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) play (c) playing (d) plays
  17. 17.Zoya practised ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) wash (c) to wash (d) washing
  18. 18.Meera is interested in ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) wash (c) washing (d) to wash
  19. 19.Nisha is tired of ___ cricket. (a) to play (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
  20. 20.Manav is looking forward to ___ milk next week. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) to drink (d) drinking
  21. 21.Aditya needed ___ tea. (a) make (b) making (c) makes (d) to make
  22. 22.Diya enjoyed ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climb (d) to climb
  23. 23.Nisha is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) to play
  24. 24.Nisha is tired of ___ a kite. (a) to fly (b) fly (c) flies (d) flying
  25. 25.Zoya is good at ___ rice. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) cooking (d) to cook
  26. 26.Myra is looking forward to ___ the room next week. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) to clean
  27. 27.Rohan practised ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) planting (c) to plant (d) plant
  28. 28.Rohan finished ___ the train. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) to take
  29. 29.Diya finished ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) brings (c) bringing (d) to bring
  30. 30.Rahul wanted ___ a kite. (a) fly (b) to fly (c) flies (d) flying
  31. 31.Kabir is looking forward to ___ in the park next week. (a) to jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
  32. 32.Meera planned ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) plant (c) plants (d) to plant
  33. 33.Manav is looking forward to ___ a cake next week. (a) baking (b) bake (c) to bake (d) bakes
  34. 34.Ananya is looking forward to ___ a message next week. (a) sending (b) send (c) to send (d) sends
  35. 35.Kavya planned ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helping (c) help (d) helps
  36. 36.Ishaan is fond of ___ a sandcastle. (a) build (b) building (c) builds (d) to build
  37. 37.Ananya enjoyed ___ the train. (a) to take (b) takes (c) taking (d) take
  38. 38.Ananya is fond of ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) feed (d) to feed
  39. 39.Farhan is looking forward to ___ the dog next week. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) to feed (d) feeds
  40. 40.Vivaan kept ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) to wear (d) wears

Answer key

  1. making
  2. taking
  3. planting
  4. flying
  5. singing
  6. bringing
  7. cleaning
  8. helping
  9. studying
  10. speaking
  11. flying
  12. clapping
  13. to sing
  14. writing
  15. running
  16. playing
  17. washing
  18. washing
  19. playing
  20. drinking
  21. to make
  22. climbing
  23. playing
  24. flying
  25. cooking
  26. cleaning
  27. planting
  28. taking
  29. bringing
  30. to fly
  31. jogging
  32. to plant
  33. baking
  34. sending
  35. to help
  36. building
  37. taking
  38. feeding
  39. feeding
  40. wearing

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