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-Ing forms and infinitives

María Fonseca

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-Ing forms and infinitives

English María Fonseca

-Ing forms

When sentence begins with a verb

Studying can be hard and quite boring.

After prepositions

-I was quite bad at playing baskeball.-After having a shower, I waited for Stephen. -What was his reaction on hearing the news?

As a noun or to make noun phrases

-Her favourite hobby is dancing.-I think getting recognition for your achievements is as important as the reward itself.

After some verbs and expressions

Can't standBe good/bad at Don't mind Love Hate Enjoy Miss Practise Recommend Suggest Imagine Celebrate

There's sometimes an object before the -ing form

-She can't imagine him telling a lie.-We will miss her coming to our meetings.

-She suggested going to the cinema.-I don't mind picking you up at the airport. -I can't stand hearing them arguing.

Infinitives

After adjectives: infinitive with to

We are happy to see you here.We were sad to hear about his death. John was surprised to see me. It was difficult to make a difference.

Some verbs need or can have an object before the infinitive

-He promised her to use his influence with the members of the Parliament.-I would like them to come with me. -My dad expected me to work on this project all day.

After some verbs

AgreeAsk Choose Decide Expect Hope Learn Offer Promise Seem Teach Wait Want Would like

-She asked to leave.-I had chosen to leave, and live alone in a foreign country. -We decided to give 10% of the company to our employees. -Senate seems to have votes to reject Trump's wall move.

Rewrite the sentences so that they start with an -ing form.

It’s boring to wait for the bus.

Waiting for the bus is boring

You are not allowed to play ball games here. It’s silly to worry about the future. It was amazing to see the Grand Canyon.

Write sentences with the infinitive form of the verbs in bold.

You won first prize! You were lucky.

You were lucky to win first prize.

I’m watching TV this evening. I’ve decided. Steve came to the party. But I didn’t invite him! I met my favourite singer last week. I was very pleased.