Verb patterns

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Gerund and Infinitive

Verb patterns

INDEX

1. Gerund

2. To infinitive

3. Bare infinitive

4. Gerund vs To infinitive

5. Video

Gerund

Also known as ING form of a verb

Verb root + ING

Gerunds can act as a noun; the verb becomes a thing, a concept that can now be the sentence’s subject, direct object, indirect object, or the object of a preposition. A gerund maintains some verb-like properties, can take a direct object and be modified with an adverb.

• Jogging is my favourite sport.
• I love swimming
• She enjoys reading quietly

verb pattern

expressions

GERUNDS

• admit
• appreciate
• avoid
• begin
• consider
• continue
• deny
• dislike
• enjoy
• fancy
• finish
• hate
• imagine
• like
• love
• lose

• mind
• miss
• practice
• prefer
• prevent
• quit
• risk
• recommend
• save
• spend
• start
• stop
• suggest

• waste

• be busy
• be used to
• it's no use
• its' no good
• it's (not) worth
• what's the use of
• there's no point (in)
• can't help
• can't stand
• have difficulty (in)
• look foward to

We use gerunds

• After prepositions
• She's good at cooking
• To talk about GENERAL preferences
• I prefer eating at home
• After the verb GO (when talking about activities)
• I usually go dancing on weekends

To infinitive

We use the To infinitive:

• To express purpose
• I bought apples to make a pie

• After v. to be + ADJECTIVE
• It's nice to see you.

• After too and enough
• It's too late to visit them now
• She is old enough to drive

• To talk about SPECIFIC preferences
• would like, would love, would prefer
• I 'd prefer to eat at home

To infinitive

Bare Infinitive

• advise
• afford
• agree
• ask
• arrange
• choose
• decide
• expect
• explain
• fail
• forget

• hope
• invite
• learn
• manage
• offer
• plan
• promise
• prepare
• refuse
• seem
• want

We use infinitive without to after:

• Modal verbs
• I can speak English

• Would rather (not)
• I would rather stay in tonight

• Had better (not)

• You had better not park here
• The verbs: make and let
• Don't make me say it twice
• Let him eat ice cream

Some verbs can be used with both gerunds and TO infinitive like: Begin, Continue, Hate, Like, Love, Prefer, Start...

Genially

difference in meaning

To infinitive

Gerund

• Forget + TO infinitive = not remember
• She forgot to close the windows.
• Remember + TO infinitive= not forget
• Remember to pay the bills.
• Try + TO infinitive= attempt
• I tried to open the jar, but it was stuck. So I asked my mom.

• Forget + ING = not recall
• He'll never forget dancing with her
• Remember + ING = recall
• She remembers having a pick nick along the river
• Try +ING = experiment
• I tried opening the jar with an elastic.

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