GERUNDS AND INFINITIVE

Gerunds and infinitive

Tania likes playing the piano.Do you want to go to the cinema? I need to paint my room. I remember switching off the lights when I went out.

verb + ing

uses:

After the following verbs: admit avoid can’t help can't stand consider delay enjoy feel like finish go on keep (don´t) mind miss practice recommend spend (time) suggest stop tell I enjoy running. He admitted cheating on the test. The student denied arriving late to class.

INFINITIVE= TO + VERB

USES:

After certain verbs: agree arrange decide expect fail forget hope intend learn manage need offer plan pretend promise refuse remember seem try want would like. * I plan to be a teacher. * She decided to go home as soon as possible. * The teacher asked us to do the exercise.

VERBS FOLLOWED BY GERUND AND INFINITIVE

like

BEGIN

CONTINUE

love

START

forget

STOP

HATE

VERBS FOLLOWED BY GERUND AND INFINITIV

The -ing form emphasises the action or experience. The to-infinitive gives more emphasis to the results of the action or event. We often use the -ing form to suggest enjoyment (or lack of it), and the to-infinitive form to express habits or preferences.

like

love

HATE

VERBS FOLLOWED BY GERUND AND INFINITIV

Stop + -ing means the action is not happening any more. I've stopped buying the newspaper because now I read the news online. Stop + to + infinitive means that someone or something stops an activity so that they can do something else.

STOP

VERBS FOLLOWED BY GERUND AND INFINITIV

Remember + -ing and forget + -ing refer to having (or not having) a memory of something in the past. Remember + to + infinitive and forget + to + infinitive refer to recalling (or not recalling) that there is something we need to do before we do it.

FORGET

VERBS FOLLOWED BY GERUND AND INFINITIV

These verbs can be followed by either a to-infinitive or a gerund with almost no difference in meaning

BEGIN, START, CONTINUE, CEASE

verb + object +ing

catch sb/sth discover sb/sth feel sb/sth find sb/sth got sb/sth hear sb/sth imagine sb/sth leave sb/sth mind sb/sth notice sb/sth remember sb/sth see sb/sth Candice caught a thieve stealing from her house. John noticed something strange happening in the park.

verb + object + to

advice sb/sth allow sb/sth ask sb/sth beg sb/sth cause sb/sth challenge sb/sth convince sb/sth dare sb/sth expect sb/sth force sb/sth get sb/sth hire sb/sth invite sb/sth order sb/sth pay sb/sth permit sb/sth prepare sb/sth remind sb/sth She begged her parents to let her go to the party. I prepared the sweaters to be picked up.

DRAG THE VERBS TO THE CORRECT COLUMN

afford

look forward to

agree

imagine

avoid

miss

can't help

needn't

can't stand

practise

pretend

deny

+TO+INIFINITIVE

+GERUND

+INFINITIVE

had better

refuse

regret

happen

risk

imagine

suggest

involve

tend

be worth

threaten

would rather

SOLUTION