GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES LEVEL 10

UNIT 10

gerunds and infinitives: review and expansion

UNIT 10

Remember: Gerunds and Infinitives function as subjects, objects, and subject complements in sentences.

GERUNDS AS SUBJECTS

Sharing tasks with co-workers is helpful. Exercising can help you reduce stress. Taking a break during work helps you recharge energies.

direct object of a verb

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Some verbs can only be followed by gerunds (-ing) as the object of the verb. I avoid working too much.

VERBS FOLLOWED BY GERUNDS

• avoid
• discuss
• dislike
• don't mind
• enjoy
• feel like
• practice
• quit
• suggest

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I enjoy playing video games. James suggested going to Mazamitla next weekend.

preposition+ gerund

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I saw a film about driving across The United States. Tanya is afraid of failing the entrance exam. The workers objected to working extra hours.

infinitive asobject complement

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A subject complement is a word or phrase that appears after a linking verb (be,feel, look, etc...) in a sentence and is closely related to the sentence’s subject—identifying, defining, or describing it. A subject complement’s job, along with a linking verb, is to clarify the subject of a sentence.

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Our dream is to make a trip to Europe next year.

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My hope is to learn to speak English by next year.

VERB + infinitive

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Some verbs can only be followed by infinitive (to + verb) as the object of the verb. We decided to go to the beach next summer-

VERBS FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES

• agree
• be sure
• choose
• decide
• expect
• hope
• learn

• need
• plan
• seem
• want
• wish
• would like

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I would like to buy a car next year. We want to go to a concert Friday night.

It+ infinitive

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To state a fact or an opinion with an impersonal it + an infinitive. It's a nice day to take a walk.

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It's difficult to remember new vocabulary. It's important to exercise to be healthy.

INFINITIVEOF PURPOSE

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I study English to get a good job. I play video games to relax. I go out with my friends to gossip.

INFINITIVEwith too and enough

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They were too late to make the plane to Boston, but they were early enough to catch the bus. NOTE: too is placed before the adjective and enough is placed after the adjective.

adjective+ an infinitive

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Adjectives are followed by an infinitive. We are ready to go. I'm late to take the 8:30 bus.

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