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2.   The poor child struggled                    the sum.

                          a. understanding      b. understand        c. to understand      d. understood

                       3.  I like                .

                          a. swimming           b. swim              c. swims              d. swam

                       4.  Mother has finished                   . Let’s lay the table.

                          a. to cook            b. cook              c. cooking            d. cooks

                       5.  I am learning                   French.

                          a. to speak           b. speak             c. speaking           d. speaks

                       6.  My pet enjoys                    a bath.

                          a. have               b. to have           c. having             d. has

                       7.                  to herself makes her happy.

                          a. To sing            b. Singing           c. Sing               d. Sang

                       8.  I feel like                a film.

                          a. watch              b. to watch          c. watches            d. watching

                       9.  My class teacher is always ready                     us.


                          a. helping            b. help              c. to help            d. helps
                     10. It is bad                  a lie.


                          a. to tell            b. telling           c. tell               d. tells

                  E.  Rewrite these sentences using the gerund form of verbs in place of the
                     infinitives and vice versa.

                       1.  It is better to try than to give up without trying.


                          Trying is better than giving up without trying.

                       2.  Reaching school on time has always been Sagar’s problem.

                       3.  Kartik likes dancing and singing.


                       4.  Earning money by working hard is the best thing to do.

                       5.  The best way to succeed is to work hard.

                       6.  Decorating cakes is an art.




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