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ESL / EFL RESOURCES Gerunds and Infinitives Interactive Worksheet

A. Fill in the gaps with the gerund form B. Fill in the gaps with the infinitive form
of these verbs: watch, help, cook, work, of these verbs: buy, play, drive, sell,
read study

1. We like ...................
cooking dinner for our family. 1. I would like ...................
to play tennis tomorrow.

2. I hate ...................
watching horror movies alone. 2. She wants ...................
to study Spanish next year.

3. She enjoys ...................

working with children. 3. They decided ...................
to sell their house.

4. My brother doesn't mind ...................

helping me. 4. I learned ...................
to drive when I was 17.

5. We
 finished ...................
reading the book as 5. Y to buy
 ou need ................... a ticket to go
homework. inside.

C. Fill in the gaps with the gerund or infinitive form of the verbs in brackets.

1. We need ...................
to study (study) a lot before the geography exam on Friday.
to meet
2. She would like ................... (meet) her friend for lunch in a restaurant.

3. Sean and Elizabeth enjoy ...................

going (go) for walks on the beach every day.

4. He wants ...................
to visit (visit) the Eiffel Tower when he goes to France.

5. Frank and Sarah love ...................

to play (play) the guitar in the evenings.

6. They don't mind ...................

waiting (wait) in the queue for ice cream.

7. We decided ...................
eating (eat) pasta with tomato sauce for dinner.

8. I hate ...................
cleaning (clean) the kitchen.

9. She learned ...................

playing (play) the piano when she was a child.

10. The children finished ...................

tiding (tidy) their bedrooms.

D. Use your own ideas to complete the sentences below with gerunds and infinitives.

to listen music because I can relax while I do other things.

1. I like ......................................................................................................................

2. I love ......................................................................................................................
my family, they gave me a life and a home.

3. I would like .............................................................................................................

to travel and explore other cultures in other countries.

4. I don't mind ............................................................................................................

if someone takes something of mine as long as he/she ask me to first.

5. I want ....................................................................................................................
to finish all my studies, so I can get a job in a future.

6. I need ....................................................................................................................
to finish all my studies, so I can get a job in a future.

7. I enjoy ....................................................................................................................
to eat candies

8. I learned .................................................................................................................
from quarantine that the time we spend with the people we love is one of the most valuable things that someone could have.

helping my brother in is homework for tomorrow.

9. I finished ................................................................................................................

10. I decided ...............................................................................................................

to help my family in whatever they need from me.

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Gerunds and Infinitives
 When are verbs followed by gerunds and when are they followed by infinitives?
Study the grammar reference chart below.
Some verbs are followed only by infinitives.
For example: “He wanted to play football.”

 agree  want
 choose  forget (to do something)
 decide  remember (to do something)
Some verbs are followed by objects and infinitives.
For example: “My father taught me to drive a car.”

 allow  send
 ask  teach
 invite  warn
Some verbs are followed only by gerunds.
For example: “I enjoy watching action movies.”

 avoid  finish
 consider  quit
 enjoy  miss
Some verbs are followed by a preposition and gerunds.
For example: “Sometimes I worry about growing old.”

 believe in  talk about

 feel like  think about
 plan on  worry about
Some verbs are followed by either infinitives or gerunds with no change in
meaning of the sentence.
For example: “I like to swim.” OR “I like swimming.”
 begin  like
 continue  love
 hate  start
Some verbs are followed by either infinitives or gerunds, but there is a change in
the meaning of the sentence.
For example: “I remember visiting my grandmother when I was a child.”
“Did you remember to study for the test?”

 forget  stop
 remember  try
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