gerund and infinitive

Gerunds and Infinitives

EXAMPLE:

• I miss living in london
• She's expected to get the job

Infinitive: the basic form of a verb that usually follows "to". (TO+VERB)

Gerund: a word ending in "ing" that is made from a verb and used like a noun.

Gerunds and Infinitives

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NOTE WELL: When you start a sentence with a verb, the verb needs to be gerund

• stop+gerund: i must stop cooking cakes.
• Adjective+infinitive: we are proud of winning the competition.
• start+both: i want to start to go/going to the gym.

Grammar rules

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INFINITIVE agree; appear; arrange; ask; beg; can/can’t afford; can/can’t wait; care; choose; come; dare; decide; deserve; elect; expect; fail; get; grow

GERUND abhor; admit; advice; allow; be worth; buy; can’t help; celebrate; confess; consider; dancing; defend; delay; detest; dislike; endure; enjoy; escape; evade; explain; fancy; fear; feel like; finish; forgive; give up

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GERUND help; keep; meet; mention; mind; miss; omit; permit; postpone; practice; recall; report; resume; risk; suggest; support

INFINITIVE hesitate; hope; incline; learn; manage; mean; need; offer; pay; pretend; refuse; remain; resolve; say; seem; speak; swear

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INFINITIVE tend; turn out; venture; visit; wait; want; watch; wish; would like

GERUND tell; tolerate; understand; urge; warrant

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