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INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS

INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS. The true story. How many verbs are there in each of these sentences?. I like diving. I want to go to England. She hopes to pass this exam. My brother started crying. . Infinitive or gerund only. Infinitive. Gerund. Agree Appear Choose Decide Hope Learn

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INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS

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  1. INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS The true story

  2. How many verbs are there in each of these sentences? • I like diving. • I want to go to England. • She hopes to pass this exam. • My brother started crying.

  3. Infinitive or gerund only. Infinitive Gerund • Agree • Appear • Choose • Decide • Hope • Learn • Plan • Promise • Refuse • Seem • Try • Want • Expect • Be likely • … • Continue • Deny • Detest • Dislike • Enjoy • Finish • Hate • Imagine • Like • Love • Prefer • …

  4. Gerund always. • With certain expressions like: be used to, get used to, look forward to, can’t help, can’t stand, don’t mind, wouldn’t mind, it’s no use… • After a preposition: “I am interested in learning German”. “After going to the restaurant, I went home.”

  5. Gerund or infinitive with no different meaning. • When the verb is the subject of a sentence: “Living in Madrid is very expensive”, “To live in Madrid is very expensive”. • With some verbs: begin, start, intend, propose…

  6. Gerund or infinitive with different meaning. Infinitive Gerund • STOP: “I stopped to watch TV.” I stopped doing something and I started to watch TV. • FORGET: “I forgot to lock the door.” I didn’t do it. • REMEMBER: “I never remember to do my homework.” I don’t do my homework because I don’t remember. • REGRET: “I regret to tell you your composition is not good enough.” I’m sorry I’m going to tell you that your composition is not good enough. • STOP: “I stopped watching TV”. I turned off the TV. • FORGET: I forget locking the door.” I don’t know if I locked the door or not. • REMEMBER: “I never remember doing my homework.” I don’t remember if I’ve done my homework or not. • REGRET: “I regret insulting my sister.” I’m sorry I insulted my sister.

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