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Simple Gerunds and Infinitives 3rd Grade 5 Worksheets

The document provides examples of using gerunds and infinitives after common verbs. It gives sentences using "like" with a gerund and "want" with an infinitive. Exercises then practice filling in blanks with gerunds or infinitives based on examples of what different subjects like, want, or hope to do.

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Simple Gerunds and Infinitives 3rd Grade 5 Worksheets

The document provides examples of using gerunds and infinitives after common verbs. It gives sentences using "like" with a gerund and "want" with an infinitive. Exercises then practice filling in blanks with gerunds or infinitives based on examples of what different subjects like, want, or hope to do.

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Simple Gerunds and Infinitives


Let's have a look at how gerunds and infinitives are used after some common
verbs. Here are two examples:
Like: to show hobbies by: to show methods

I I
You You
like singing. We sing
We
They They using a
by
micro-
He He
phone.
She likes to sing. She siings
It It

We can use a gerund (v) + ing or a to-infinitive (to +v) after the verb 'like'.
We use a gerund (v) +ing after the preposition 'by'.
A. Fill in the blanks using

like + -- ing

e .g. I like sleeping (sleep).


1.I like ______________________ (sing).
2.He likes ___________________ (listen) to songs.
3.She likes __________________ (play) on the swing.
4.We like ___________________ (make) models.
5.They like __________________ (run).
6.The children like _______________ (skip).

B. Fill in the blanks using the –ing form of the verbs.

wash take stay brush jog

e.g. We can keep our clothes clean by washing them of often.


1.I can keep my mouth clean by ___________________ my teeth.
2.They can go to the cinema by ___________________ the bus.
3.He can keep t by ___________________ every day.
4.We can stay healthy by not ___________________ up late.
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C. Write the sentences using:


like + -- ing

play the piano skate


read comics collect stamps

e.g. He likes swimming.


1. _______________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________________________

D. What do the children like doing? Write the sentences.

1. paint 2. dance 3. roller-skate 4. jog 5. play chess


Ada
Tony
Eric

1.Ada and ________________ like ____________________________________________

2.Ada (like / likes) _________________________________________________________

3.________________________________________________________________________

4.________________________________________________________________________

5.________________________________________________________________________

E. Name the activities below. Use a gerund form.

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F. How can we help to keep our city clean? Write.

recycle plastic bags use the recycling bins tidy up the barbecue sites
put rubbish in the rubbish bins bring our own bags

Keep Our City Clean

1. We can help by recycling plastic bags.


2. ____________________________________________________________.
3. ____________________________________________________________.
4. ____________________________________________________________.
5. ____________________________________________________________.

G. How can we help to keep our home clean? Write. H. Match each sentence
e .g. (clean / table) to the picture.
We can help by cleaning the tables.

1.(dust / table)
____________________________________________________

2.(set / table)
___________________________________________________

3.(make /beds)
____________________________________________________

4.(empty / bins)
____________________________________________________

5.(mop / oor)
____________________________________________________

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More examples on infinitives


I
want wants
You He
hope to be a singer. hopes to be a singer.
We She
wish wishes
They

A.Fill in the blanks using ‘to’ innitives.

drink sleep travel go cross

e g. I want to sleep.

1.I want ___________________ some water.

2.She hopes_________ to Japan.

3.He wants _______________ the road.

4.The children wish _______________ to the moon one day.

B. Write the sentences using ‘want’.

magician dancer reghter astronaut football players

1. He wants to be an ____________________ when he grows up.

2.She wants to be ________________ when __________________.

3._____________________________________________________________

4._____________________________________________________________

5._____________________________________________________________

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C. Answer the questions.


1.What do you like doing?
_____________________________________________________________
2.What does your mother like doing?
______________________________________________________________
3.How can you keep your school clean?
______________________________________________________________
4.What do you want to be when you grow up?
______________________________________________________________
5.What do you want to have for your birthday?
______________________________________________________________
6.Where do you hope to go?
________________________________________________________
D. High all the gerunds 'pink' and all the to-infinitives 'yellow' in part C.
E. A review. Fill in the blanks with a gerund of a to-infinitive of the given verbs in

the brackets.

1.The children like _______________ (play) computer games.

2.She likes _______________ (cycle).

3.We like _______________ (draw).

4.We want ______________ (pass) the test.

5.I hope _______________(see) my cousin soon

6.They wish ____________ (have) a buffet dinner in Disneyland.

7.We can keep warm by ___________ (wear) thick clothes.

8.Do you like ____________ (chat) with friends?

9.She does not like _______________ (roller-skate).

10.We can stay healthy by ____________ (not smoke.)


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