Gerunds and Infinitive
Gerunds and Infinitive
Gerunds and Infinitive
INGLES VI
• Present Perfect
• Affirmative
• Negative
• Questions
• Kew Words: For and Since
TEMATIC CONTENTS
VERB + TO + INFINITIVE
Do + -ing = doing
Swim + -ing = swimming
fall + -ing = falling
Gerund as NOUNS
Sometimes gerunds work like nouns in a sentence.
Examples
1. Smoking is dangerous.
2. Swimming is healthy.
3. I like shopping.
4. She hates running.
Examples
I am happy to see my friends.
We were surprised to get first place.
Infinitive as a Delayed Subject
Examples:
1. I hate exercising.
2. I hate to exercise.
3. I love swimming.
4. I love to swim.
The meaning of sentences 1,2 and 3,4 is the
same.
Verbs followed by
Gerunds and Infinitives (2)
These verbs are followed by gerunds and
infinitives:
remember, stop, forget.
YOU CAN USE TO WITH THE INFINITIVE TO SAY WHY SOMEONE DOES
SOMETHING
INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE
YOU CAN USE TO WITH THE INFINITIVE TO SAY WHY SOMEONE DOES
SOMETHING
Verbs followed by to + infinitive
HOPE
NEED
LIKE
TRY
PLAN
EXPECT
LEARN
START
VERB + ING FORM
LIKE
HATE
LOVE
START
FINISH
PREFER
MIND
GIVE UP
NOT HELP
VERB + ING FORM
I enjoy dancing.
love
To be
I Like
Prefer
outside
being
hate
But notice that would like must be followed by
to + infinitive: