English grammar worksheet focusing on gerunds and infinitives with interactive exercises and colorful illustrations.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one. We need to choose whether the verb in parentheses should be a gerund (verb + ing) or an infinitive (to + verb). Sometimes both are correct — we’ll note that too.

We’ll use simple rules:
- Some verbs are followed by gerunds: enjoy, mind, hate, love, like, prefer, can’t stand, admit, avoid, miss, etc.
- Some verbs are followed by infinitives: want, hope, promise, agree, decide, learn, afford, deserve, pretend, etc.
- Some verbs can take either, with little or no change in meaning: like, love, hate, prefer, begin, continue, start.
- “Stop” + gerund = quit doing something; “stop” + infinitive = pause to do something.
- “Remember” + gerund = recall past action; “remember” + infinitive = don’t forget to do something.
- “Try” + gerund = experiment; “try” + infinitive = make an effort.
- “Advise” + object + infinitive is correct.

Now let’s solve each:

1. I prefer ___ (eat) savoury foods... → eating OR to eat (both OK)
2. My dad has managed ___ (fix)... → to fix (manage + to infinitive)
3. I don’t mind ___ (do)... → doing (mind + gerund)
4. My mother enjoys ___ (exercise)... → exercising (enjoy + gerund)
5. I can’t stand ___ (wear)... → wearing (can’t stand + gerund)
6. I like ___ (travel)... → traveling OR to travel (both OK)
7. He finally admitted ___ (lie)... → lying (admit + gerund)
8. The school has agreed ___ (postpone)... → to postpone (agree + to infinitive)
9. I hate ___ (take)... → taking OR to take (both OK)
10. Please stop ___ (make)... → making (stop + gerund = quit making noise)
11. I love ___ (listen)... → listening OR to listen (both OK)
12. Our teacher promised ___ (take)... → to take (promise + to infinitive)
13. ...before we begin ___ (walk). → walking OR to walk (begin + either)
14. Today we will continue ___ (work)... → working OR to work (continue + either)
15. Please remember ___ (fetch)... → to fetch (remember + to infinitive = don’t forget to do it)
16. Please try ___ (finish)... → to finish (try + to infinitive = make an effort)
17. You deserve ___ (be)... → to be (deserve + to infinitive)
18. I can’t afford ___ (buy)... → to buy (afford + to infinitive)
19. My dad hates ___ (stand)... → standing OR to stand (both OK)
20. John pretended ___ (be)... → to be (pretend + to infinitive)
21. The children enjoy ___ (go)... → going (enjoy + gerund)
22. My mother avoids ___ (speak)... → speaking (avoid + gerund)
23. I miss ___ (play)... → playing (miss + gerund)
24. I wouldn’t advise you ___ skip... → to skip (advise + object + to infinitive)
25. I can’t bear ___ (hear)... → hearing OR to hear (both OK, but “hearing” more common for sensations)
26. My dad wants to learn ___ (fly)... → to fly (learn + to infinitive when talking about skills)
27. My friend hopes ___ (travel)... → to travel (hope + to infinitive)
28. Don’t forget ___ (come)... → to come (forget + to infinitive = don’t fail to do it)

✔ Final Answer:

1. eating / to eat
2. to fix
3. doing
4. exercising
5. wearing
6. traveling / to travel
7. lying
8. to postpone
9. taking / to take
10. making
11. listening / to listen
12. to take
13. walking / to walk
14. working / to work
15. to fetch
16. to finish
17. to be
18. to buy
19. standing / to stand
20. to be
21. going
22. speaking
23. playing
24. to skip
25. hearing / to hear
26. to fly
27. to travel
28. to come