English Grammar – Gerunds and Infinitives- SET 1 Welcome to your English Grammar - Gerunds and Infinitives- SET 1 1. 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: swimming, reading to swimming, to read to swim, to read to swim, reading None 2. 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 3. Complete the sentence using a gerund or infinitive. My parents encouraged me _______ part in the school play. take to take taking None 4. Spot the error in the sentence and provide the correction. She enjoys to play the violin every evening.Error: Correction: 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. Multi-Select (Identify all correct gerunds from the list): Select all the gerunds from the options below: swimming jumping played running to eat 7. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. It’s important _______ your hands before eating. wash washing to washing to wash None 8. Fill in the blank with the correct form (gerund or infinitive) of the verb in brackets. He promised his homework after dinner. (do) 9. 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 10. Transform the underlined part into a sentence using a gerund. She is good at how she sings. 11. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. We decided _______ a picnic since the weather was perfect. had have having to have None 12. Fill in the blank with the correct option: My sister enjoys _______ stories to our little cousins every night. told tell to tell telling None 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.
