English Grammar – Gerunds and Infinitives- SET 1 Welcome to your English Grammar - Gerunds and Infinitives- SET 1 1. Fill in the blank with the correct form (gerund or infinitive) of the verb in brackets. He promised his homework after dinner. (do) 2. Spot the error in the sentence and provide the correction. She enjoys to play the violin every evening.Error: Correction: 3. Fill in the blank with the correct option: My sister enjoys _______ stories to our little cousins every night. told tell telling to tell None 4. Complete the sentence using a gerund or infinitive. My parents encouraged me _______ part in the school play. take to take taking None 5. Cloze Passage (5 Blanks – Mixed Gerunds and Infinitives): Fill in the blanks with suitable gerunds or infinitives. Rohit loves [to draw / drawing / drawn] cartoons in his free time.He plans [joining / to join / joined] an art class soon. His sister enjoys [paint / painting / to paint] as well. 6. Omission Exercise – One word missing in each line:Write the missing word along with the word before and after it. No. Text Word Before Omission Word After eg He wanted go home early. wanted to go 1. We practiced hard won the game. hard 1. won 2. She avoided late by running quickly. avoided 2. late 7. Read the conversation and complete the reported sentence appropriately. Ravi: I like to swim in the mornings.Nina: Really? I prefer reading at that time. Ravi told Nina that he liked %BLANK% in the mornings, while Nina said she preferred %BLANK% at that time. Choose the correct pair of options to fill the blanks: to swim, reading swimming, reading to swim, to read to swimming, to read None 8. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. It’s important _______ your hands before eating. wash washing to wash to washing None 9. Multi-Select (Identify all correct gerunds from the list): Select all the gerunds from the options below: to eat jumping played swimming running 10. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. We decided _______ a picnic since the weather was perfect. have having had to have None 11. Transform the underlined part into a sentence using a gerund. She is good at how she sings. 12. Rearrange the jumbled words/phrases to form a meaningful sentence. Raj: Why did you stop in the middle of the race?Meena: because / running / tired / I / was / of Time's up Related Leave a Reply Cancel replyCommentEnter your name or username to comment Enter your email address to comment Enter your website URL (optional) Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
